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Purpose
Anyone reading this site should know all about the rogue builders Ayden Olekszy and Alex Fountain before considering getting any work done by them or paying them any money. If you are currently engaged with them, this page will help guide you on what you should do next.
Call To Action
Do not enter into agreements with these people or businesses. If you have been affected by any of the issues caused by these rogue builders, email info@aydenolekszy.com to share your story and join the group.
Avoid Ayden Olekszy, Accomplices and Family At All Costs.
These rogue builders have seriously impacted dozens of individuals across Maidenhead, Windsor, Thames Ditton, Weybridge, and surrounding areas. They build your confidence, selling you projects, sounding credible and trustworthy, but then taking your money and disappear, leaving half completed work or work that needs to be completely redone by professional builders. They take deposits and stage payments but then disappear as they use that money to fund other projects or pay off debts. Both have been the subject of dozens of reports to trading standards, they have not paid their suppliers, and have been the subject of multiple court proceedings, many of which are ongoing with the customers and suppliers that were unlucky enough not to find out who they are before going into business with them.
Who are these people how do I identify them?
- ATO Building Contractors / ATO Brickwork & Building
- https://atobuilding.co.uk/
- Foxhill construction? Foxhill construction | Bark Profile and Reviews
- Business Partner and also trade under Redwood Construction LTD. Previously under Lifestyle Builders.
- Roofer
- DWC Roofing
- Alex’s Fountain partner
- Posting fake review on social media
- Plasterer
- Bookkeeper
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News
At least in social media, Ayden and Melissa have changed their last names from Ayden Olekszy to Ayden King and Melissa Maclean to Melissa Jones.
Trading Standards has been unable to take action to protect the public despite numerous complaints about the terrible personal and financial effects that victims of these dishonest builders are experiencing. This is a flagrant failure to uphold their duties and permits these dishonest traders to carry on harming innocent victims without facing any repercussions. What good are trading standards if they fail to protect the public and remain inactive in the face of strong, convincing evidence that well-known, active traders are engaging in fraud, carelessness, and illegal behaviour?
Action: write to your local council representative and MP to highlight this failure.
Great news the petition to introduce statutory licencing and regulation of builders has received more than 10,000 signatures making it eligible government response.
In order for this petition to be considered for discussion in Parliament, it must receive 100,000 signatures.
Consumer protections now in place are insufficient, leaving unprotected victims of rogue builders who have defrauded them or provided them with subpar or risky workmanship. A dishonest builder can prey on homeowners far too easily, and the few available channels of recourse are expensive for the unfortunate.
Action: Sign and share the petition Introduce statutory licensing and regulation of builders - Petitions (parliament.uk)
Why Alex Fountain is trading under LTD (Redwood Construction LTD) while being a sole trader?
According to government website (Set up as a sole trader - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk), Sole trader names must not:
- include ‘limited’, ‘Ltd’, ‘limited liability partnership’, ‘LLP’, ‘public limited company’ or ‘plc’
- be offensive
Pretending to be a limited company is a potential fraud; a company is a distinct legal personality and therefore by pretending to be incorporated you are pretending to be an entity that does not exist.
Action: Report to Citizen Advice/ trading standards
Bullshit Facebook Reviews
Red flags
Don’t start work with them, and what to do if you’re already impacted
Their playbook is simple and effective. They convince the individual that they are willing and able to complete whatever works are needed, signing up to any contract and terms that are demanded of them – excluding any completion date for the work
Cannot provide any references or the references given are false.
They ask for pre-payment for “materials” or other work not even started.
They refuse to include any completion date in the agreements.
They offer the lowest price or nearly the lowest price of any quotes. They also promise fixed price. None of that is true.
They demand huge stage payments that account for 60-70-% of the overall fixed price contract.
they disappear for weeks on end and cannot be contacted or do not respond by phone or email.
They disappear from the site and are uncontactable for weeks on end. Eventually, they tell you they are unable to meet the prices or work agreed, and demand to enter into another agreement –asking for more money up front.
Multiple social media and web accounts, falsified accounts, and a network of employees, family, and friends that knowingly collude in their stories, behaviours, and activities despite the massive and extensive suffering and loss they continue to cause unsuspecting members of the public.
Shitty Workmanship
County Court Judgment
Published on the 16th May 2024
Case Number E5QZ6Q42 Amount £502
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgents |
Courtname | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of judgment | 25 June 2018 |
Case Number E1CD91VV Amount £924
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy |
Date of Birth | 10 November 1986 |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of judgment | 10 January 2019 |
Case Number F9QZ343C Amount £975
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 20 February 2019 |
Case Number F2QZ6933 Amount £20,622
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 21 February 2019 |
Case Number F32YX082 Amount £2,304
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy |
Date of Birth | 10 November 1986 |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 20 April 2019 |
Case Number F7KQ48DK Amount £1,243
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 25 November 2019 |
Case Number 187MC214 Amount £3,022
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy T/ AS ATO Building Contractors |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 16 February 2021 |
Case Number H0HG171V Amount £2,035
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy T/ AS ATO Building Contractors |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 19 April 2021 |
Case Number 268MC607 Amount £2,167
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy T/ AS ATO Building Contractors |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 11 April 2022 |
Case Number 361MC829 Amount £3,115
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy T/ AS ATO Building Contractors |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 20 February 2023 |
Case Number 406MC366 Amount £9,669
Name | Mr. Ayden Olekszy T/ AS ATO Building Contractors |
Register | England And Wales County Court Judgements |
Court Name | Civil National Business Centre |
Court telephone | 03001231056 |
Date of Judgement | 15 June 2023 |
What To Do If You Are Already Working With Them But Without A Current Problem
- 1. Request a confirmed written completion date.
- 2. Never pay them for materials, always pay the supplier direct.
- 3. Do not make significant stage payments.
- 4. Check with the council that any building regs have been signed off according to the appropriate stage.
- 5. Take photos of the work at all stages and videos.
What to do if you are experiencing problems with them
Call Citizens advice, they can advise you and the call is automatically reported to trading standards.
Speak to any suppliers that you are expecting to deliver goods or materials to you that you have already paid to the builders. Get a refund, and/or get them to deliver the materials to site immediately. Note: They use your money to pay other accounts, you may not get your money back. Make the supplier aware of the behaviours you are experiencing and find out if they continue to be paid and do work for these builders.
Consider cutting your losses and taking legal action for compensation. You are protected under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Typical excuses, the threats, and demands
Material prices have gone up, I need more money from you.
We need to install the new kitchen and appliances, or windows, doors or any other costly items – they demand the money up front.
They say they will go bankrupt, take them to court, they don’t care. Note: This is not correct; they need to satisfy their creditors that they have settled all the claims against them (they have not).
Blaming you for the state of their work and their inability or refusal to back up their promises with actions.
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Resources
- https://www.consumerrightsexpert.co.uk/dealing-with-cowboy-builders.html
- https://propertyheads.com/en-gb/products/tradesmen_blacklist/
- https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/beatthescammers/article-11092547/amp/How-spot-rogue-trader-cowboy-builder-complaints-rose-31-year.html
- https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/about-us/contact-us/contact-us/contact-us/
- https://www.myfoothold.org/app/uploads/2020/01/Dealing-with-builders.pdf
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