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Nov 2020
Two women who say they have been ripped off by a builder from Harrogate have formed a Whatsapp group called "The Avenging Warriors" to try and get their money back.
They claim the group has six other members who have had similar experiences with James Moss, who they say owes thousands of pounds and has left a trail of 'shoddy' workmanship across Harrogate.
So far this year she has spent around £5,000 repairing the work — and it’s still unfinished.
She said she feels very naïve for trusting Moss and that it’s had a big impact on her mental wellbeing.
Ms Lawrence subsequently wrote to Moss several times urging him to finish the job he had started, without reply. In March 2020 she took Moss to a small claims court, who ordered the builder to pay her £8,297 plus court costs.
MyBuilder.co.uk told the Stray Ferret that Mr Moss's account was banned in July 2019 after a complaint.
From being a “really nice bloke” when work began, Ms Cooke said Moss became “evasive and quite unpleasant”.
After asking Moss to repair the leaking roof without reply, Ms Cooke took him to the small claims court who ruled in her favour, ordering Moss to pay £2,745, which he is now refusing to pay.
She’s since spent around £1,000 repairing his poor work and says she now feels like an idiot for trusting Moss to do a good job.
She said:
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