11:10am Sunday 10th August 2008
A HOUSE-BUILDER involved in major projects in west Wiltshire has gone bust leaving one of them part-finished.
Bellfield Homes, based in Bishop Sutton in Bristol, has left a 21-apartment development in Duke Street, Trowbridge, unfinished after failing to pay its contractors.
Rumours of the firm's financial troubles started last month when it pulled out of a deal to redevelop the former Bowyers offices in Stallard Street.
But despite being contacted by the Wiltshire Times on July 30 and 31 company bosses denied it was going into liquidation. When the Wiltshire Times called the offices the next day, on August 1, a recorded message said the business had gone into administration as of July 31 and the offices were now closed.
It said the administrator had a list of all creditors for the business and would be writing to each of them. There is speculation that the company has debts running at about £500,000 to other businesses and contractors in west Wiltshire.
This includes about £300,000 to one builders' merchant and up to £15,000 with another, £90,000 to one plumber and £100,000 to other tradesmen.
Bellfield Homes had houses and apartments for sale in Southcroft Prospect in Corsham, Marlborough Court in Westbury and two developments in Radstock, along with Duke Street in Trowbridge.
It was also responsible for a housing development in Lowbourne Place, Melksham. It had planned to build another set of 16 new houses in The Meadows in Trowbridge along with others in Winford near Bristol and Somerton in Somerset.
Company bosses said last week that it had pulled out of the redevelopment of the Bowyers factory offices in Stallard Street by mutual consent with the owner.
Bellfield Homes Ltd, which was set up in December 2006, is still listed as an active company with Companies House but its listing shows it has never filed any accounts with them, a requirement by law.
Heckler, Tin-pot County Town says...
1:06pm Sun 10 Aug 08
Necker, Trowbridge says...
2:08pm Sun 10 Aug 08
walter, wilshur says...
8:36am Mon 11 Aug 08
Necker wrote:I hope you're not suggesting they might take the odd back-hander? You wicked, wicked person. Could be right though.
Once again, leaving the fate of our counties future in the hands of unmonitored 3rd parties. What exactly do the council do? Sounds like slippy shouldered leaders willing to take pay packets but no responsibility.
Trobo chap, Trowbridge says...
9:21am Mon 11 Aug 08
realistic old man, West wilts says...
11:05am Mon 11 Aug 08
00sooz, Wiltshire says...
12:14pm Mon 11 Aug 08
walter, wilshur says...
6:36am Tue 12 Aug 08
00sooz, Wiltshire says...
11:25am Tue 12 Aug 08
Necker, Trowbridge says...
12:23pm Tue 12 Aug 08
Mr_flibble, trowbridge says...
9:28am Fri 15 Aug 08
Heckler, Tin-pot County Town says...
4:21pm Sat 16 Aug 08
Mr_flibble wrote:It takes a couple of minutes to do an online check via the Company House website.
You can't blaim the Council for everything. As for checking business backgrounds, that would add huge delays at extra cost. What a stupid comment.
Mr_flibble, trowbridge says...
1:09pm Tue 19 Aug 08
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Heckler, Tin-pot County Town says...
1:03pm Sun 10 Aug 08
Trowbridge came all the way through the second world war with hardly a scratch and now look at it! It looks more like London did in the Blitz than a county town in the millennium.