Marie and Paul Francis, of Walkley, said they obtained the contact details of a landscaping company online and after receiving a quote agreed to pay £1,000 in cash on day one of the gardening work, with £1,700 to be paid on the second day of the gardening work.
But after handing over the two payments, the couple claim to have never heard from the owner of the company or his workers again.
Marie, a grandmother-of-five, who suffers from chronic epilepsy and asthma, said: “I asked him for the receipt and he said he didn’t have his book with him.
“On the first day, he came and started digging out. And then the day after, another two men put a fence up and came back with wood chippings. Then later that day, he said, ‘We’re finished now’ and left. We were shocked because it didn’t look like what we expected.”
The 65-year-old said: “I’m really upset. Paul got the pension money to do the garden for me to go outside. When it happened, I felt so guilty and upset.
“I kept phoning the man…
