We paid our builder £44k then he had us arrested

'We paid our builder £44k then he had us arrested'2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleLewis AdamsEssexLewis Adams/BBCLucy and Rob Davies were held in police custody for 22 hours after builder Steve Figg claimed they harassed him over work to their homeWhen Rob and Lucy Davies hired builder Steve Figg to construct their dream house extension, they had high hopes.However, it turned into a nightmare that saw their home wrecked and the couple even thrown into police cells.Instead of delivering the project, Figg, who already had £44,000 of their money, reported them to the police, claiming they had harassed him and telling officers he wanted to kill them.The 35-year-old builder had been fed up with the couple, of Langdon Hills in Basildon, Essex, asking when he was coming back to finish the job.They are not the only ones let down by Figg. Other people have told the BBC how he left not just their homes at risk of collapse, but their relationships, too.One woman even described how Figg turned up at her home with a chainsaw and a sledgehammer and smashed her garden office up in a row over payment.Rob DaviesAt Chelmsford Magistrates' Court, Figg was ordered to pay £85,000 in compensation to Rob and Lucy DaviesFigg, of Milton Road, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, has now been ordered to pay the Davies £85,000 in compensation, having admitted 22 breaches of building regulations at their home.The couple, and other people who hired Figg, have shared stories of the devastation he left in his wake.'A complete nightmare'Rob DaviesThe Davies family home was left at risk of collapse due to Steve Figg's shoddy work"The only way I could describe how our house looked was like a bomb site," explains Rob Davies, 37."There was a huge, gaping hole in the garden where the kitchen was supposed to go and the back of the house was at risk of collapse."This was the situation in October 2024, a year after Figg started work on the single-storey...