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Dalbert N. "Cork" Hoppes, 80, of Galva, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013, at his home in Galva. He was retired from NCRA Refinery, where he worked as an R& F Operator and Heavy Equipment Operator.
Cork was born on Feb. 25, 1932, in Longton, the son of Ivan T. and Agnes B. (McConnell) Hoppes. He graduated from Galva High School in 1950.
On April 22, 1951, he was united in marriage to Yvonne V. Ash in Galva.
He was a member of the McPherson Masonic Lodge No. 172 and was Past Master of the Galva Masonic Lodge.
Survivors include: his wife, Yvonne of the home; sons, Mike Hoppes and wife, Jolene, of Galva, and Mark Hoppes and wife, Susan, of Galva; daughter, Tammy Ratzlaff and husband, David, of Galva; brother, Bob Hoppes and wife, Lois, of Sterling; sisters, Norma Donovan of San Jose, Calif., and Carol Brooks of Wichita; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
A private graveside service will take place on Friday, Jan. 11, 2013, at the Empire Cemetery, Galva, with Rev. Phil Radatz officiating.
A reception and celebration of life will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at the Galva Community Building, 208 S. Main, Galva.
Memorial donations may be given to Harden Hospice in care of Stockham Family Funeral Home, 205 N. Chestnut, McPherson, KS 67460. Personal condolences may be sent to the family at www.stockhamfamily.com.
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HERKIMER, N.Y.�� Herkimer County Community College�s Generals split decisions over the weekend and kept their record over .500 heading into Wednesday�s game at top-ranked Onondaga Community College.
Beaten at home 21-8 by Dean College Saturday, the Generals (5-4) bounced back Sunday with a 14-5 win over the Thunderwolves at Niagara County Community College
The Generals trailed Niagara 2-1 early but got consecutive goals from Tony Karam, Kyle Lee and Joel Braun to take the lead in the first quarter and never fell back behind.
Herkimer led the Thunderwolves 5-3 at halftime and outscored them 9-2 after the intermission.
Lee scored four goals in the win and Christian Ojeda added three. Braun and Karam each had two goals and an assist, Jonathan Camera and Michael Fuoco each had one goal and two assists, Jeremy Mowrey had a goal and an assist, and Nashawn Hoffman and goalie Austin Loeffel each had an assist.
The Dean game was tied at 3 after the first quarter but the Bulldogs took an 11-4 lead before halftime and stretched it to 15-4 in the third quarter.
Michael Patjane had four goals and three assists for Dean, Michael Jednak had three and three, and Tyler Osborn and Ryan Dotson each had three and two. Lee scored three goals for Herkimer, Camera had a goal and an assist, and four other Generals scored goals.
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Before you decorate the nursery, pick out a name, or test drive strollers, one item should rise to the top of your to-do list: Take a daily prenatal vitamin.
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Since half of pregnancies are unplanned, regular prenatal vitamins ensure that you get those nutrients even before you find out that you're expecting.
If you already know you're pregnant, the sooner you start to take a prenatal vitamin, the better. Even if you eat right, they're still a good idea.
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Posted on 09/03/2008 9:57:41 AM PDT by abb
The daughter of Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D-Del.) was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing a police officer outside a Chicago bar.
Ashley Blazer Biden, 21, of Wilmington, Del., was with a group of people on a North Side street where several bars are located when someone else threw a bottle at an officer, police said.
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I guess we're going to learn if family is offline or just for our candidates?
My thoughts exactly!
"Sen. Bidens spokeswoman, Margaret Aitken, declined to comment, calling it a private, family matter."
Ummmmm Senator? Better start throwing that line louder for the Palins.
ROTFLMAO! Wonder how much this little snippet will get on the MSM????
Biden is unfit to be VP!
$10 says it was something to the effect of "DO YOU KNOW WHO MY FATHER IS!!?"
That Biden is ALWAYS screwing things up.
Well, thank goodness she's not pregnant.
Seriously though we shouldn't attack Biden for this. If we do we'd legitimately be seen as hypocrites.
No, this is actually a case that is not a family matter. She was breaking the law. Preganancy is not breaking the law.
This was 2002 BTW
Like a chip off the old block..
Please see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmRXH7RkCZQ
I wouldn't give Biden too much air time. If SP can't be run off then Obama may need an excuse for a Do-over...maybe a woman...
ya, but I meant here, in our house, not the MSM.
Do as I say, not as I do ...
Takes after her daddy, I'm sure.
Wonder how this reflects on his parenting skills and the kind of values present in their home?
Wonder wht kind of legs this story will grow out in leftyland and the MSM? Not that there's much difference.
Karma. :-)
How will Sen Biden(D-State-of-the-Day) manage the Vice Presidency and keep his family intact, handling court dates and bail-bondsmen, let alone keeping his hair-plugs in his head? He'd best not run.
"I guess were going to learn if family is offline or just for our candidates?"
That's easy, it's just for our candidates. We've always known this.
Should Biden step down, so he can take care of these obviously overwhelming family issues? Clearly his daughter needs some quality time with her family!
This was six years ago - the MSM has about a six hour attention span.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Wanna bet which way the MSM goes?
At least the minor Palin girl has owned up to her mistake and is taking step to do what's right.
The adult Biden girl appears to be in tune with the anarchists.
We won't hear anything about it since it happened in 2002.
I am sure we will be reading about this in the ENQUIRER soon.....NOTTTTTT!!!!
You know the answer.
The line between "off limits" and "fair game" is right there between "liberal" and "conservative".
She must have really committed a felony. Because she's charged with a misdemeanor in a solid, Democratic machine town and the daughter of the Democrat VP candidate from Delaware. I want to know the identity of the person this "daughter" killed and why.
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Who vetted this guy?
Doesn't Biden need to stay home with her and get her the help she needs?
She was taught to abstain from drinking too much booze. That didn't work too well did it?
Can't wait to hear the 'should family be off limits' question during the VP Debate!!!!
Ah, crap!
The apple doesn't far from the tree, and the Biden doesn't fall far from the barstool.
Let's see what happens now.
And this girl is 21, so she's an adult.
2002? What's the point?
It's just assault on a police officer -- clearly only a family matter. Not a public matter, like a daughter's sex life.
O my! Didn't they vet this guy?
...unless you're a pro-abortion Democrat, who sees pregnancy as one of the seven deadly sins!
I'll expect a full unbiased report on ABCNNBCBS and US & ENQUIRER mags ASAP......
"...we shouldn't attack Biden for this. If we do we'd legitimately be seen as hypocrites."
You're so wrong. This is war.
I had to go to the link to see if that line was really there....sure enough!
Let's see... Biden Son #1 a lobbyist who helped Dad get $100K for fixing a legislative bill... Son #2 a convicted criminal... Daughter #1 arrested for crime of violence... and they have the 'NADS to question Palin's family? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Two things my Mother always told me. She'd say, "Glory Jane, if you don't have anything nice to say about someone, then it's best not to say anything at all." And she'd say, " Two wrongs never made anything right."
After watching the msm tear Governor Sarah Palin apart I have such an urge, but I'll bite my tongue and keep my little mouth shut.
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*Consumer Comment: Absolute Living Developments Ltd, Summerberry Residences, Colonnade House
*General Comment: CPC Worldwide
*Consumer Comment: freshstart living, empirical property group,urbanblox
*Consumer Comment: freshstart living, empirical property group, pf advisors ltd, fsl invest, fslinvest
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*Consumer Suggestion: empirical property group, fresh start living charlie cunningham
*Consumer Comment: freshstart living ,charlie cunningham , fresh start living ltd
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#1 Consumer Suggestion
DS7 Limited, Absolute Living Developments, Tim Ackrel
AUTHOR: Mary Chan - (Hong Kong)
SUBMITTED: Monday, December 14, 2015POSTED: Monday, December 14, 2015
The Mill / Orchid Point property in Trafford, UK developed by ALD /FSL
The property is sold by Absolute Livings Development Ltd (ALD)sold with a 10 year net rental guarantee of 8.5% p.a. and the rentals for the first 2 years are used to offset the selling price. The sales agent called Hong Kong Homessaid no need to pay ground rent or service charges for the first 10 years because ALD will pay. The sales brochure also says 8.5% net minimum annual rental return. The development project is called The Mill with 38 units, 33 3bedroom duplex flats and 5 penthouses. Most units were sold by HKH in 2014.
The buyers are mostly from Hong Kong and in Oct 2015 received solicitors letters asking payment of ground rent and service charges for 2014 and 2015. ALD did not reply to any queries as if disappeared. No quarterly rent account statements was ever produced. Edwen Yew resigned as director 30 Aug 2015 and transferred all the share to a Mr Leong. He appeared to still play an active role. At the same time, ALD sent a few emails to all unit buyers to offer the sale of freehold and mentioned that by paying for the freehold, unit buyers will not have to pay the ground rent any more. ALD changed ownership again in Dec 2015 to DMH & Co by Daniel Mark Harrison. The lease was sold by a company called FSL Properties Empress Mill Ltd and the management company named in the lease is called Orchid Point Management Company Ltd. The management agreement was with ALD. ALD Property projects sold by Hong Kong Homes have similar or completion problems, Summerberry Residences, Olicana.
When pressured by groups of buyers, Samson Law said he would resolve the problems with Charles Cunningham and Tim Ackrel (using their DS7 emails).
The unit buyers afraid they may not get the rental after the 2 year guaranteed period even if give the 60 days notice under the management agreement because ALD appears to have disappeared. The 5 penthouse units are not yet completed because no work was done for over a year and the main staircase to enter the block is said to be unfit for people walking so there may be fire and safety compliance. Not sure the duplex design may meet the safety requirement. When paying for the initial deposit, the buyers were told by Hong Kong Homes they would get a specified free car park. Later, they were told such car park was not available but replaced by a right to park outside the building.
From past reportings on the news, the companies concerned(Empirical, FSL) have similar directors Charles Cunningham, Wright. The role of solicitors are also very confusing:
Tim Ackrel
l Acts as seller company [FSL Properties Empress Mill Ltd] solicitors in the sale agreement : Tim Ackrel, Empirical Property Group Ltd
l Tim is sole director of a company called DS7. DS7 is the company that lends money to ALD to purchase FSL properties. ALD has charged its asset to DS7.
l Tim is also the legal head of ALD (so ALD has charged its assets to a staff?)
l Tim acts both for the landlord (FSL Properties Empress Mill or ALD Orchid Point), and the management company (ALD Ltd) He uses the landlord's name to demand money from unit buyers but he totally ignored the responsibility of the management company to pay the ground rent and service charges per the management contract. He is using his legal expertise against the unwary overseas buyers?
The solicitors letters were sent at the same time regardless of when individual buyers purchased the units but the purchase time may vary many months. If they had sent the first letter on first due date in late 2014 or early 2015, other potential buyers might know and not buy. In short, this may be a well structured sales scheme. Other development projects by ALD sold by Hong Kong Homes are Summerberry Residences, Olicana and Alexander House. The last two are not yet completed. Summerberry buyers also received solicitors letters. No work appeared done for the last year on the outstanding work at the Mill (staircase, penthouses), and yet they are selling a site opposite calledThe Mill B via a sales agent called MIG, a Malaysian group. Edwen Yew is also Malaysian.
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#2 Consumer Comment
absolute living developments, whitehouse, white house runcorn'Slums of the future' given go-ahead in RuncornPlanning inspector quashes councillors' decision and paves way for firm to turn asbestos eye
AUTHOR: graham m - ()
SUBMITTED: Thursday, July 30, 2015POSTED: Thursday, July 30, 2015
'Slums of the future' given go-ahead in Runcorn
Planning inspector quashes councillors' decision and paves way for firm to turn asbestos eyesore East Lane House into 448 flats
A flats project in Runcorn described as the 'worst scheme ever seen' by a Halton councillor has been given the go-ahead.
Mark Caine, of the Planning Inspectorate, found in favour of property firm Absolute Living Developments, paving the way for it to convert East Lane House into 448 one-bedroom flats.
Of these units, 394 of them will be 'studio apartments' derided as 'bedsits' by critics of the project.
Mr Caine's decision overturns a refusal by elected Halton councillors to reject the scheme.
Opponents to the project have argued that the building will become a 'slum', and will cause to parking and traffic problems in the vicinity and neighbouring areas.
Some have said the building also contains asbestos.
Due to a change in the law during the last Parliament, the only factors that could be used to stop converting a building into homes were flood risk, contamination and highways impact.
At first developers planned to provide 60 parking spaces, but increased this to 157 following an outcry.
The planning inspector said that the secretary of state's comments about homes needing enough places to park vehicles had limited weight in this instance because the flats would not be family homes.
Mr Caine dismissed there being any relevant highways, flood risk or contamination impact.
Critics of the scheme have included Cllr Alan Lowe who said the scheme would create the 'slums of the future' and Cllr Dave Thompson, who called the project 'barmy' and the 'worst he had ever seen'.
In his decision report, published on Wednesday, Mr Caine said: "Local residents and councillors have also raised a number of other objections.
"These include concerns regarding the proposed mix and tenure, the lack of amenities in the area, the levels of asbestos, the amount of previous fires at the appeal building, anti-social behaviour and noise and disturbance.
"I have also been referred to a previous application at Grosvenor House, and the proposal's effect on the conservation area and the regeneration of the area have also been put forward.
"However, prior approval applications only allow consideration of specific matters which are in regard to highways impact, contamination and flood risk.
"The matters raised above are therefore not relevant to the proposal and do not form a basis for dismissing the appeal."
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#3 Consumer Comment
absolute living developments, Charles Cunningham, runcorn malaysia
AUTHOR: StarPlayer 2015 - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, May 14, 2015POSTED: Thursday, May 14, 2015
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#4 Consumer Comment
White House Apartment Runcorn, Absolute Living, Edwen Yew, Knight Knox, Jeremy Knight, Owen Knox
AUTHOR: user 6017264 - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 11, 2015POSTED: Monday, May 11, 2015
White House Apartment Runcorn, Absolute Living Developments, Edwen Yew, Knight Knox, Jeremy Knight, Owen Knox selling properties they DO NOT OWN, with NO PLANNING PERMISSION to Investors in UK and Malaysia.
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#5 Consumer Comment
AUTHOR: user 6017264 - (USA)
SUBMITTED: Monday, May 11, 2015POSTED: Monday, May 11, 2015
Developer Knight Knox and associated agents are selling flats at the proposed Adelphi Wharf blocks before any planning permission or Section 106 agreements have been put in place.
The flats on Adelphi Street, on the site of the previously ill-fated Foundry Wharf development, are being touted as "high-end riverside apartments in Manchester", while the Knight Knox International website is claiming that one third of the flats in Phase One are already sold.
Knight Knox is now also pushing flats at its proposed Adelphi Wharf blocks with no planning permission.
Salford Star readers have been in touch, stating they have been `spammed' with emails by the `Buy Association' promising "high-end riverside apartments in Manchester"comprised of "580 stunning apartments, set against the River Irwell's picturesque waterfront", with `assured completion due August 2016'.
Meanwhile, the Knight Knox website is claiming that 30% of the flats on sale in its Phase One are already `sold out'. However, the proposed development hasn't even been passed by Salford City Council's planning panel yet – which has the power to reject the application.
A video on the Adelphi Wharf page of the Knight Knox International website states that its `buy to let properties' are `designed to appeal to the investor market', adding that `the potential to earn a high return on a property is greater now than at the height of the boom'. And never mind affordable housing, the video explains that its blocks are `specifically designed to attract the best paying tenants'...
With Phase One already `30% sold out' and the `best paying tenants' being lined up to fill the flats, Knight Knox should find it difficult to argue that the scheme won't be `viable' if it has to pay fees when its planning application does eventually come before Salford Council's planning panel.
The last twelve months have seen a procession of developers pleading poverty; that their schemes for thousands of apartments wouldn't be `viable' if they had to paySection 106 planning obligations for things like open space, infrastructure and construction training; or if they had to provide affordable housing in line with Council policy.
The Council's Assistant Mayor for Planning recently called the practice "a public scandal of immense proportions", while rightly blaming the ConDem Government's National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) "that has seen Eric Pickles rig the planning regulations in order to deprive, to rob, local communities of its essential investment in order to line the pockets of landowners and developers"
The proposed Adelphi Wharf development is on the same site as the ill fated Foundry Wharf scheme for a 27 storey apartment tower which imploded in 2010, leaving the site derelict. The planning permission for that scheme was granted in 2007, under the lastLabour Government, without any need to provide affordable housing. The only Section 106 agreement appeared to be for a `riverside walkway' enhancing the value of the developer's own project
Meanwhile, the `X1 Media City, Manchester' development still appears to have no planning permission, or Section 106 agreement or affordable housing in place, despite continuing to market its flats.
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#6 Consumer Comment
absolute living developments runcorn
AUTHOR: StarPlayer - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, March 17, 2015POSTED: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
Developers Link To Failed Firm
A company behind a controversial bid to turn a derelict government building in Runcorn into flats has distanced itself from another firm that went bust under a cloud of anger from investors and the Advertising Standards Agency in 2013.
Absolute Living Developments (ALD) has applied to convert East Lane House next to Runcorn Shopping Centre into 448 studio and single-bedroom flats.
On Friday, it confirmed to the Weekly News that it had taken over some part-completed developments from Fresh Start Living (FSL), which went into liquidation in 2013.
The company's statement came after the Weekly News found loan documents lodged with Government business website Companies House relating to third party lender DS7 Ltd.
The forms showed that DS7 had loaned cash to ALD for the East Lane House project, with the terms of the contract granting DS7 Ltd power to appoint one of its officers as a receiver in the event that ALD goes into receivership.
The contract also gives DS7 Ltd the power to 'take possession' of the flats in the case of ALD's demise.
Another form lists the recipient on a forwarding address for DS7 Ltd as 'for the attention of Charles Cunningham'.
The Weekly News asked ALD whether this was linked to former Fresh Start Living director Charles Alexander Clunie Cunningham, who was the subject of a critical article by Daily Mirror investigative report Andrew Penman in September 2013.
Further documents on Companies House showed that a former Fresh Start Living director, Philip Wright, had been a director at 'Absolute Living Developments (Orchid Point)' – another company with a loan from DS7 Ltd.
ALD's spokeswoman said Philip Wright had been on the board of a 'vehicle' that owned a FSL development site acquired by ALD.
He was replaced after the acquisition.
She said there was 'no relation' between ALD and DS7 Ltd.
Fresh Start Living went into liquidation in 2013.
Andrew Penman, of the Daily Mirror, said the firm had left investors fuming after they alleged they were left out of pocket having pumped thousands of pounds into properties renovated by FSL.
FSL was also investigated by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) after a complaint was made over the firm's claim to have made a £4m profit. The ASA upheld the grievance.
The Business Desk reported in September 2013 that Stockport Council and Greater Manchester Fire And Rescue Service were taking separate actions over safety breaches.
An ALD spokeswoman said: "Absolute Living Developments have acquired a number of developments around the country.
"Some of these were part-completed developments from Fresh Start Living which were acquired when it went into administration, one being Orchid Point whereby Absolute Living Developments acquired the vehicle that owned the site.
"Philip Wright was on the board of the vehicle and was replaced when the acquisition completed – there is no other connection between Absolute Living Developments and Fresh Start Living.
"DS7 Limited is a lender to Absolute Living Developments on certain developments."
The Weekly News tried to contact DS7 Ltd for comment.
Halton Borough Council's development control committee is due to hold a 'special meeting' tonight to decide whether to allow ALD's proposed conversion of East Lane House into flats.
The scheme has been blasted as 'barmy' by Halton Lea ward's Cllr Dave Thompson.
ALD insists it will attract young professionals and key workers.
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#7 Consumer Suggestion
Empirical Property Group, Christian Yates, Philip Wright, Charles Cunningham
AUTHOR: user3490761 - ()
SUBMITTED: Friday, September 12, 2014POSTED: Friday, September 12, 2014
Empirical Property Group should be put into liquidation, the sooner the better. They failed to complete on Bispham House in Liverpool and have left tenants with a levy of payments to bring the building up to specification. Nobody can currently get a mortgage on the flats in the building which leave the flats impossible to sell. By blaming Law Firms they are simply passing the buck, as the blame fully lies at their door. There is a long list of uncompleted properties in their wake and a long history of failure on the ones that they have got anywhere near completing leaving investors out of pocket. The whole culture of EPG and Freshstart and any of their long list of associated companies is one of blame, anyone is to blame apart from them. They will do anything and everything to take investor money and do whatever it takes to get that money. Do not, whatever you do involve yourself with any of the companies in this group, you will ultimately lose money.
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#8 Consumer Comment
Absolute Living Developments Ltd, Summerberry Residences, Colonnade House
AUTHOR: anonymous - ()
SUBMITTED: Sunday, August 31, 2014POSTED: Sunday, August 31, 2014
Colonnade House Construction Limited
The Debt
CIK have been instructed to recover a debt of £122,261 owing from this company for air supply and extraction work carried out on Colonnade House in the Summer of 2012.
Colonnade House was converted into student apartments (PODS) in 2012 and is located at Sunbridge Road, Bradford, BD1 2LQ. It has been rebranded twice since then, first to The Fort and now to Summer Berry Residences,presumably to try and avoid bad financial press.
EPG Group
The property group behind Colonnade House have serious bad debt form. The holding company is Empirical Property Group Limited - EPG (name changed from Fresh Start Holdings (Manchester) Limited in January 2013) which owned the company FSL Properties Colonnade Limited that owned Colonnade House. EPG was incorporated in February 2011.
The Directors of EPG are Charles Cunningham, Philip Wright and Christian Yates with Cunningham owning 10% of the shares and a Alan Pierce 90%.
Alan Pierce and Philip Wright have had previous property companies that have gone into compulsory liquidation, Wrightchoice Developments Limited (Company Number: 03768709) owing £4.2M and Pierce Properties Limited (Company No. 06578485). There is another individual Andrew Camilleri who has been involved but he was made bankrupt in 2011 for £9M and had to resign his directorships.
The group was fronted until recently by Fresh Start Living Limited (FSL) where Cunningham, Wright, Pierce and Camilleri were all Directors. The FSL acronym has been used in numerous company names within the group. Fresh Start Living went into compulsory liquidation in December 2013.
Colonnade House Company Structure
Like other properties purchased by EPG (there have been 15 or so similar to Colonnade House) there is a company that owns the freehold, a company for the contractors and a lettings/management company.
For Colonnade House they were as follows:
- FSL Properties Colonnade Limited (Incorporated August 2011) Directors: Philip Wright
- Colonnade House Construction Limited (Incorporated May 2012) Directors: Philip Wright then Paul Statham-Walker
- FSL Management Colonnade Limited (Incorporated May 2012) Directors: Philip Wright then Paul Statham-Walker
- Buy to Let Bradford LLP (Incorporated October 2013) Directors: Paul Statham-Walker
FSL Properties Colonnade Limited went into voluntary liquidation in June 2014.
Colonnade House Construction Limited and FSL Management Colonnade Limited are being dissolved by Companies House due to the two companies having never filed accounts. A commentary on Buy to Let Bradford will be made under Christian Yates's bio.
We understand that the main contractors to Colonnade House via Colonnade House Construction Limited, including our client, have not been paid and there is a view that there was no intention of ever paying them.
Colonnade House Value
There are 224 student apartments of which at least 52 have been sold on 125 year leases at an average value of £40,000.
The freehold was sold by FSL Properties Colonnade Limited in November 2012 to a London based property company called Four Daughters Limited for £773,760. It is not known at this stage who has the beneficial interest of the 224 leases but it is presumed that the imputed value of £9M (224 apartments @ £40,000) lies somewhere within the EPG Group, as does the cash from the sale of the freehold.
It should be noted that the net assets of EPG went from £2M in July 2012 to £23M (mostly fixed assets) in July 2013, which may account for the Colonnade House missing assets.
Other Similar Properties
It would appear that a property, Montgomery House of Demesne Road, Whalley Range, South Manchester, M16 8HP, has gone down the same route and one presumes that other properties in the group have had a similar fate.
- FSL Properties Montgomery Limited. Directors: Philip Wright
- XXX Construction Limited (Investigating name)
- FSL Management Montgomery Limited. Directors: Philip Wright
FSL Properties Montgomery Limited went into compulsory liquidation in January 2014.
FSL Management Montgomery Limited went into compulsory liquidation in January 2013.
Other potential sites are Empress Mill, Greenock, St Thomas, Victoria Halls and Ford Lane.
Relevant Directors
They are Charles Cunningham, Philip Wright, Christian Yates and Paul Statham- Walker. There are approximately ~ 25 companies active in the group, all owned or influenced by EPG.
All these companies give a registered office of 7 Empress Street, Manchester, M16 9EN but this is a post drop. They actually all work from Suite 7C, 7th Floor, Blackfriars House, Parsonage Gardens, Manchester, M3 2JA.
Charles Cunningham (DOB Dec 1978)
Charles is the CEO of EPG and a 10% shareholder. His bio is well documented on the internet.
We are looking to prove in due course that he is a shadow director of the Colonnade group of companies.
Yes, I met him twice whilst we were chasing monies. It was him who offered other properties as equity, at their offices in Swinton at the time. Bxxxxxx was driving a S65 Mercedes, cost new £120K!
Cunningham is or was until recently a Director of ~ 15 companies within the group. Those with a bad debt track record are as follows:
- Fresh Start Living Limited - Compulsory Liquidation December 2013
- Empirical Property Group Limited (EPG) - Has recent CCJs
- Urban Blox Limited - Has recent CCJs (Resigned May 2014)
- EPG Construction Limited - Has recent CCJs (Resigned April 2014)
- Student & Affordable Property Limited - Forced to resign from this company and 2 other related SAP companies in October 2013. The people behind this company had loaned monies to EPG in 2012 and their comments were as follows:
I am aware of the appalling behaviour and financial mess caused by EPG and those connected to it. We are all one of a number of people who are suffering losses at the hands of this company. We have severed all connections with them other than unfortunately having an outstanding loan to them, which we made before we realised how dreadful their financial situation was. It remains to be seen how big our losses will become .I am afraid all I can do is look on helplessly from outside. I do hope that you manage to get recovery of what is due to you and your client.
Cunningham's current group defence is that EPG has a claim against lawyers on the Trafford Press property of between £5M and £250M. No evidence can be found for the validity of this claim and one would suggest that it is just a flanker to buy time.
Christian Yates
Christian is the only non-executive Director of EPG and has an impeccable bio and it is thus confusing as to why he should have blotted his CV with the EPG crowd.
We are unsure of his role within the EPG group but he does have a financial interest noted on the website of Buy to let Bradford LLP, where Paul Statham-Walker is the Director, with a postcode that matches the 7 Empress Street address, as follows:
Buy To Let Bradford is an exclusive Investment Agent acting on behalf of Cherif Investment Properties Limited and Lord Beaverbrook. The Development, The Fort (see top of page under The Debt paragraph), stands as a monolithic landmark overlooking the City of Bradford, offering great student accommodation PODS in a strong location. Student investment from £39,950....
Now Christian Yates is a Director of Cherif Investment Properties Limited. We are currently investigating whether this company has a financial interest in the apartments at Colonnade House or indeed in any of the other properties owned by EPG.
Paul Statham-Walker (DOB April 1980)
Paul is a Director of 8 companies within the EPG group. Evidence would suggest he is made a Director when the company is deemed worthless and being let go. His role within EPG would appear to be that of a sales person, having served previously as a Corporal in the Army.
He goes by the name Paul Statham-Walker, Paul Statham and Paul Walker. His most recent Directorship is at Urban Blox where he calls himself Paul Walker and has changed his DOB to July 1980, presumably to hide his past Directorships as Paul Statham-Walker.
On the Urban Blox website he calls himself Paul Statham.
His relevant companies with a bad debt footprint are as follows:
- Trafford Press Construction Limited - Compulsory Liquidation August 2013
- Freshstart Living (No 9) Limited - Voluntary Liquidation February 2014
- Colonnade House Construction Limited - Has recent CCJs
- Empress Mill Construction Limited - Has recent CCJs. Camilleri was a Director until 2013.
- Urban Blox Limited - Has recent CCJs
Philip/Phillip Wright (DOB June 1958)
Philip is a Director of EPG and of another ~ 25 companies within the EPG group. His bio is well documented on the internet. His relevant companies with a bad debt footprint are as follows:
- Wrightchoice Developments Limited - Voluntary Liquidation March 2011
- FSL Management Montgomery Limited - Compulsory Liquidation January 2013
- FSL Properties Trafford Press Limited - Administration September 2013
- Fresh Start Living Limited - Compulsory Liquidation December 2013 (Resigned July 2013)
- FSL Properties Montgomery Limited - Compulsory Liquidation January 2014
- Freshstart Living (No 9) Limited - Voluntary Liquidation February 2014 (Resigned July 2013)
- FSL Properties Colonnade Limited - Voluntary Liquidation June 2014
- FSL Properties Victoria Halls Limited - Has recent CCJs
- FSL Properties Ford Lane Limited - Has recent CCJs
- FSL Management Ford Lane Limited - Has recent CCJs
- FSL Properties Greenock Limited - Has recent CCJs
- FSL Management Greenock Limited - Has recent CCJs
- FSL Properties St Thomas Limited - Has recent CCJs
- FSL Management St Thomas Limited - Has recent CCJs
- Empirical Property Group Limited (EPG) - Has recent CCJs
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#9 General Comment
CPC Worldwide
AUTHOR: CPCWorldwide - ()
SUBMITTED: Tuesday, November 05, 2013POSTED: Tuesday, November 05, 2013
We are currently investigating Middle England Developments/ Penlake Limited after receiving complaints from investors.
Please visit: http://middleenglanddevelopmentsdebt.wordpress.com
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#10 Consumer Comment
freshstart living, empirical property group,urbanblox
AUTHOR: off to market - ()
SUBMITTED: Monday, October 21, 2013POSTED: Monday, October 21, 2013
Although they now claim to be at 7 Empress Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, M27 8FF, I could find no sign of them there. The telephone number is 0845 259 1904. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Or you can get them at urbanblox on 0845 653 1029. Email: email@example.com
My experience:
Pre-contract, Fresh Start Living Limited misrepresented to me they owned property but didn't; They also misrepresented the timescale to exchange and completion. On the basis of their misrepresentations I paid a deposit.
FSL took my deposit money of £xx,xxx without supplying property and have not returned my deposit for over 2 YEARS.. They have no valid excuse. They ignore all contact requests.
They obtained my deposit by deception and simply refused to give it back despite obtaining a court order to repay it (CCJ) and sending the Bailifs round.
They have numerous active CCJ's against them (Source: http://Bizzy.co.uk)
A few helpful but negative posts have been filtered out despite being FACTUAL. I would be surprised if this post isn't removed.
Fresh Start Living Limited have been taken to court many times for not paying their debts i.e. at Luton Court on 15th January 2013. Google this case or you can phone the court to confirm this.
An investor has applied to the courts to have the company shut down.
The One Show on the BBC are doing an exposé very soon and will be filming in Manchester THIS FRIDAY. If you have been a victim and lost money to Fresh Start Living please contact the BBC One Show and help protect further victims by raising awareness.
BBC Contact: firstname.lastname@example.com
Although they now claim to be at 7 Empress Street, Old Trafford, Manchester, M27 8FF, I could find no sign of them there. The telephone number is 0845 259 1904. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Or you can get them at urbanblox on 0845 653 1029. Email: email@example.com
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#11 Consumer Comment
freshstart living, empirical property group, pf advisors ltd, fsl invest, fslinvest
AUTHOR: ravegarden - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, July 31, 2013POSTED: Wednesday, July 31, 2013
A LONDON property developer is behind a bid to wind up Salford buy-to-let specialist FreshStart Living.
Roger Walters, chief executive of Supercity UK which operates three aparthotels in the capital, is chasing FreshStart over a £20,000 deposit he paid on 10 flats at a proposed FreshStart student scheme in Nottingham.
He says the scheme is now not going ahead and he wants his money back, but FreshStart insists the development is on track, although it has been delayed.
The company was planning to convert a 30,000 sq ft office building at the Victoria Shopping Centre into 157 student apartments in time for the 2012-13 academic year.
Mr Walters said: "They didn't own the property and they never bought it so there was no chance of developing it so I asked for my money back, and they just don't give it back, it's incredible, they just don't."
Mr Walters issued a statutory demand, which gives a debtor 21 days to pay, and then issued a winding-up petition which was heard in London on Monday. The case was adjourned to give both sides time to submit evidence.
FreshStart's chief executive Charlie Cunningham said it was "rubbish" that the Nottingham development had been abandoned. "We've exchanged contracts which makes us the beneficial owner and we're going through the planning process to change it into student accommodation. It's taken much longer than we hoped it would but there's no question of the scheme not going ahead."
He added: "He's reserved six units and is contractually obliged to buy the units and complete. We've offered him a number of alternatives but that hasn't come to anything."
But Mr Walters told TheBusinessDesk he was not interested in other developments. He said: "I'm not going to let it go, I'm going to take it all the way. They're not denying they have the money, they even offered to move it to another scheme. They're not denying it, they just don't want to give it back."
A developer for 30 years, Mr Walters said he wanted to "let someone else do the developing" and has also put a deposit of £75,000 down on six flats at FreshStart's Trafford Press scheme in Manchester which has not yet been completed.
as featured in businessdesk.com by James Graham
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#12 Consumer Comment
freshstart living, empirical property group, pf advisors ltd
AUTHOR: ravegarden - ()
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, July 24, 2013POSTED: Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Notice Code: 2450
Petitions to Wind Up (Companies)
In the High Court of Justice (Chancery Division)
Companies Court No 4211 of 2013
In the Matter of FRESH START LIVING LIMITED
(Company Number 06816500)
and in the Matter of the Insolvency Act 1986
A Petition to wind up the above-named Company Registered No 06816500 of 2nd Floor, Oak Court, Clifton Business Park, Wynne Avenue, Swinton, Manchester M27 8FF, presented on 12 June 2013 by Roger Walters, of 55 Ennismore Gardens, London SW7 1AJ, claiming to be a Creditor of the Company, will be heard at The Royal Courts of Justice, 7 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane, London EC4A 1NL, on 29 July 2013, at 10.30 am(or as soon thereafter as the Petition can be heard).
Any person intending to appear on the hearing of the Petition (whether to support or oppose it) must give notice of intention to do so to the Petitioner or its Solicitor in accordance with Rule 4.16 by 1600 hours on 26 July 2013.
The Petitioner's Solicitor is Brecher, 4th Floor, 64 North Row W1K 7LL. DX 42701 OXFORD CIRCUS NORTH. (Ref SR/W11-9.)
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#13 Consumer Comment
freshstart living, empirical property group, pf advisors ltd
AUTHOR: Admin - ()
SUBMITTED: Saturday, May 25, 2013POSTED: Saturday, May 25, 2013
I lost money to this shower...now it appears from this report in the British edition of the Financial Times that I am not alone. BE WARNED
Student pods attacked over failure to deliver promised returns
By Stephen Wilmot
Student pods – the latest buy-to-let vogue, where investors buy a single room in a development – have been attacked for failing to deliver promised double-digit returns.
Attracted by guaranteed returns of up to 10 per cent and prices as low as £30,000 – substantially less than an equivalent buy-to-let property – investors have snapped up pods across the UK.
But because the properties are small, typically 12-13 square metres, the bite-sized asking prices belie high underlying property values. A £59,995 pod investment on the market in Canterbury, for example, costs more than twice the average for the city on a per square foot basis, according to Hometrack, a housing analytics company.
Student-accommodation blocks have performed strongly, with annual returns of 9 per cent last year, according to estate agent Knight Frank. Rents have been buoyed by the growth of students from Asia, who typically prefer purpose-built housing.
The strong market has attracted sophisticated investors, including private equity funds and overseas institutions. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, the property group, transaction in the UK student accommodation market was close to £1.9bn last year, more than double the value in 2011.
But there are fears that some developers are using the buoyant market to sell inappropriate products to private investors.
Kavita Bachada, an employment lawyer, bought a pod in Liverpool for £42,000 in 2011, tempted by a 10 per cent yield guaranteed for 12 months. "There was nothing out there . . . that offered anything like these returns," she said.
While the income flowed as expected for 18 months, it has since dried up. Middle England Developments, the developer, has now asked pod investors for a three-month "payment holiday". It blamed a surge in vacancies caused by tuition fees, a clampdown on foreign students and a wave of development in the city.
One problem is that the eye-catching guaranteed yields are typically subsidised by the developer, so income from rents, and property resale value, may fall when the guarantee runs out.
Another developer, FreshStart Living, last month agreed a settlement to hand over a total of £131,000 in unpaid rent to 70 investors. It has since stopped selling pods to individual investors.
"The guarantees are rarely sustainable," said Charlie Cunningham, its chief executive. "Investors are often left with a useless property from which they will not only struggle to generate a reasonable income but they will also struggle to resell."
Mr Cunningham called for tighter regulation of the market, noting "people investing in property are not that sophisticated".
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#14 Consumer Suggestion
empirical property group, fresh start living charlie cunningham
AUTHOR: Psk111 - ()
SUBMITTED: Friday, March 15, 2013POSTED: Friday, March 15, 2013
Please use it, and publish the following website address wherever you can. Hopefully, this will prove beneficial for the many people who have invested money in fresh start living property investments.
direct email : email@example.com
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#15 Consumer Comment
freshstart living ,charlie cunningham , fresh start living ltd
AUTHOR: anonymous - (United States of America)
SUBMITTED: Thursday, February 07, 2013POSTED: Thursday, February 07, 2013
Claim number 2QZ22139
Luton County Court
2nd Floor, Cresta House
Alma Street
Tuesday, 15th January 2013
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MR STEPHEN DYER (of Neves & Dyer) appeared on behalf of the Claimant.
THE DEFENDANT did not attend and was not represented.
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DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: I should say, Mr Dyer, as is customary, this hearing is being recorded. You may not know that, Mr Dyer. You represent the claimant, Mr Skinner.
MR DYER: That is correct.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: And you may not know that yesterday there was an email from Fresh Start, from one Hannah Jones, apparently, said to be for and on behalf of Chris Hutchinson, in-house lawyer. "Please note that there is nobody for the company available to attend the proposed hearing at Luton tomorrow. We apologise for the late notice provided. If we are able to arrange, can you please advise how?" It is not for the court to advise parties. The parties, if they are making applications to set aside judgment, they should surely, of course, attend. Have you had any correspondence, Mr Dyer?
MR DYER: No. I had late instructions on this matter. I know what it is about. All I have seen is an application to set aside which says
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: Let me tell you. I have a limited file and there are cryptic notes. The claim is for a 15,000 deposit for A failed property purchase, plus interest and costs. "Fresh Start Living Limited represented to me verbally and by way of email that they had acquired a property known as Victoria House, Milton Street, Nottingham. FSL verbally stated that the property conversion would be completed by September 2011. On 30th June 2011, FSL by way of email set out the time scale for exchange and completion. Based on these representations, on 7th July 2011 I signed an agreement to purchase. My solicitor" That was not you at that time, was it?
MR DYER: It was.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: It was you. "My solicitor later discovered FSL never owned this building and may never be in a position to purchase it". Is that correct?
MR DYER: That is correct.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: "FSL refused to refund our deposit, which is unreasonable". So there was a judgment in default. It appears that that process was quite proper, i.e. the judgment was a regular judgment, because the application says so. The application is signed by one Philip Wright, whose status in the company is not made known to me - or to you, presumably.
MR DYER: No.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: He says, "We missed the time frame stated in the CPR due to an administrative error by one of our temporary employees." This takes the case out of CPR 13.2, which, of course, is the provision for irregular judgments and I am left with an application. I am not going to adjourn this matter. I am going to deal with it. That means that it is under CPR 13.3, cases where the court may set aside a judgment entered under part 12. "The court may set aside a judgment entered under part 12" - that is the default judgment, of course. It was a default judgment, was it not?
MR DYER: Yes, That is correct.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: I should for completeness say that judgment was on 1st November. "If the defendant has a real prospect of successfully defending the claim or it appears to the court that there is some other good reason why the defendant should be allowed to defend the claim".
All we have from the defendant is the application which simply says - this is Mr Wright's statement in support of the application - it confirms the administrative error and then says, "The judgment came as a shock as we wished to robustly defend the claim that has been served upon the defendant company. I believe, if the courts were in receipt of the full written and incidental evidence, they would not have come to this decision". That does not help me. There is no reason, of course, why the witness statement should not give me some clue as to what, indeed, the defence is and, similarly, I am not too impressed by the fact that the defendants are not here. They could, of course, have instructed a solicitor or an agent to attend.
Is there anything further that you want to add, Mr Dyer?
MR DYER: In a nutshell, I think that you have argued my case for me, sir.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: Yes, because the defendants are not here, I thought it appropriate for the purposes of the record to state the reasons why I am, therefore, dismissing the application. I am going to do precisely that. I am not striking it out, I am dismissing it, because I have dealt with it. Application dismissed.
Costs, Mr Dyer?
MR DYER: I have done a very foolish thing this morning. I thought that I should bring my original file in connection with the purchase, which I took out of our archives, and I left the file that I prepared to bring to court on the side.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: Are you actually on the record?
MR DYER: I was about to file the notice of action. I had all that prepared and left it in my office in Hitchin.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: Right. I am going to make, I think, the appropriate order.
MR DYER: The costs that I worked out this morning were 546 plus VAT.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: Well, you are not on the record.
MR DYER: So I am in difficulties.
DEPUTY DISTRICT JUDGE MCCOURT: You have not prepared a schedule, so I am going to say no order as to costs. Should this proceed, no doubt you will file notice of acting and away we go, but I think that the defendant will now have an uphill struggle as the defendant has, of course, voted with his feet by not attending. There we go. Application dismissed.
MR DYER: I am obliged, sir.
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here I'm back again to present you a caboose for the BNSF (still in LDD).
complete with interior: bed, small table, kitchen, chair, stairs to go up where you find a seat and some control.
EDIT: updated + interior photo + checked the price in pab = about 45.00€ + shipment
EDIT: updated version that can open!!!
EDIT: built a small kitchen and a chair. stairs are on the exploded wall.
EDIT: with side that can be open to access the interior and different selection of parts to lower the price a bit
link to LDD file normal version HERE
link to LDD file open version HERE
thank you for viewing
have a nice lego day
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I can't fully enjoy the best features of WordPress, when I still have to open my ftp program to update all my plugins. The link just doesn't show up. It's there on my other blogs on the same server, but something has hidden it on my main site.


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Dear Hollywood Producers: Enough With The Super-Heroes!
It seems to me that there are nothing but Super-hero movies being made lately. Don't get me wrong. I'm not averse to an occassional Clark Kent sweeping Lois Lane off her feet type movie. It's a nice change. These days though, there doesn't seem to be much else offered though. From Thor to X-Men to Batman, it's what the movie theatres abound with and honestly what is driving me away.
There are so many other wonderful stories to be told. Written by incredible writers with amazing characters that drag you right into their tale from the very first word. I know this first hand. I read these books consistently on my multiple trips to the library. Unfortunately, I feel these bright film making possibilities are being overlooked and are being replaced by flashy special effects and characters which can be repackaged as action figures and video games.
This is why I started my facebook page, This book NEEDS to become a movie. We've all read these types of books I'm sure. We finish the last page, close the cover and think with a slight smile, Wow! This would make an incredible movie.
Now there's a page to share these books with others, hopefully if they are reading this with the film and theatre industry as well, to let them know the Super-heroes have had their day. It's time for some real literature to come to the big screen!
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Another new study presented here showed that people who already have type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Researchers, including Rachel A. Whitmer, PhD, of Kaiser Permanente's division of research in Oakland, Calif., report that people with diabetes who had very poor blood sugar control had the greatest risk, but "effective blood sugar control may lower risk of another diabetes-associated complication -- dementia," they conclude in a written statement.
Treatment Potential
More good news is that a class of drugs commonly used to treat diabetes called thiazolidinediones may also influence inflammation and other brain cell processes that may be related to Alzheimer's disease. Drugs in this class include Avandia and Actos and they help insulin work better in the muscle and liver to use blood sugar and also reduce sugar production in the liver.
Donald Miller, ScD from Boston University School of Public Health and colleagues report that people with diabetes treated with these medications had lower rates of Alzheimer's disease than counterparts taking insulin. In fact, there were almost 20% fewer new cases of Alzheimer's among people taking thiazolidinediones compared with people who took insulin. Similar results were found in a separate comparison between thiazolidinediones users and people starting Glucophage, another drug used to treat diabetes.
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