His father, Paul Tedstone, has run a string of construction companies. Residents discovered the firm’s director was 22-year-old business graduate Joshua Tedstone, who had no background in fire safety. Issues were first raised in August last year, when leaseholders at a building in Wallington, Surrey, were told after an SFI survey they would need repairs costing hundreds of thousands of pounds. SFI said its survey has since been reviewed and verified by a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.Ī spokesman added: ‘The fact that certain residents do not accept findings does not invalidate the conclusions.’ Mr Griffiths said: ‘A new survey could be around £300,000 – and that’s before they even tell us what needs to be fixed.’ Mr Griffiths said he reported it to the development manager, who ‘thanked him for saving his bacon’ as he was about to pay £110,000 for the survey. He rang the surveyor whose signature was used, who told him she had nothing to do with SFI. Retired police inspector Gareth Griffiths saved leaseholders from paying £110,000 for a fraudulent fire safety certificate after he discovered that it had been forged.įire safety firm SFI conducted a survey at Century Wharf in Cardiff in July last year.īut Mr Griffiths, 67, who has lived at the 941-flat development for 13 years, said the resulting certificate ‘didn’t look right’. Gareth Griffiths with wife Una outside their flat in Century Wharf, Cardiff
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