Cowboys wound up

Returning to our recurring theme of disreputable people within the industry, beware of rating advisor who ask for fees before doing any work. The Insolvency Service has ordered two companies into liquidation for taking fees and not actually doing what they promised.

The forthcoming revaluation brings lots of these sort of companies crawling out of the woodwork so rate payers should be very wary of signing anything that asks for money up front or for a fee purely for submitting an appeal without other services being rendered (such as an inspection and/or valuation).