Lindsay contacted TD Cole in June 2021, a few days before she was due to move house. She paid £107,000 for work that was never finished.
Her home needed substantial work and Killick, whom she knew as Marc Cole, priced a bathroom renovation at £7,000.
She described Killick as “aggressive” in pointing out her property needed more work. He gave her a £100,000 quote for the overall renovation.
She told the court it was outside her price range but Killick said he could start within weeks, if she paid a £25,000 deposit, which she did.
Lindsay said she received numerous excuses as to why work could not done, including staff having Covid on three occasions.
Killick told the court he completed about £30,000 of work on her property and would have finished the project but for the fact he liquidated his company in November 2021.
