Exclusive: Sharron and Philip Barker began building their dream home in 2021, hoping it could be a safe haven for their kids and grandchildren.
Five years on, the property is “unfinished and uninhabitable”, with the couple forced to camp out in an old bus after their builder went bankrupt.
The Barkers are living on an old bus while they await a resolution to their case. Nine.com.au
The cost to complete construction could double their mortgage.
The Barkers purchased a lot of land in Dalveen, in Queensland’s Southern Downs region, several years earlier and paid about $714,000 for a new-build, two-storey home.
“We thought that we’ll build this house and we can all be together until the kids get married, and then they come and visit…