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I have been renting my boat out through a company called Narrowboat Homes. The man behind this is John Driver, previously known as Eddy Rayner, but has changed his name by deed poll. This is how it was meant to go:
John picks up boat, and promises he will get a boat safety certificate and insure the boat, so I can cancel my insurance.
John pays me the £600 for this month in advance, minus the fee for the safety certificate.
He then pays me £600 per month, regardless of whether the boat is being rented out or not.
When he asks me for a payment break for 3 months, in exchange for doing loads of work on the boat, I say yes, as boat needs some work, apparently. He then starts paying me from the end of September.
During this time, I pay my boat license fee to British Waterways, and he pays me back every month for this. He assures me I do not need a business license (which costs more). He continues to assure me of this when BW say I do, and gives me loads of details about meetings he is having with BW. I am inclined to believe him because every time I phone BW they say something different, and are generally confusing. Also because the man who phones me up from BW is a smug bastard who insinuates I wish to break the law a lot. And does not send me letters even when I give him my new address. Twice.
What has actually happened:
John picks up boat and pays me, minus the fee for boat safety certificate. I later find out (last week) that he has not got a new safety certificate. This is bad.
He pays me for some time, then misses a month before the payment break. I point this out. He does not reply. He has never paid me anything towards the license.
He does not pay me at the end of September. He claims that he has put the money transfer in last Saturday, which I am not holding my breath for.
I search the internet and find some interesting information about him:
'Eddy Rayner who has changed his name by deed poll to John Driver. (that should create suspicion) was in court on July 31st on 6 counts of fraud and deception to do with Narrowboats. He pleaded not guilty and has opted for crown court. His next date in court will be 11th August where the date for crown court will be advised.
If this is a man of integrity and honesty as he says he is, then why would he be in such a position in the 1st place.
I notice his website has been cut down to a minimum, not the signs of a successful business man. I think its only fair that people are warned of this corrupt man so no more people can be sucked in his unethical world and lose their money.
The quote above states that my posts can be put back up when there is proof of allegations. I have stated pure facts and these can all be found out as its public knowledge.
I urge you to re-instate my posts or at least leave this one up as I feel John Driver aka Eddy Rayner has not only monopolised this forum to his best advantage and pulled the wool over many peoples eyes but has gained notoriety of the wrong kind to enhance illegal activities in his so called business.
These comments are not in any way slanderous but true facts and can be found on the public court website.
If anyone desires to wish him well on his next court appearance, he can be found at South Western Courts, Lavender Hill Battersea sw11. See you there!'
Also:
'we engaged ed rayner/john drivers services on two counts. one to convert our boat to a live-aboard and two to act as agent to let it out. we paid a lot of money to him for materials and equipment and upon a surprise visit to our boat, have discovered that very little of what he'd been saying he'd been doing had infact been done. almost everything he told us was untrue, including even going so far as to provide the names of tenants. on the advice of the marina where our boat was moored, we transported the boat away, and upon advice of the police, didn't report this movement to ed/john. he continued to correspond with us as though he were on the boat working, when infact the boat wasn't even there. prior to this, our suspicions were aroused by repeated inconsistencies in his stories, and continual postponement of the promises he made. when we found this blog we realised that he is definitely operating under two identities. he has always been known to us as eddy rayner, and he showed us his passport to support this name. we were making payments into the account of john driver and when we asked him who this was he said john is his silent business partner who supplies the capital. so either the passport or the bank account are definitely illegal. we have reported everything to the police. if you are involved with this man or his company Narrowboat Homes, and are feeling suspicious, contact the police immediately. if you don't intend laying a civil charge, the information you provide can be used in the criminal case they are building against him. '
His website is now down, by the way, and he is advertising under the same number as a 'man with van' hire company.
http://www.manandvanuk.eu/ContactUs.html
If anyone wants to phone him regarding any man with van jobs, I am sure he would be happy to do them. Even if they started from, like, really far away.
Meanwhile, I am trying to apply for a new license from BW, due to needing to do this every year (this is a boat thing). I cannot do this because he will not send me any information I need about the boat safety and the insurance. I phone BW and luckily speak to someone who is lovely and knows all about him, as BW are about to take enforcement action against me because the boat was moored illegally somewhere, and has no license.
I must now:
Go find the boat, which is hopefully where John says it is. But I do not know this, and apparently BW are still looking for some boats he has.
See what kind of condition it is in, as I suspect he has done no work on it. He also says he has left it somewhere I know to be well dodgy, with the keys in the front. Nice.
Drive the boat to a marina about a day away, and moor her there, paying £285 a month for this.
Get some new insurance and a new boat safety certificate, and pay for all the work required to bring her up to standard for this.
This takes my living expenses up to around £200 below my income, not including food, or the loan I must pay back for buying the boat in the first place, as I am now renting a house, because the boat loan was covered by the rent money.
I am annoyed.
I think it would be nice if this showed up in google a lot. And also when I get back from London I will be talking to the police.
Meg
PS Does anyone wish to buy a boat which is PROBABLY still VERY NICE.
John picks up boat, and promises he will get a boat safety certificate and insure the boat, so I can cancel my insurance.
John pays me the £600 for this month in advance, minus the fee for the safety certificate.
He then pays me £600 per month, regardless of whether the boat is being rented out or not.
When he asks me for a payment break for 3 months, in exchange for doing loads of work on the boat, I say yes, as boat needs some work, apparently. He then starts paying me from the end of September.
During this time, I pay my boat license fee to British Waterways, and he pays me back every month for this. He assures me I do not need a business license (which costs more). He continues to assure me of this when BW say I do, and gives me loads of details about meetings he is having with BW. I am inclined to believe him because every time I phone BW they say something different, and are generally confusing. Also because the man who phones me up from BW is a smug bastard who insinuates I wish to break the law a lot. And does not send me letters even when I give him my new address. Twice.
What has actually happened:
John picks up boat and pays me, minus the fee for boat safety certificate. I later find out (last week) that he has not got a new safety certificate. This is bad.
He pays me for some time, then misses a month before the payment break. I point this out. He does not reply. He has never paid me anything towards the license.
He does not pay me at the end of September. He claims that he has put the money transfer in last Saturday, which I am not holding my breath for.
I search the internet and find some interesting information about him:
'Eddy Rayner who has changed his name by deed poll to John Driver. (that should create suspicion) was in court on July 31st on 6 counts of fraud and deception to do with Narrowboats. He pleaded not guilty and has opted for crown court. His next date in court will be 11th August where the date for crown court will be advised.
If this is a man of integrity and honesty as he says he is, then why would he be in such a position in the 1st place.
I notice his website has been cut down to a minimum, not the signs of a successful business man. I think its only fair that people are warned of this corrupt man so no more people can be sucked in his unethical world and lose their money.
The quote above states that my posts can be put back up when there is proof of allegations. I have stated pure facts and these can all be found out as its public knowledge.
I urge you to re-instate my posts or at least leave this one up as I feel John Driver aka Eddy Rayner has not only monopolised this forum to his best advantage and pulled the wool over many peoples eyes but has gained notoriety of the wrong kind to enhance illegal activities in his so called business.
These comments are not in any way slanderous but true facts and can be found on the public court website.
If anyone desires to wish him well on his next court appearance, he can be found at South Western Courts, Lavender Hill Battersea sw11. See you there!'
Also:
'we engaged ed rayner/john drivers services on two counts. one to convert our boat to a live-aboard and two to act as agent to let it out. we paid a lot of money to him for materials and equipment and upon a surprise visit to our boat, have discovered that very little of what he'd been saying he'd been doing had infact been done. almost everything he told us was untrue, including even going so far as to provide the names of tenants. on the advice of the marina where our boat was moored, we transported the boat away, and upon advice of the police, didn't report this movement to ed/john. he continued to correspond with us as though he were on the boat working, when infact the boat wasn't even there. prior to this, our suspicions were aroused by repeated inconsistencies in his stories, and continual postponement of the promises he made. when we found this blog we realised that he is definitely operating under two identities. he has always been known to us as eddy rayner, and he showed us his passport to support this name. we were making payments into the account of john driver and when we asked him who this was he said john is his silent business partner who supplies the capital. so either the passport or the bank account are definitely illegal. we have reported everything to the police. if you are involved with this man or his company Narrowboat Homes, and are feeling suspicious, contact the police immediately. if you don't intend laying a civil charge, the information you provide can be used in the criminal case they are building against him. '
His website is now down, by the way, and he is advertising under the same number as a 'man with van' hire company.
http://www.manandvanuk.eu/ContactUs.html
If anyone wants to phone him regarding any man with van jobs, I am sure he would be happy to do them. Even if they started from, like, really far away.
Meanwhile, I am trying to apply for a new license from BW, due to needing to do this every year (this is a boat thing). I cannot do this because he will not send me any information I need about the boat safety and the insurance. I phone BW and luckily speak to someone who is lovely and knows all about him, as BW are about to take enforcement action against me because the boat was moored illegally somewhere, and has no license.
I must now:
Go find the boat, which is hopefully where John says it is. But I do not know this, and apparently BW are still looking for some boats he has.
See what kind of condition it is in, as I suspect he has done no work on it. He also says he has left it somewhere I know to be well dodgy, with the keys in the front. Nice.
Drive the boat to a marina about a day away, and moor her there, paying £285 a month for this.
Get some new insurance and a new boat safety certificate, and pay for all the work required to bring her up to standard for this.
This takes my living expenses up to around £200 below my income, not including food, or the loan I must pay back for buying the boat in the first place, as I am now renting a house, because the boat loan was covered by the rent money.
I am annoyed.
I think it would be nice if this showed up in google a lot. And also when I get back from London I will be talking to the police.
Meg
PS Does anyone wish to buy a boat which is PROBABLY still VERY NICE.