Main fundraiser photo

Rebuilding Trailer Happiness after the Flood

Donation protected

 

 

 

 

Hello,

 

My Name is Sly

and I'm the owner of a bar called Trailer Happiness in West London. It hasn't been great business for most people involved in hospitality but after 15 months of navigating a number of Covid shaped obstacles, my team were looking forward to finally returning to something close to normality.

 

With everyone finally off furlough, and with additional members joining the TH team, we were ready and just one week away from what we anticipated would be a pretty great summer of Happiness. We used the first lockdown to refurbish the bar and bathrooms ourselves, for the second lockdown we tackled the kitchen. This was going to be the first time we got to see our scrubbed up bar functioning in all it's glory.

 

Then Monday happened.

 

Portobello Road was hit with flash floods, and poor drainage plus burst pipes turned into that rain into a river. Being at the bottom of the hill we took a pretty big hit. We've had to deal with water before but it's never come in through the ceiling. Thankfully nobody was seriously injured and the water subsided relatively quickly. Unfortunately the damage is significant, the water was also dirty so much of the bar will need to be stripped out or professionally sanitised before it is rebuilt.

 

In the meantime we are hoping to keep our team together and find a new temporary home for the next few months, we expect a few hurdles with licensing and will definitely need to consult a sound insulation specialist if we are going to stay local. We don't anticipate insurance covering loss of earnings based on what we expected to make post restrictions, and we can't control the timeframe for rebuilding so we're looking at ways to ensure we can still move the business forward and cover all of our loans. We also want to make sure Trailer has additional measures in place to help mitigate any future water issues.

 

This sucks but we will be back, hopefully better than ever. We are incredibly grateful for all your support and hope we can offer you Trailer hospitality again real soon. Watch this space, we'll be popping up wherever and whenever we can.

 

Thank You,

Sly Augustin

Donate

Donations 

  • Keeley Stead
    • £500 
    • 2 yrs
  • Anonymous
    • £50,000 
    • 2 yrs
  • Annie Yuan
    • £50 
    • 3 yrs
  • Julian de Feral
    • £60 
    • 3 yrs
  • Seth Kamil
    • £4,475 
    • 3 yrs
Donate

Fundraising team (4)

Sly Augustin
Organizer
Raised £61,210 from 57 donations
England
Gergo Murath
Team member
Raised £1,175 from 13 donations
Pavan Nagra
Team member
Raised £170 from 2 donations
Simon Dacey
Team member
Raised £80 from 3 donations
This team raised £39,377 from 168 other donations.

Your easy, powerful, and trusted home for help

  • Easy

    Donate quickly and easily.

  • Powerful

    Send help right to the people and causes you care about.

  • Trusted

    Your donation is protected by the  GoFundMe Giving Guarantee.