I
could (as a well-known collector) offer unbiased advice and help them from
making a costly mistake. So, I formed 'Important
& Very Rare Oriental Antiques', but this did not take off!
All that really
happened was local antique dealers kept coming to ask me to value what
they had found (mostly from house clearances) and because
every single time, I had to tell them the item was a worthless modern
copy, I did not feel I could charge them.
Rare-Antiques+R
Edwin Horne & Woodbridge Park
Edwin Horne came to see me asking if I could help him
(Edwin had done
a lot of work for my grandfather, he had his own construction company, but
ended up bankrupt when he was cheated on a very large project).
I
agreed to form a new property development company, Jacey Homes Ltd with
him. I designed our logo and stationery, then together with my
wealthy neighbour Mr Wood, who agreed to finance us for our first project,
we built a cul-de-sac road with ten four-bedroom homes.
They were in a good village
location close to the motorways, but because of the recession we had great
difficulties selling them, even though they were high quality buildings
offered at an extremely competitive price.
www.jncohen.net/Woodbridge
They did all sell in the end
and as each house sold, we split the profit, there was a good profit margin
to be shared, but unfortunately Mr Wood passed away, just before the last
sale went through.
Mrs Wood turned out to be a very different type of person and she
reneged on our deal, leaving us without our share due for that last
house.
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