‘WE GOT FOBBED OFF ALL THE TIME’
Coast builder collapses.
Like other clients of Future Urban, the Sorrells trusted its operators Kirsty and Andrew Thew to deliver what they promised, so handed over progress payments as they were due.
No work has been done on their new home since before Christmas.
“This was our first time building a home – and we were in the dark most of the time,” Ms Sorrell said.
“We had no access to the site supervisor and they promised fortnightly updates by email and we never got those.
“We had to constantly ask them and we got fobbed off all the time.”
Ms Sorrell said Ms Thew had contacted her just before Christmas demanding a $59,000 payment so that Future Urban could pay their tradies.
“I got it paid straight away so she could pay the tradies before Christmas – but I saw the one cabinet-maker at the site and he said he hadn’t got a cent,” Ms Sorrell said.
“We’re just continuing to pay rent.
“When we found out their building licence was suspended we called their mobiles and they were disconnected.”