Pools R Us goes into liquidation

A melbourne-based pool construction company has gone into liquidation, leaving dozens of people with unfinished swimming pools across Victoria.

A caller first revealed to 3AW radio that Pools R Us had collapsed, leaving him with a giant hole in his ground at his property.

The business’ phone line has been disconnected, leaving customers stranded as they look for solutions.

The company’s website has also shut down.

Several review pages had left one-star ratings in the months before the company’s collapse.

“Please be very careful working with them. I am still building a pool with them and they could not finish the pool for the last five months,” one wrote.

“According to the contract they should finish building the pool within four weeks. The contract is front loaded and once they take your money they stop coming without finishing the job.”

There are reportedly as many as 80 clients seeking tens of thousands of dollars in deposits back from Nyerse Constructions Pty Ltd, which traded under the name Pools R Us.

The pool construction company went into liquidation on June 1.

Customers were sent an email on May 31 saying the company director Chris Rhrodes was undergoing treatment for a health issue that was “taking a very heavy…

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