Hi all.
sorry if this is in the wrong place but I couldn't find a more sutable place to write!
6 weeks ago myself and my husband brought a caravan from the classified ad’s (pre-loved). The ad stated in capital letters ‘NO DAMP’. We went to view the van and true there was no damp on the wall or in the cupboards etc, but we did notice that the floor was spongy. We asked him about this and he said that the laminated flooring he had put down was not sitting right and needs replacing as he didn’t do it right. We asked if the floor had gone and he held up his hands and said ’’No the floor is fine, if it had gone I would tell you’’. Well We went down last weekend and my foot nearly went through the floor! We looked under the van and he had screwed 2 big pieces of wood to the caravan floor to hold it up temporary to sell it. The floor under the van is all damp.
Is there any way of us trying to get our money or part of our money back due to the false statement he placed in the ad (which I still have). Could I take him to the small claims court under the unfair trading reg or something similar? We paid £2.250 for the Caravan.
We saved up hard for this van to take our 4 children away, and now he don’t have the money to put it right nor do we have a caravan to take them in, we are truly devastated and extrmely angry with him!!
Many thanks for reading this.
bondi.
sorry if this is in the wrong place but I couldn't find a more sutable place to write!
6 weeks ago myself and my husband brought a caravan from the classified ad’s (pre-loved). The ad stated in capital letters ‘NO DAMP’. We went to view the van and true there was no damp on the wall or in the cupboards etc, but we did notice that the floor was spongy. We asked him about this and he said that the laminated flooring he had put down was not sitting right and needs replacing as he didn’t do it right. We asked if the floor had gone and he held up his hands and said ’’No the floor is fine, if it had gone I would tell you’’. Well We went down last weekend and my foot nearly went through the floor! We looked under the van and he had screwed 2 big pieces of wood to the caravan floor to hold it up temporary to sell it. The floor under the van is all damp.
Is there any way of us trying to get our money or part of our money back due to the false statement he placed in the ad (which I still have). Could I take him to the small claims court under the unfair trading reg or something similar? We paid £2.250 for the Caravan.
We saved up hard for this van to take our 4 children away, and now he don’t have the money to put it right nor do we have a caravan to take them in, we are truly devastated and extrmely angry with him!!
Many thanks for reading this.
bondi.
