RORY SALAZAR | Property | Contact
The CEO of the Master Builders Association of Betoota, Eddie Brockwell (48), has heaped praise onto one of Betoota’s largest home builders this morning.
The praise was heaped onto JJ Prince Homes for being the first construction company in the region – perhaps even the entire country – to not only start the construction of somebody’s home like they promised to do when they signed up the customer, but also finish building the entire thing all the way to the end, so that the customer can live in the house like a normal person afterwards.
“The promise of money being able to be exchanged for goods and services is alive and well here in Betoota,” Brockwell told a crowd of amazed onlookers in front of the completed two-story, five-bedroom glorified tent at 28 Little Daroo Crescent, Betoota Heights.
“JJ Prince Homes has proven that when a customer signs up for a legally binding construction contract to the value of half a million bucks, something will actually get constructed after that.”
Brockwell’s assistant passed him a bottle of celebratory champagne.
The Advocate can report that JJ Prince Homes did indeed build one of their customers a home all the way to completion, making it the first one to be finished in Betoota since 2021. For the other 12,642 prospective home dwellers who have signed contracts with various builders since then, the Advocate understands they are all in a difficult situation. Eighty percent of them are now bankrupt with nothing to show for it but a half-finished slab, and not even so much as an apology letter from their now-liquidated builder.
“I want to praise JJ Prince Homes for giving Betootians confidence in the construction industry once more. Building this home all the way to completion is a sign that, like this home’s foundations, the construction sector is strong.”
He smashed the champagne bottle against the brick façade in celebration. The poorly finished rendering of the second story immediately cracked, as a long length of guttering broke off the roof to dangle precariously above Brockwell’s head, swinging back and forth in the stiff desert breeze.
It was truly a momentous occasion for the nation’s struggling construction sector.
