Whereabouts Phil Sherstone ex Unwins

throstle


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 85

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 16:56

Anyone have contact details or know current whereabouts Phil Sheratone

Was at Unwins about 2006, left hurridly, believed returned to UK

boerboel


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 17:23

If I knew where he was he wouldn't be walking. He was originally from Yorkshire so probably hiding there somewhere. Perhaps Luke Berisford may know, between them they fleeced us.

boerboel


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 19:22

Back to the top

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 19:39

bleedin' heck....



Tell us more.....

boerboel


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 20:32

Through Phil Shearstone we paid a deposit on a property. After a couple of months the developers properties disappeared off the website. We emailed Phil Shearstone voicing our concern to be told that all the properties had been sold and there were no problems. This was a blatant lie, as when we returned to the island some nine months later, Shearstone had left, Luke Berrisford had also left and no-one else had ever heard of us. Eventually one of the remaining staff (moved to hairdressing - no longer on the island) found some of our e.mails agreed we had in fact paid a deposit and told us this could be moved to another property the same developer had now embarked upon as he had been unable to start the first development. The developer has denied ever receiving our deposit, this is also a blatant lie as we have proof. The second development was also never started to which we were then offered a third property to which we politely declined.

Continued .....

boerboel


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 20:33

Continued .....



We are still chasing our deposit and still renting thanks to Alpan Uz

rocky


Joined: 17/10/2007
Posts: 1749

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 21:50

this confuses me if you have paid a deposit by legitamate means to developer you will have proof if you paid a deposit by money transfer or cheque to an individual I am sorry that you have been so naive

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 22:21

why don't you rock round Unwins with your receipt and see what they've got to say ?

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 22:21

Bazooka for hire!



Richard

boerboel


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
19/10/2009 23:20

We have proof of payment from our UK Bank and also after a lot of hassle, proof from Unwins that they had paid the builder. But as usual they have washed their hands of any wrong doing by their employees and told us to sue the builder........

AlexF065


Joined: 07/09/2009
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 01:03

if Turkish law is anythink near english then you sue them both as they are both from what i read liable

negativenick


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 6023

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 09:04

mess 10 - while i sympathise, i tend to agree with Unwins....



I think what a lot of people forget is that Estate Agents are agents for the seller not agents for the buyer......

Bradus


Joined: 25/02/2007
Posts: 2641

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 10:41

The problem arises when people hand money over to the estate agent rather than their advocate or builder. An estate agents job is simply to sell the property. It has never been to draw up contracts, refer buyers to advocates or play bankers.



Yet time and time again we see buyers extending the role of the estate agent and giving far to much trust to them. Other than showing you the house you want to buy, there should be no contact with them after the sale negotiation.



By involving them in the money side of things or the contract, it becomes a further unwanted tier in the process and another organisation to blame when things go wrong. It simply makes buyers confused as to who did what and who holds responsibility.



For new buyers to the forum this is a practice that should be avoided.

AlexF065


Joined: 07/09/2009
Posts: 271

Message Posted:
20/10/2009 10:47

As far as I know the only thing agents ever have a a very small £100 max holding deposit for which a proper recipt is given.

As Bradus (13) said they are Agents only and any futher monies should be sorted by your advocate and no other person

boerboel


Joined: 02/05/2009
Posts: 290

Message Posted:
21/10/2009 08:05

As they say, hindsight is a wonderful thing but I am now certainly wiser and a lot poorer since 2006. What does intrigue me though is through all these threads nothing has been heard from 'Msg 1 THROSTLE' what axe do you have to grind or are you a friend of Shearstone and just finding out if it is safe for him to come out of hiding

throstle


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 85

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 17:18

Msg 15 boerbel

Sorry been busy in UK

No I'm not a friend of Phil Shearstone or even a relative, cause then I'd probably know where he is

Was interested and YES he took our deposit (on behalf of Unwins) and we STILL do not have a residence

We remember a very sympathetic, plausable person, who kept pressure on, get your deposit in or you could lose out. Sound familiar

Wish we had "lost out" now, would be a lot better off

Activator


Joined: 23/12/2009
Posts: 44

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 17:30

Only ever new him as fat Phil from Buckhurst Hill. Maybe he's there.

cyprusishome


Joined: 31/03/2007
Posts: 2381

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 17:34

Message 11.



If this was Turkey none of us would have the problems we have. This is North Cyprus!!!



As for msg 14



I can only imagine you are an estate agent or have nothing to do with North Cyprus making such naive comments.



The only thing that comes close to being first against the wall when the revolution comes are estate agents and then lawyers.

racoonchic



Joined: 17/11/2008
Posts: 3223

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 20:46

dont know if it helps but there is a guy at evergreen in girne called luke and i think he worked at unwins

cooper


Joined: 23/10/2007
Posts: 3386

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 21:14

Theres also a guy who works down the chip shop and swears he's Elvis but he's a liar and im not sure about him.



Joking aside it was Liam who worked for unwins & Luke worked for Meridies homes.

Snaefell



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 266

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 22:00

There was a Luke Berrisford at Unwin's about 5 years ago, he took us out to see a few different sites when we were searching to buy a villa off plan.

graycoul


Joined: 23/04/2009
Posts: 493

Message Posted:
06/01/2010 22:44

anyone know if niki and scott who both went to work at the amaranta valley estate agents are still living here?

throstle


Joined: 26/05/2008
Posts: 85

Message Posted:
07/03/2010 20:27

Back to msg1

This thread seems to have gone sideways

Same question where is Phil Shearstone, does anyone know

We assume he probably returned UK

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
07/03/2010 21:09

This wouldn't be him would it?



https://secure.cbonline.co.uk/ifs/england/north-northeast-and-yorkshire/meet-the-team/west-yorkshire-financial-solutions-centre



Look in financial partners bit.

Jetski


Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 584

Message Posted:
07/03/2010 21:17

.... and one Luke Berrisford seems to be Marketing manager at Evergreen developments in Turkey... (perhaps out of date info) see http://tr.linkedin.com/pub/luke-berrisford/6/779/935

crofter


Joined: 16/12/2008
Posts: 1035

Message Posted:
08/03/2010 10:32

Phil left the island well over two years ago.