LUXURY ON SHOW IN SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS
PUBLIC Facebook photos of Paul and Amber Callender show them visiting luxury hotels in Macau, snowboarding and zipping around in a helicopter.
It’s a far cry from the financial strain more than 133 creditors are suffering in the wake of the collapse of Mr Callender’s company Queensland One Homes.
Property records reveal one of the couple’s former homes at Wongawallan sold in March for $1.8 million and that the couple owns a modest house in Springfield Lakes, which is currently tenanted.
The records yesterday showed Mr Callender’s wife Amber was sole owner of three other properties, including a 79-hectare Wongawallan property she bought in November for $830,000 and a $700,000 waterfront home at Hazeldean in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
Ms Callender’s now-deleted online resume says she is a registered nurse in plastic, cosmetic and reconstructive surgery who has worked in a number of private hospitals on the Gold Coast.
She does not hold a builder’s licence, but is director of Empire Constructions, which is under investigation by the QBCC over allegations of illegal phoenix activity.
Mr Callender’s company Queensland One Homes is in liquidation with debts estimated at more than $3 million.
The liquidator has disclaimed BMW Australia Finance contracts for six vehicles owned by the company, freeing the liquidator from loan repayments on them.
It is unclear where the vehicles are, but documents lodged with ASIC indicate the amount owed on each vehicle is likely to be more than what the vehicles are currently worth.
Mr Callender did not return the Bulletin’s calls yesterday.