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The couple purchased a house and land package near Newcastle through First Step Homes, who then contracted Oracle Platinum Homes as the builder.
As building companies such as Oracle continue to collapse, some people losing their dream of a new home are blaming over-committed builders chasing government stimulus money.
Up to 300 property owners have been left in the lurch by the insolvency of the Queensland-based residential construction company.
Queensland father-of-three Dale Liston returned from hospital to find piles of rubbish left by deserting contractors in the wake of the collapse of the Oracle Building Corporation this week.
Queensland man Dale Liston only found out that Oracle Homes, who were building his house, had collapsed while browsing Facebook. Mr Liston said the builder had told him 'everything was fine'.