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Fixerupper in East Dulwich: Final Update - the demise of Lincoln McLean...

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Fixerupper in East Dulwich: Final Update - the demise of Lincoln McLean...

A B (Medway) on December 3, 2007

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Do not even let Lincoln McClean through your door. He is a thief and a conman. We have paid him £8,250 over a month ago and are still waiting for door, drawers, a double oven, sink... the list goes on. When he does actually return phone calls, it is full of broken promises on deliveries. The fitter has now walked out, as so many things are missing, he is unable to continue.This man should not be trading and we are going to do everything possible to stop him.

2008-02-01 14:12:01.532 From Anon

After this man has caused my family a lot of heartache, stress and upheaval I am wanting to take this to Watchdog \ Rogue Traders. If we could all fill out the form at the 'Report to Watchdog' link above we may at least get it out to the nation not to deal with this horrid man.

2008-01-28 22:31:46.116 From NP

Lincoln Mclean is coming to my flat tomorrow afternoon to pick up money as a deposit for my proposed kitchen. I am alarmed at the comments made by potential and existing customers of this man. I'm not quite sure what to do and I would really appreciate people to email me urgently to help me decide what to do...UPDATE: 29th Jan 2008, 11:38 PM.I am SO relieved to have come across this website! I had arranged for LM to pick up a large sum of money as a deposit for my kitchen and had 2 emails sent to me advising me against this guy within 12 hours of posting my comments. I have spoken to the man and told him what I have learnt through investigation of his trading and told him in no uncertain terms what I thought of him and his methods of practice. He will not get a penny from me and I want the public to know his fraudulant history. Of course he tried to explain and deny some of your comments/cases but I won't be using him. I reminded him that he was doing wrong and I would have no hesitation of contacting the Police if he arrived to my home. I feel very sorry for those of you who have dealt with this man. How can he sleep? If anyone needs to contact him or know his whereabouts I have all his details..

2008-01-23 15:30:46.484 From A G

The day Lincoln Mclean wormed his way into our home promising us a wonderful new fitted kitchen is the day we have lived to regret, over and over again. We trusted him, paid our money and have never been let down and treated so badly in all our lives. Work started on 27th November and we are now paying our own fitter to complete and correct all the mistakes of the unskilled labour he hires. It was only due to my husband's DIY skills that we had a sink for Christmas.We waited almost three weeks for all the kitchen parts and appliances to be delivered in stages, which greatly held up the first fitter. There were always lies and false promises of when things would be delivered. But the scariest thing is that he is using unskilled labour who havn't a clue about electrics (certainly not Part P certified has promised). In addition, four worktops in all had to be ordered, two were completely ruined with atrocious workmanship and one was wrong. The first fitter walked out on the job, partly with all the hassle of outstanding items and partly because he wasn't up to the job. Eventually two more fitters were sent after numerous phone calls to LM and days waiting in when we thought a fitter was coming. Two Polish fitters were sent who were supposed to rectify the mistakes of the first fitter and finish the kitchen off. We thought they were OK at first even though they only worked maximum of 6 hours a day, but they didn't have the right tools for the job and could not even level the units correctly, therefore when the worktop was fitted it went 'downhill' 10cm! LM took them off the job but we felt sorry for the next customer as we knew that they were starting another job in Maidenhead the next day.LM has now said he cannot afford to put any more money into our job and has left us to replace the worktops (although the laminate company in Aylesford have refused to trade with him again after hearing our story and reading this website) so one small result. Due to the unprofessional way in which he runs his business, taking money from one customer to pay for outstanding items for another customer and using unreliable workers who have no respect for him or the customer doing business with LM is a nightmare from beginning to end. Like other customers on this site I sought legal advice and sent a letter to him informing that we would be taking him to court but then found his name on the insolvency register which will not be removed until April 2009 so no point spending time and money as justice will not be done. It is a disgrace that LM is still trading, ripping trusting customers off and putting them through weeks and months of anguish and turmoil only to find that extensive funds are needed to put all the bad workmanship right.

2008-01-21 14:14:17.837 From C

After starting my own personal vendetta agains this horrible man back in September, I am very happy to have stumbled across this site which appears to have been successful in detering potential clients of Lincoln's. I have just posted an update on my site which is linked in the "Mentioned in this Blog" section (it was too long to post here). The court case is soon apparently and I will post again when I know the outcome.

2008-01-17 22:23:40.19 From Anon

This man is a fraud and has already been to court, unfortunatly he is bankrupt and we are also unable to sue him for the large amount of money he owes us. It is extremely difficult to contact this man, who says one thing and then disappears for long periods of time and is often out of contact. It has taken a LONG time to finish the work this man has done for us - much of which has come out of our own pocket as extra. He has managed to dupe many people and should not be trusted under ANY circumstances - it is often much easier and less stressful to go directly to the supplier and order from them. Many mistakes were made on his part and he does not deserve to be allowed to continue trading, unfortunately, due to the already overcrowded prisons in England, thieves fraudsters and rougues such as Lincoln McLean are not locked up or punished as they ought to be.

2008-01-12 20:27:25.71 From D

Thanks for the info guys, I thought that he was suspicious right from the start because he didnt bother to ask us about what fittings and stuff we wanted. All he cared about was the money which was not subtle at all. We have convinced him that we will be paying him by cash but theres no way thats actually going to happen. I only wish there was someway i could have alerted the authorities to his whereabouts so he can be arrested for all his fraud.DO NOT BUY FROM THIS GUY!

2007-11-30 19:59:31.249 From NC - Managing Director of Redd Chilli Ltd

We would like to point out that Lincoln McLean is using Redd Chilli ltd's brochures and directing people to our website in order to promote us as his installer. In addition to this we have been informed by 3 of Lincoln McLean's customers that Redd Chilli Ltd are either the suppliers or installers of the kitchens, of whom who have called us to confirm the installation date or the supply of goods. I would like to point out that Redd Chilli Ltd has never dealt directly with Lincoln McLean and nor will it at any point in the future, and the literature that he is using were stolen from our company van.We have been working on a major refurbishment in Chelsea, whereas our client in good faith used Lincoln to supply the kitchen. The kitchen was paid for in full back in August and even now not all of the items have been received. Our client has lost over £20,000 and in addition to this has had to pay the suppliers directly. We can only apologise to any potential buyers for any confusion that may have been had and re-iterate that Redd Chilli Ltd has no business or personal connections with Lincoln McLean. Should you will to ask any further questions please do not hesitate to contact us. Needless to say we will be issueing legal proceedings.

2007-11-30 19:56:28.081 From H & TL

got so close to giving this man £5000 by chap transfer, only some weird gut instinct made me get my husband to check again on internet and saw what you had written, how lucky were we and thank you very much!! would love to talk and maybe stop this man even getting him put away in the hope no one else is stitch up by him. lets face it we all work hard for our money unlike him by the sound of it!

2007-11-26 12:49:55.035 From H

I have just paid this man half of the amount quoted for our kitchen and the work was supposed to start today and hasn't any advice as to how i can get my money back, reading this today is really scary but scarier still is that it may be too late!

2007-11-19 19:58:25.776 From IC

Lincol Mclean dissapeared with £4ooo of our money two years ago after selling us a high street named kitchen and had a third party manufacture it. We also had to pay the suppliers and fitters direct to complete our kitchen. I would be very grateful for any contact details for him.

2007-11-16 09:30:48.997 From J

Thanks alot i was going to meet lincoln tommorrow to pay 6000 deposit for my kitchen that isnt going to happen now

2007-11-05 16:41:36.95 From R

This is a cool idea, if every person that got ripped off did this there would be a lot less of it about. It appears to have saved me a BIG headache. thanks.Richard.

2007-11-01 19:06:24.888 From JL

Glad I stumbled across this. I had already phone this guy for a quote (left a voicemail), guess I won't be getting back to him now.

From Another C :) 2007-10-23 12:11:08.936

I used Lincoln Mclean to supply and fit my kitchen this summer. I had to sack him half way through because he was using unskilled labour who dangerously wired up the kitchen and damaged many cabinet panels. Lincoln Mclean took money for kitchen appliances that he then refused to supply. I have had to have all the fitting, plumbing and electric work redone by other contractors plus having to rebuy equipment and damaged panels. Lincoln Mclean has cost me an additional £5,000 on top of the money he had already taken. Do not use this man - he is a thief and a liar. The kitchen he supplied was not from the manufacturer he marketed - he does not represent any of the kitchens shown on his web site - he went to a cheaper manufacturer in the north of England as this was the only company who didn't know about his bad credit record.

2007-09-21 15:02:11.101 From CS.

Do not use this kitchen supplier. We paid Lincoln McLean in good faith and he failed to supply our kitchen. He left us without a kitchen for 6 months when eventually we had to buy it (again) direct from the factory. He owes us over 9k. Lincoln McLean currently has 14 CCJs totaling over 35k against his name. We are unable to sue as he has no assets to speak of although we know that he is still trading

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