A business that was fronted by Homes Under the Hammer star Martin Roberts has gone bust with debts of more than £3million. Asset Academy has gone into administration and let go all of its staff, leaving behind a string of online complaints from would-be customers who say they paid out cash and heard nothing back.
Martin and his wife Kirsty had shares in the firm, which ran training sessions promising to teach would-be investors how to progress. Customers of the brand paid thousands of pounds for seminars or mentoring, reports The Mirror.
On the website, the telly star is described as an “advanced speaker”, offering to share his knowledge of buying at auction. The property expert is best known for appearing in the BBC One show Homes Under the Hammer, which shows ordinary people buying homes at auction, then doing them up for a profit.
The 59-year-old appears in online videos promoting Asset Academy on its YouTube channel. In one, he claims: “The great thing about property investing is, with the right training and the right guidance, anyone can do it.
“You don’t need to be some prima ballerina, you don’t need to be some God-given talent. Anybody from any walk of life, I believe, with the right training and right support, can become a successful property investor.”
On its website, the company says they provide “a complete property education through delivering high-quality, rich-in-content courses, workshops, webinars and self-study programmes that teach you how to invest in property safely and profitably”.
But many who spent money and never got to take part in the courses left a string of angry reviews before the administrators were called in.
One wrote on Trustpilot: “After I had booked in and paid for a course, they cancelled and moved it to a date that I couldn’t do, so I asked for the money back guarantee and have been chasing them for five weeks with no reply. Save your money and go for someone better.”
Another wrote: “I registered to attend [online] training on the 22nd February 2023, paying the booking fee. It is now over one month later and I have still not been provided with details.”
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