Be extremely cautious with Dutch Design Group / Headboards
BOur experience with Dutch Design Group / Headboards, and the people behind it Daan Linders and Vanessa van Katwijk has been extremely negative and has caused significant financial damage to our company.
We were approached in Spain to collaborate on furniture supply for several projects. Initially the name Dutch Design Group sounded familiar and trustworthy, mainly because it closely resembles the name of a legitimate and well-known company called Dutch Interior Group. Unfortunately, we later discovered that these are completely different entities.
During the collaboration multiple serious issues occurred.
Furniture orders were delayed, incomplete, or in some cases never delivered. When items did arrive, several products were damaged or appeared to be very low-quality items that did not match the brands or quality that had been promised.
In addition, clients connected to our projects were invoiced directly by them without our authorization. Payments related to our projects were received on their accounts, but those funds were never transferred to us. As a result, a substantial amount of money is still outstanding.
During our attempts to resolve the situation we were repeatedly promised that everything would be settled. At one point they even stated they would come to our office to resolve the matter, which ultimately never happened.
While investigating the situation further we discovered that the company name Dutch Design Group does not appear to correspond with a clearly registered company. The activities seem to be carried out through a company called Headboards, while communication towards clients often took place under the name Dutch Design Group.
We also discovered that the office address communicated in Spain does not appear to correspond with an active office location, and that there had already been issues at that address related to payments.
Because of these circumstances we have filed a police report and the authorities have been informed. We are currently working with legal advisors and other creditors to prepare legal proceedings.
If you have also had dealings with Dutch Design Group, Headboards, Daan Linders or Vanessa van Katwijk and experienced similar issues, we encourage you to share your experience and contact us. If they also owe you money or you believe you may be a creditor, please let us know so you can potentially join the legal actions we are preparing.
Based on our experience we strongly advise companies and clients to exercise extreme caution when considering doing business with this company.