As speculation mounts around the financial stability of the building behemoth, which employs about 2500 people and has 4000 houses under construction, some customers say they’ve received little to no communication on the progress of their build.Credit:Emily Martin and her partner bought land over a year ago in the yet-to-be-built suburb of Whiterock near Ipswich, some 30 kilometres south-west of Brisbane.
In a statement from Metricon, a spokesperson said: “Each customer has unique conditions relating to their new home build. We always strive towards clear, quality and timely communications with our customers. “They haven’t personally come to us, which is concerning because there is no reassurance,” the 27-year-old said.
“They said once you sign up, your house will be built in 10 months. That was July last year,” the 51-year-old said. Cecilia Soh walked away from her building contract in Riverstone, north-west of the Sydney, two weeks ago and is fighting to get a refund on her roughly $17,000 deposit, which she paid in October.
Rumour has it that there employees have not been paid this week