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    • Hello, Just to check I understand things right, he moved to a nursing home, you then kept paying the rent for a period of time whilst you sorted his belongings. You have asked to give notice and asked for backdated payments of rent from when you first asked which went ignored? They are still taking rent payments.   Have I understood correct?   If I've got anything wrong please correct me.
    • I contacted Sanctury housing in August 2023 after informing them my father in law who had Dementia had moved into a Nursing home December 2022. We kept the flat for 8 months until such a time we could accomodate some of his furniture that my wife wanted to keep. I contacted them in August 2023 to let them know the situation by email as I was the named person that could speak on his behalf. I informed them that we had left it to late for POT and were seeing a solicitor for Deputyship of his financies. I asked them what information would they need in order to give notice on the flat and we could provide details of his condition and nursing home. This went ignored I left it a month and then called them October 2023. I was promised a call back from a manager over the next few days. This never happened and it was end of November when I contacted them again and they had no record of me calling them. I explained the email and again I was told the local manager to the area would call me. This never happened and I ended up emailing them in January 2024 with a copy of the email from August. Again this went ignored and I had explained to them that we couldn't just go to the bank and stop the DD as we had tried. This email again went ignored. I then had a letter written to our home address in February asking us to get in contact with them (local manager) as they were concerend nobody was living in the flat. He had an email address so I copied in the last 2 emails to say I had been trying to give notice since August 2023. I also stated that I would like the rent that was paid from August 2023 refunded back to his account as I had officially tried to give notice then and it went ignored. He replied to us about wanting to look at the flat then notice could be given once he had contacted the nursing home to confirm he was actually living there now. Notice was giving for the 22 March 2024 and this would be when rent would stop and no further payment would be taken by this point. The fact I asked to be back dated went ignored. I have since noticed on 2 banks statement for April and May that they are still taking Rent payments of £501 from his bank. Further to this which seems very strange. He was with Eon Next for his utility bill again we were having problems getting this stopped as they needed a named person on his account which there wasn't one despite me managing his online account for him. I didn't check the email address that often that I used to set it up and went to check as noticed the credit he had built up with not living there was all getting refunded in February. The email said £600 would be refunded to his account with a (sorry you are leaving us message) but how can he leave as nobody but himself had access to speak with them. I also noticed the lady in the flat above him had a letter from her bank sent to his address with his address details but his name which was dated 4th March well before we had given notice and it said (thank you for giving us your new address details) we have set all this up for your account.   So Sanctuary housing must have been aware he wasn't living there from the ignored emails for the lady above to start changing address details to move into his flat before the housing manager had even got in contact to ask if anyone was living there. What I basically want to know his do we have any legal standing to claim the rent back from when I first contacted them in August 2023? There is roughly £3000 to come back  
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    • i see you are posting this all over the internet too. here you say it was returned by the safety camera dept UK, Wales Returned NIP Nov23 - Heard Nothing - Now It's been returned as refused and have SJPN Form. Help please? WWW.FTLA.UK UK, Wales Returned NIP Nov23 - Heard Nothing - Now It's been returned as refused and have SJPN Form. Help please?  
    • I see what you mean. I will wait till the 8 weeks is up and then take it up with FOS. Before I do will be on with some more details on the SAR. Thank you once again. 
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Sad thing is i don't necessarily think this guy is dishonest , just peeved because the sale fell through and naive about trading rules . Nevermind , the car was re-listed for sale on ebay for sale AFTER i bought it and before i cancelled and it was never marked as sold on karhouse nor any of the numerous other websites on which it is listed for sale . So if a another buyer comes along maybe he will just refund my money .

 

Incidentally when i offered to let him keep the £150 delivery fee as a gesture of goodwill for his inconvienience , he replied that he would buy the car back off me for £650 less than i paid because he wanted compensating for putting the car through an M.O.T . Earlier emails stated the car had a current M.O.T but on checking it had only 4 months left to run instead of the stated 9 months so he would renew it .

 

My thinking is - if the car failed the M.O.T and cost £650 to repair to m.o.t standard , then he was obviously selling me an unroadworthy and illegal vehicle to start with ?

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Regulations are regulations - that is the chance you take in business, some you win, some you loose. Don';t worry, he wont go without his bottle of wine tonight.

 

You have already offered him £150 so he probably thinks you are a soft touch, don't be, don't offer a penny more, just remind him the clock is ticking towards when he has to refund you by, and add, if it's not paid on time the statutory 8% interest will be added.

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Initially he said he had already paid an outside company £150 for delivery , i made it clear i found that very unlikely but offered to let him keep that much for a quick and amiable ends to the matter . His reply saying he wants £650 resulted in my sending the rules and demanding a full refund including delivery charges .

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A little more digging, Karhouse have spamed hundred of site with links to their website.

They were listed at companies house until they were struck off in May 2012.

That means he is trading as an individual (sole trader) and he is personally liable for any debts.

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They were listed at companies house until they were struck of in May 2012.

That means he is trading as an individual (sole trader) and he is personnally liable for any debts.

 

Actually that's not correct. It dosen't mean anything of the sort. The company could have been struck off just for failing to send in returns. It does not neccassarily make him liable for any debts associated with the company at that time or for future debts of the company depending on the nature of the entity he is trading under. Don't jump to conclussions!!

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Actually that's not correct. It dosen't mean anything of the sort. The company could have been struck off just for failing to send in returns. It does not neccassarily make him liable for any debts associated with the company at that time or for future debts of the company depending on the nature of the entity he is trading under. Don't jump to conclussions!!

 

The OP only made the purchase last week so its nothing to do with any Company that was struck off in May.

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The OP only made the purchase last week so its nothing to do with any Company that was struck off in May.

 

So how do you know it is not a new company or a company winding up but still trading. There are many ways to dissolve a company and still keep on trading. Like I said, don't jump to conclusions that a particular person is liable.

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Actually that's not correct. It dosen't mean anything of the sort. The company could have been struck off just for failing to send in returns. It does not neccassarily make him liable for any debts associated with the company at that time or for future debts of the company depending on the nature of the entity he is trading under. Don't jump to conclussions!!

 

They were struck off for failure to file, the reason is not material. The fact is it (The Company) no longer legally trades.

 

Any trade carried out, since that date, is therefore by the individual as a Sole Trader.

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Their website is operating in breach of the Privacy and Electronic Communications (EC Directive) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (UK Regulations) I will be reporting them to the IoC on Monday,.

 

In short they are breaking the "Cookie Law", since we already way past the information period they will likely receive an "Enforcement notice" requiring them to comply with a fixed period of time.

 

The homepage seems to be using copyright material, I will try to track the legitimate owner and report that next.

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Office of Fair Trading contacted me today by letter saying , and i quote "I have been led to believe that you are currently in correspondence with the seller of the vehicle . I would be grateful if you could keep me updated"

 

I replied via email that Court is my only option without Fair Tradings intervention and sent copies of the last 3 or 4 emails between seller and myself .

 

From what you guys are saying , Karhouse is not a company etc , it seems likely to me that there is no LEGAL way of getting either the car or our money back -

 

Do i understand you all correctly ?

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No you don't understand correctly. Just because he isn't a registered company dosn't mean he isn't a trader so wouldn't still be subject to DSR's

 

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Karhouse is not a company etc , it seems likely to me that there is no LEGAL way of getting either the car or our money back -

 

Do i understand you all correctly ?

 

The DSR applies to any trading business. It doesn't matter if the business is carried out by a company, sole trader (or partnership).

 

The fact that he is doing this business as a sole trader is potentially better for you because a company has limited liability, but as a sole trader you can ultimatly send bailiffs after any of his assets, his house, car, tv etc. or even future earnings.

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OK thanks guys , i will just wait and see how the fair trading people respond . I'm not sure how much power they actually have , i cant help feeling maybe i should just proceed to court without waiting . The very fact the fair trading letter came via my local council pretty much destroyed any faith i had in getting competent help .

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If the worse comes to the worse, you can take him to court using the DSRs.

 

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OK so i got a refund minus £350 which the seller says Trading Standards and his solicitor advised is a fair charge for his inconvienience . This has become almost a joke , when he told me he was keeping the 350 i replied that i would have to get advice as i believe theft is a criminal offence and so that makes it a police matter .

 

His response "call me a thief again and i will sue you for defamation of character" .

 

I nearly wet myself laughing ! . I wonder what he will have to say to tomorrow when Trading Standards call him on his personal mobile phone ?

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Don't leave this to TS, send him a letter by recorded asking for the outstanding balance and give him 7 days or you will take further action.

 

Under DSR, the cost of return is bourne by the customer only if it says so in the original Terms & Conditions of sale. As this purchase wasn't delivered, there was no fee.

 

After the 7 days, send him a Letter Before Action giving him another 7 days and reminding him that the amount will be higher than the outstanding as there will be fees and court costs added.

Don't do this if you don't intend to go through with it though. You can do it on line and the initial outlay will only be around £40.

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Thanks Conniff but i told him i will continue to Court for the full amount regardless of the part refund . Trading Standards have only just got involved and at my request they have not "yet" made my complaint official . When they call him today they will simply explain the DSR to him and let him know they are keen to investigate his entire business dealings if i ask .

From some of the comments i've read on here i expect a full investigation will be something he is very keen to avoid so i hope to have all my money back soon .

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Sorry to be a bit negative, but Distance Selling Regs may not actually apply as I've pointed out on other posts. You see, if a company sells by distance means as a one off, or is only done exceptionally, then they are exempt from the requirements. If that's the case then you have a contract with the trader. If though the car is mis-described in some material way, or is faulty, then you could reject it immediately and claim a refund (but you'd have to do this pretty quickly). Why did you change your mind anyway?

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Sorry to be a bit negative, but Distance Selling Regs may not actually apply as I've pointed out on other posts. You see, if a company sells by distance means as a one off, or is only done exceptionally, then they are exempt from the requirements. If that's the case then you have a contract with the trader. If though the car is mis-described in some material way, or is faulty, then you could reject it immediately and claim a refund (but you'd have to do this pretty quickly). Why did you change your mind anyway?

 

I think you are getting mixed up with custom made articles which are exempt. In this case DSR apply.

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I think you are getting mixed up with custom made articles which are exempt. In this case DSR apply.

 

Agreed.

 

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Agreed.

 

Please Note

 

The advice I offer will be based on the information given by the person needing it. All my advice is based on my experiences and knowledge gained in working in the motor and passenger transport industries in various capacities. Although my advice will always be sincere, it should be used as guidence only.

 

I would always urge to seek face to face professional advice for clarification prior to taking any action.

 

Please click my reputation 'star' button at the bottom of my profile window on the left if you found my advice useful.

 

Check the OFT guide: ...2.14 If you normally do business with consumers face-to-face, the DSRs are unlikely to apply to an occasional order that you take in these ways... Most car transactions are not done by distance means (because people tend to go and test drive them etc) so it could be that the trader can say that he normally does business face to face so the DSRs won't apply. I would if I was a trader!And it appears that a trader could do this occasionally and still the DSRs wouldn't apply. And no, I'm not getting mixed up with personalised goods thank you.http://www.oft.gov.uk/shared_oft/business_leaflets/general/oft698.pdf

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