article_snippet: For although the builders were found by a judge to have been ‘incompetent’ and were ordered to pay £287,000 damages, the firm is believed to be insolvent, High Court High Court heard.
article_snippet: And while the couple had buildings cover, the firm has so far refused to pay up.
article_snippet: AIMS Plumbing & Building Services Limited went wrong within two months and the couple sued.
article_snippet: Last week Mr Justice Akenhead said the ‘overwhelming probability’ was that the builders failed to carry out the work with reasonable care and skill.
article_snippet: The judge ordered AIMS Plumbing & Building Services Limited to pay the couple almost £290,000 for the destruction of the couple Edwardian home.
article_snippet: A judge today ruled that it was the builders' 'incompetence' which led to the collapse .
article_snippet: In tatters:the builders' were ordered to pay £290,000 in compensation to Mr Goldswain and Ms HaleMs Hale, but the couple were told the couple may not see a penny because the firm has gone bust .
article_snippet: But the court heard AIMS is 'believed to be insolvent', so the couple may well never see any of the money.
article_snippet: the couple's lawyers argued that AIMS was 'completely out of AIMS depth' and 'not competent to do the job which AIMS had been employed to do'.
article_snippet: And the judge ruled: 'The overwhelming probability is that AIMS failed to carry out their work with reasonable care and skill'. '
article_snippet: However, the judge said AIMS had 'played no part' in the case and was believed to be insolvent.
article_snippet: AIMS was ordered to pay £287,754 damages - although the couple are likely to face an uphill struggle in getting hold of any of that.
highlights_snippet: Edward Goldswain and Jacqueline Hale were today awarded £290,000 at High Court today but may not see a penny after building firm went bust .