Tuesday 17 September 2019
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Hope after company collapse Matt Brown Reporter
matt@marlboroughmedia.co.nz
A young Blenheim couple who faced losing their first home after the collapse of a building business have been thrown a lifeline. Anastasia Brown and Caleb Mischeski faced losing $50,000 after a now defunct Blenheim building company was placed into liquidation. But other businesses have since stepped-up to help those burnt by the collapse of Marlborough company Rose Built Homes last week. Peter Ray Homes have taken on Anastasia Brown’s build on Blenheim’s Taylor Pass Road, which has languished for more than three months. Peter Ray Homes director Donna Lee says their builders are working at a reduced margin to get them into the house. “We really want to help Anastasia out,” Donna says. RBH Limited, trading as Rose Built Homes, was placed into liquidation on 5 September. It has since come to light the company’s two directors, Kyle Payne and Ryan Butler operated a web of interconnected companies. The pair, who are no longer in contact with each other, have since fled town, leaving Marlborough businesses out of pocket by at least $1.4million. More than 40 businesses and sub-
Caleb Mischeski and Anastasia Brown at their unfinished house on Taylor Pass Road. Photo: Matt Brown. contractors who have come forward to date include worried staff and family members. A source says the company’s troubles were clear to those in the
locally owned and operated
building industry. For Anastasia, who put money given to her by her grandparents towards the $338,000 home, says the first sign of trouble was when
scaffolding was pulled down. A skip on site was then emptied on where the couple’s front lawn was going as bills weren’t paid. “Every week I asked when the
roof was coming on, and every week they would say Friday.
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