The housing minister is investigating whether a company which Kiwi families say left them with half-finished renovations breached new disclosure requirements.
Renovar Ltd, of which Jonathan Sommers was the sole director, was put into liquidation on August 9.
And the liquidator says it’s unlikely any of the complainants will get their money back.
Homeowner Amanda Blake claims she and husband Stuart paid $200,000 to Sommers for an upstairs renovation and new bathrooms in their Orakei home in September last year.
A month after renovations were meant to start, in February, they said they found out Sommers hadn’t started to get council consent.
He completed the framing for the upstairs bedroom and ensuite, the wiring, part of t…
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