Contact the companies that did the work. They may still have records. Regards Peter
Has he contacted the contractors for a copy of the invoice/receipt?
If he paid otherwise than by cash, has he checked bank statements (if necessary requesting copies from the bank) of payments made?
If he paid by cash then do his bank statements show corresponding cash withdrawals (I'm assuming that your friend' life style isn't such that he ordinarily carries £25k around as spending money)?
In the meantime he could practice retrieving the soap from the shower floor using his feet ... just in case
Thanks for your prompt replies guys.
@ Section 44 - As much as I appreciate your help there is no need to say nasty stuff like that. He lost his family member and became severely depressed. Does that mean he deserves the worst punishment and comments like yours??? Please refrain from such comments.
Before he became ill, he was a DIYer himself and a moderate amount of work was carried out by himself... He has already contacted the 2 companies that carried out the work for him...the one that cost him approx £2-£3K, said they will check their records and contact him...the 2nd one that he paid the most to(approx £15k) for new roof, gutting the house, replastering etc, is now insolvent.
FYI, he paid everything in cash, but it was stretched over a long period of time, so he might be able to show some, but not all money.