Help Becky in any way you can

Tom Abley is organizing this fundraiser on behalf of Becky Abley.

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Firstly, I can’t believe that I’m even having to write this but this is a little cry for help.

So my sister Becky moved to Orpington to have a fresh start with her two beautiful girls (9 and 12). She started having an extension built in July 2023 and has been using a builder who built my extension. She paid a large sum up front to cover materials and was paying weekly amounts to cover the wages of the builders team. This was the same payment schedule that I followed. Frequently she only had one builder there and 12 weeks into the build the progression of the work was non existent and she was down 50k. She said to the builder she wasn’t paying any more but he begged for one last payment to put some money down for the deposit for the steel she needed for her extension…….roll forward a few more days he calls his team and says he’s shutting up shop and not to go back to work because he can’t pay them. He never contacted Becky at all and has disappeared with £50,000. He hasn’t put any of the money towards steel or doors/windows like he said. A single mum with 2 girls was left with the back of her house completely open and looking like a building site. Please see the photos I have attached which shows how the property was left. She followed the same payment plan I followed and what better recommendation is there than the builder your brother used where you can see the finished product. I can’t believe his actions and I want to help her in any way I can.

Even last week, getting the house boarded up for security, cost her £1,390 and that's nothing compared to how much she’ll need to pay to get the extension finished. I’m aware I won’t be able to raise 50k to get her work completed but anything you could spare when grouped together could make a real difference to her and take a little bit of stress away.

It feels weird even writing this because we’re a hard working family and would never ask for money but as a brother I’m trying to help her and the girls in anyway I can through this awful situation.