Retraction

A question about : Retraction

On 13 April 2010, I published a post on this forum which made reference to my experience as a tenant of Mr Sunil Dhown in a property managed by IRD Homes. I have recently been contacted by Mr Dhown, who has made it clear that the publication of both the details of my experience and my opinion of the approach taken by IRD Homes in relation to its management of the property has caused him distress. In order to bring the matter to an immediate conclusion, I contacted the webmaster of this forum and asked him to remove my post and the replies to it, which he has kindly done. I would also like to take this opportunity to confirm publicly that I regret any distress that has been caused by the publication of the details of my experience as Mr Dhown's tenant and any opinions that I formed as a result of that experience.

Best answers:

• My fingers are crossed behind my back for you.
• Eeek.... Legal retractions taking place on web forums.
  Whatever happened to you, I hope it has been ressolved....
  QT
• Mr Sunil Dhown and IRD Homes?
  Thank you for confirming that they are, in reality, jolly nice people.
• BIG SIGH
  one day we will all be allowed to talk freely about our bad experiences without the threat of being sued.
• Sounds to me that there has been an amicable resolution to the original issue.
  I for one will now not hesitate to rent from IRD homes in the future.
• If the original post and comments were true then you should grow a pair and repeat them. You cannot be sued for making true statements - no matter how much 'distress' it causes.
  If they were untrue then you shouldn't have made those comments in the first place.
• the wonders of the WWW - its posts like this that Irony comes into its own with a vengeance..... !!!!!
  i wonder if bullying is listed in the T&Cs of some landlords ?
  you only have to google to find several other sites giving the same story.....
• Inside track never understood that their insistence that any critical posts on Singingpig be delted gave them Soooooo much bad publicity that it was a really dumb thing to have done..
  the owner would remove the content and just put "this thread has been deleted due to litigation threats by Inside Track" - Property Tribes has done the same thing .... everyone knows what that means - it means "avoid like the plague" - so OP many thanks for warning us about this awful company
  whatever bullies try to do - they will be launched into the public arena via tha WWW - and long may it be so...
• Im guessing a lot more people will be avoiding Mr Sunil Dhown and IRD Homes in the future, especially now this happened.
  Distress!
• who was that agian, Mr Sunil Dhown and IRD Homes??? just wanted to bump this up to the top again so that lots of people will get to see what agood chap he is, and how sorry we all are for the distress he has been needlessly caused.
• I believe he has set up a new company with his two sons and a friend called Mr Deeper - just to keep the Status Quo.
  Dhown, Dhown, Deeper and Dhown Ltd
  I'll get my coat....
• sheesh... i will have that tune in my head all day now
• whatever happened to free speech?