Gold Coast Bulletin
4 April 2016
CUSTOMERS fear they could be out of pocket by tens of thousands of dollars after a Gold Coast kitchen installation company went bust.
Lorraine Melling, a retiree, is one of many frustrated customers who paid Gold Coast Creative Kitchens for a job before the business went into liquidation.
A company search revealed the business went into external administration last Tuesday.
Ms Melling, who suffers from a congenital heart disease, said she desperately needed her kitchen reshaped to accommodate for her condition.
The 66-year-old, who can’t lift heavy items or reach above her head, said she forked out $10,500 in cash four weeks ago to the Arundel-based business, thinking she was saving a fortune on the job.
The job was priced at $21,000 but Ms Melling was told by the company that it would do it for half the amount if she paid in cash.
“I’m a retiree and have lived off a single-salary income my whole life and it’s hard to find the money to get things done, so I jumped at the chance to save a little bit,” she said.
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