More customers conned out of cash

Published on 15th March 2007 in News

A copy of the business cards on display in Tesco last week.

More people have come forward to complain that they have been left high and dry by Spaldington businessman Mike Haslam - and it has also come to light that the firm has been using a misleading address on its business cards and invoices.

Last week we reported that Mr Haslam, who trades under the names 'Calron' and 'National Windows and Conservatories', had taken £3,500 for a conservatory but had done no further work after laying the concrete.

Brian and Kerry Moss, of Hull, have been desperately trying to get their conservatory completed and have discovered that several other people have already been misled by Mr Haslam.

One of them was a former Goole police inspector who had his conservatory finished only after he stood in front of Mr Haslam's house and refused to leave.

And, this week, a couple from Goole reported that they paid nearly £2,000 to National Windows - 50 per cent of the total price.

That was last October and although the concrete and the foundations were laid straight away, no other work has been done since then.

"They told us it would be up and running in two weeks," said one of the customers, who asked not to be named.

"We tried everything to get them to finish it.

"They just keep fobbing us off."

The Goole Times has also discovered that National Windows and Conservatories left their office at 20 Carlisle Street in Goole in October last year.

Despite this, they used that address on a contract given to Mr and Mrs Moss on January 26 this year, and on business cards displayed on an advertising stand in the Goole Tesco store.

A spokesperson for Tesco said they would remove any cards belonging to companies known to be illegitimate.

At the time of going to press Mr Haslam's legal representative was unavailable for comment.

l The Goole Times would like to make it clear that the business now occupying 20 Carlisle Street in Goole has no connection with any of Mike Haslam's companies.

Mr Haslam and that address were mentioned in an article in last week's edition on the companies 'Calron' and 'Windows and Conservatories Limited National Windows'.

Mr James Bourke, an approved inspector who is registered with the Association of Consultant Approved Inspectors, moved into the Carlisle Street address last year and offers building control and fire safety consultancy services.