30 October 2008www.scene.co.nz
Worried creditors recently moved to seize goods from a troubled Queenstown building site.
Mountain Scene last month reported a dozen-plus tradesmen and suppliers were owed up to $1 million on the Autoline Motel redevelopment just off Frankton Road, following a site walk-off in August.
An Invercargill representative of Christchurch-based Brownies Mattress company now says they removed 28 items worth more than $12,000, including beds and mattresses, earlier this month.
Queenstown furnishing firm First Impressions also admits seizing back goods worth about $12,000, including bedheads, lamps and bedside tables. And police are believed to have been called to intervene by developers when a local glass company moved to take back balustrading.
Kathy Evans from First Impressions claims they’ll flog the seized goods if they aren’t paid soon.
“We’ll have a repossession sale of the stock before Christmas if we don’t get paid,” she says.
However, Kevin McGoverne, director of Christchurch development firm Not Just Jo, insists matters are in hand and people will get up to 50 per cent of money owed “hopefully next week”. Asked how he felt about creditors seizing back goods from the Autoline site, McGoverne adds: “It didn’t help anyone’s situation. It was childish, actually.”
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