THE COMPANY
WHEN she’s not running a multimillion-dollar building company, Kirsty Thew flogs makeup online for mail order company Younique, posting pouty filtered selfies and getting excited over shimmery eyeshadows.
While her husband Andrew is not a director or shareholder of Future Urban, it is his builder licence the company has traded with since its own company licence was suspended last week.
The Bulletin has seen multiple emails where Mr Thew discusses accounts and contracts of Future Urban with clients and subcontractors, in some cases with his email signature dubbing him the company’s “general manager”.
The company is owned by Ms Thew, also the sole director, and her 19-year-old son Kyle Thew, an MMA enthusiast who lives in New South Wales.
The couple worked for failed Gold Coast builder Queensland One Homes, which collapsed in July leaving homes unfinished and debts topping $6 million.
Mr Thew was Queensland One’s construction manager – but both have gone to great lengths to distance themselves from that company.
Online, the Thews appear a loving couple, with Mr Thew often making guest appearances on his wife’s “Skin Bling Bling” makeup page, trying on face products and smiling happily.
Just after Christmas, before they paid outstanding balances for work done by their subcontractors, the smiling couple paid a visit to Sydney, where they boarded a 10-day Carnival island cruise.
“This ship is our home for the next 10 days,” Ms Thew posted to Facebook with a photo of the ship, adding three grinning emojis and six hasthtags.
“Looking forward to checking it out!”
Earlier in the year, Ms Thew posted another photo of her face to celebrate buying a new luxury car.
“Love my Audi! (heart heart heart) What a great night at the launch of the new Q2! Canapes and cocktails, rubbing shoulders with the GC Titans and meeting some lovely people with my hubby #workhardplayhard #audi #ilovemyaudi,” she wrote.
The couple have kept a far lower profile this week – the Future Urban website is dead, their phones are disconnected and there was no sign of the couple their Mudgeeraba home, purchased in 2015 for $655,000.
An elderly man at the split-level home in the quiet dead-end street said the pair would not be coming home yesterday.
“We appreciate your time, thank you,” the man said three times before asking the Gold Coast Bulletin to leave and phoning police as neighbours looked on.