A customer who spent nearly £50,000 with a Shropshire glass company that suddenly collapsed - and now faces losing the lot - says he is in shock after hearing it has ceased trading.
The directors of Heritage Glass Limited, based at Racecourse Crescent, Monkmoor, confirmed this week that it has had toJames Geraghty, of St Martin's, near Oswestry, said he paid some £47,000 to Heritage Glass in November 2021 after hearing nothing but rave reviews about the company's work from pleased family members.
He has had new windows and doors installed and says there are signs of damage, but nevertheless he said the family was excited at the prospect of the work being completed at last. "It has all happened out of the blue as far as we are concerned. We heard nothing to indicate they might have been in trouble.
When companies go out of business suddenly there is little prospect of customers getting much if any money back. Banks and other institutional creditors are at the top of the list for getting refunds from fire sale proceeds."It is pretty grim," he said.A spokesman for the company said on Friday that this is going to be done but the name of the liquidators is not yet known, and until then the company is declining to comment further.
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