Families chase money and sheds after company does a runner

MORE unhappy customers of Patios and Sheds Ipswich have come forward following yesterday's front page story detailing the struggles of an elderly couple.

The business, which used to trade out of an address opposite the Ipswich Showgrounds on Warwick Rd, has been uncontactable since the gates were locked by the landlord in early January.

Several customers have since come forward, claiming to have paid deposits to the company for shed, garage door or car port kits, only to be left in the dark as to when they might receive the product.

Barellan Point couple Scott and Chantelle Darrell paid more than $20,000 in deposits for a large shed job totalling more than $35,000, but have been unable to make contact with the company for several months.

The couple handed over the deposit in July last year and, despite having a slab laid down in preparation for the shed, have not received the materials or heard from the company.

Mrs Darrell said she and her husband started to worry when they were not informed on the progress of the job.

"Months passed by and we'd heard nothing," she said.

"My husband got onto them and onto them again.

"They got someone to come out and lay the slab, and then they disappeared."

The Darrells have complained to the Office of Fair Trading.

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Families chase money and sheds after company does a runner