'Conman' hits couple's Mangerton dream home

Dec. 21, 2014, 9:42 p.m.

They'd just moved into their first home when they engaged the services of Illawarra tradie.

He told us hed better any other quote we found and we thought fantastic. File image.

Mangertoncouple Amy Wyatt and Brett Williams had just moved into their first home when they engaged Lauren Gavin to seal some faulty valleys in their roof.

The Bellambi contractor and convicted conman, according to the Department of Fair Trading, spent just hours at the couples house but it was enough to cause thousands of dollars worth of damage to their dream home.

On October 14 this year, Dr Wyatt found rain streaming into her six-week-old daughters bedroom from a leak in the roof, drenching the carpet and the wall.

Prior to Mr Gavins visit, the couple had not observed any water leaking inside their house even during heavy rain.

The pair contacted their home insurer, AAMI, and a different roofer, to come out and assess the damage.

Both bodies found the roof leak had been caused by a corroded valley, which had not been repaired by Mr Gavin as requested.

The couple were devastated.

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