We have recently been the victims of a cowboy builder. After months of stress and backwards and forwards our solicitor has informed us that we have no hope of getting our money back. We are about £17k down and counting as we will have to have what we paid for demolished and rebuilt at as cost of £25-30k. The builder is a limited company so would simply shut down if we went to court. Legal fees for taking him to court could be up to £20k so it is pointless.
I am finding it really hard to get past the loss of the money. I know people are much worse off than me, I totally get that. But I only earned £22k last year so I feel I worked a whole year for absolutely nothing
I keep thinking what I could have had with that money. A car, a holiday etc etc.
Unfortunately this is the second time I have lost a lot of money as 12 years ago my husbands business went bust in the financial crash. We used our savings of £40k ( parents had recently died, it was inheritance) to try to save it.
I feel so down about it all, so wretched and miserable. I'm really trying to feel I am lucky as I have a roof over my head, I am healthy etc. I just feel sick all the time.