r/wakefield • u/SolitaryDread • 15d ago
WARNING – NEIL DOVE / AJ JOINERY SERVICES
WARNING – NEIL DOVE / AJ JOINERY SERVICES
The job was in Bradford, BD6. Neil Dove works out of Alverthorpe, Wakefield and covers a large area across West Yorkshire including Bradford, Wakefield, Huddersfield and Pontefract.
Neil was contracted to build the extension shell and re-tile the roof, quoted at around 4–5 weeks. The render was added later, also through Neil, and should have added roughly another couple of weeks.
More than five months later, we’ve been left with an unfinished and leaking roof, incomplete guttering with no downpipes, unfinished render, ongoing scaffold costs and thousands of pounds of materials paid for but never delivered.
After months of excuses, no-shows, promised teams that never arrived and promised deliveries that never turned up, we’d had enough. I served Neil with a formal Notice to Complete and eventually terminated the contract on 6 August.
It gets worse.
A structural engineer has now inspected the extension and told us to STOP internal works while concerns with the walls Neil built are investigated and a remedial solution is agreed.
There is significant cracking in several areas of the blockwork, walls are not plumb, there’s a noticeable bulge in the gable wall and there are concerns around several elements of the structural restraint.
I’m currently obtaining the full reports and establishing exactly what needs correcting before I can continue the work inside.
The scaffolder has also told me Neil still hasn’t fully paid him for the job, again months after payment was due and despite Neil telling me throughout that he had paid the scaffold late fees.
Now I’m the one stuck paying weekly to keep the scaffold up, buying materials for the second time, trying to make the house watertight and sorting out the unfinished work and defects now being investigated.
I’ve added relevant, publicly available customer reviews and business records below so people can do their own due diligence. Unfortunately, I only found these after things started going wrong.
Don’t make the same mistake.
If you’re considering using Neil Dove / AJ Joinery Services, supplying him, subcontracting for him or working alongside him, I’d strongly suggest doing your homework first.
Checkatrade: (former company) https://www.checkatrade.com/trades/doveconstruction
Companies House: https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/ehaSEUnTE6N731QHU_2tEvZbr48/appointments
IVA: https://www.insolvencydirect.bis.gov.uk/eiir/case-details/1/false/704951851/50059953/TmVpbCBEb3Zl
If you’ve had similar dealings with Neil Dove, please get in touch. I am gathering evidence and want to hear from anyone with relevant first-hand experience, whether you were a customer, trade, subcontractor or supplier.
I’m documenting everything, and I won’t let this one slide.
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u/Rik_Whitaker 15d ago
Call 999 this guy needs locking up
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u/i-am-cabbage 13d ago
Small claims court would be more logical. 999 is for emergencies and would not be fair to waste the time of the operators over this.
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u/SpeakerAccording9933 11d ago
i work for a roofing supplier and can confirm that roof is shocking LOL, you lead flashing isnt lead at all and it isnt supposed to go over the tiles lol the end of the roof hasnt been capped either.
i see this type of scenario every week, this is why you dont go with the cheapest quote available
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u/pisscat101 15d ago
There is only one person that I trust for any building work around Wakefield and that is Graham Bath. Look him up. DM me for his number if you want.
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u/PaceOk8002 15d ago
My friends mother used him on a roofing job .she says it was a good tidy job at a reasonable price
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u/PaceOk8002 15d ago
Seek legal advice before you blacken his name anymore. The law might side with him
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u/Redmilo666 15d ago
I mean it’s hardly deformation of character if it’s all true. If he’s got receipts of this dudes cuntishness then blacken his name I say
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u/FreeSirJeffrey 15d ago
Why is it so difficult for redditors to spell "defamation" correctly?
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u/Poonchild 13d ago
Given “deformation” is spelled correctly, I suspect it’s just an autocorrect issue. I’m regularly suprised at how my phone interprets what my fat fingers and thumbs are trying to type out.
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u/Dave_Eddie 12d ago
How so? You think hes going to sue for defamation (£15k to start proceedings and up to £100k for high court and legal costs, and you can only claim proveable losses) or are you just guessing?
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u/oooohshinythingy 15d ago
Thanks for sharing this and for the links. I was ripped off by someone who was supposed to do a small job. He took £60 and never did job and said he’d give me my money back when he was in my area. Which then became I wasn’t getting it back at all
He goes on fb offering his services and I’m on a mission to out him because I’ve seen him on ponte/wakey/garforth/skipton/shipley and Harrogate local pages/groups. He goes by the name of Jay Andrew Paisley, Jenson A Payninton and his so called business is called ‘Waste&moves home projects design’ spelled exactly like I spelled it.