James Gold was found to pose a "significant risk to the public". So how is he privatising council housing blocks across London and putting new flats on top of them?
So good to see Mr Gold and his mother Roza taken to task. We had a terrible experience with them. Roza was such a slick sales person. Promising the earth with no care about delivery, then followed up by her son James who had equal disdain when there were problems. I offered a meeting to discuss problems and was told. ‘I don’t have time for that’. Then when we sued and won in court James Golds parting shot was ‘Good luck getting the money’. He did pay in the end but as a ‘refund’ to reclaim the VAT?! And then when I refused to take down negative comments online he had his lawyers write a lengthy letter threatening to take me to the high court. I happily offered to change any inaccuracy but none were forthcoming coming. My last interaction from James Gold was a call out of the blue saying we were both ‘business people’ so what would it take for me to remove my comments. It is no surprise that years later the Gold family continue to leave a trail of distraction behind them.
I got so excited when I read the headline, thinking that Aziz was due his weekly beating. While I miss Spivus Callidus being taken to task, that you've dragged another one of these parasites into the good light of day is nothing short of remarkable. May your words be read by the powerful, even as you give voice to the powerless.
Rooftop extensions aren’t inherently unsafe and planning and building regulations exist. Councils across London are trying them with mixed results to create new residential social housing. The difference is that usually it’s the council themselves building on top of the flats they own the freehold to.
So good to see Mr Gold and his mother Roza taken to task. We had a terrible experience with them. Roza was such a slick sales person. Promising the earth with no care about delivery, then followed up by her son James who had equal disdain when there were problems. I offered a meeting to discuss problems and was told. ‘I don’t have time for that’. Then when we sued and won in court James Golds parting shot was ‘Good luck getting the money’. He did pay in the end but as a ‘refund’ to reclaim the VAT?! And then when I refused to take down negative comments online he had his lawyers write a lengthy letter threatening to take me to the high court. I happily offered to change any inaccuracy but none were forthcoming coming. My last interaction from James Gold was a call out of the blue saying we were both ‘business people’ so what would it take for me to remove my comments. It is no surprise that years later the Gold family continue to leave a trail of distraction behind them.
I got so excited when I read the headline, thinking that Aziz was due his weekly beating. While I miss Spivus Callidus being taken to task, that you've dragged another one of these parasites into the good light of day is nothing short of remarkable. May your words be read by the powerful, even as you give voice to the powerless.
Splendid detective work. Perhaps you could take over the Met…
How is Gold proving that adding two stories is safe in terms of the buildings' structure and their foundations?
Rooftop extensions aren’t inherently unsafe and planning and building regulations exist. Councils across London are trying them with mixed results to create new residential social housing. The difference is that usually it’s the council themselves building on top of the flats they own the freehold to.
Those residents have had an absolute mare. Ultimately if the homes on top are of reasonable quality then it’s fine (good even) but it’s doubtful.