FAIR OAKS, Calif. — Moving trucks were spotted at the Anchored Tiny Homes office in Fair Oaks Sunday. The CEO was on site and told ABC10 he legally could not provide any information. However, ABC10 did confirm all the desks and furniture were being moved out of the building.
It comes after ABC10 reports revealed some families have been stuck with unfinished projects and that the company took their money without completing the job. Anchored Tiny Homes calls itself the nation's leading custom accessory dwelling unit (ADU) company.
The move out is the latest chapter for the company that has suspended operations as hundreds of customers wonder where their money went.
“There is nothing but unknowns,” said Sarah Shuman.
Shuman's backyard was supposed to house a tiny home for her father-in-law. The project was supposed to be wrapping soon, but it's not even halfway finished. Her family spent about $116,000 on the unfinished project.
“I feel like, if there was innocence in what is happening, they would be fighting for their name and defending themselves, but that hasn't been the case. They've just gone silent,” Shuman said.
Subcontractors have stopped showing up to the projects as some never got the money they were owed.
“I lost a paycheck and a job. Some of the contractors and especially some of the customers lost far more,” said John Weinheimer, who worked at Anchored Tiny Homes.
Weinheimer worked on quality control for Anchored Tiny Homes and said the company locked the doors and turned the lights out. He and others could sense something was brewing.
“I crossed paths at job sites with lots of subcontractors, and I was hearing a lot of grumbling about not being paid," Weinheimer said. "So it seemed to me for the last four to five, six weeks prior to the end of July, that something was wrong.”
CEO Colton Paulhus told ABC10 nearly three weeks ago he planned to make things right, but a letter obtained by ABC10 shows he intends to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
“That complicates the matter because there are a lot of unknowns," said Josh Escovedo, with Buchalter Law Firm.
Escovedo has expertise in business and corporate litigation and is not connected to this story.
“What really has to happen before anybody does anything is there needs to be a sufficient investigation into the situation to see what can be discerned without discovery mechanisms of litigation,” Escovedo said.
Those involved hope everyone is made whole.
"I hope they complete their investigation and put them in handcuffs before they slip away,” Weinheimer said.
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