A couple from a town in the U.K. were swindled out of £44k (roughly $60k) after paying a builder to work on their dream home extension only for him to refuse to disappear after taking the money. Rob and Lucy Davies lost it all in the dodgy deal with builder Steve Figg, but the worst part was they actually ended up being arrested after Figg called the cops on them.
Figg was paid £44k by Rob and Lucy for a home extension back in 2023. The job was only meant to take 12 weeks but a year later, in October 2024, their home was left looking like a “bomb site.” The builder had done a shoddy job to say the least, “There was a huge, gaping hole in the garden where the kitchen was supposed to go and the back of the house was at risk of collapse.” Rob Davies told the BBC.
