Creditors face claims process as Pickles Paving enters liquidation

Victorian contractor Pickles Paving & Landscaping Pty Ltd, ACN 619 064 050, entered creditors’ voluntary liquidation on 13 October 2026, according to its notice on the ASIC Published Notices register. The notice cites paragraph 491(2)(b) of the Corporations Act and regulation 5.5.01, which cover a voluntary winding up rather than a court order.

For Victorian builders and subcontractors, the change is immediate: any unpaid invoice to the company is now a claim in the liquidation, not a debt it will settle in the ordinary course.

Why it matters

Paving and landscaping work typically lands late in a residential build, often in the final weeks before handover. A builder relying on one subcontractor for driveways, paths, retaining walls and planting must find a replacement crew if that subcontractor stops trading mid-contract. That can push out the handover date.

The notice is a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, which means the company’s own members resolved to wind it up rather than a creditor forcing the issue through a court application. That distinction matters for anyone owed money. A liquidator takes control of assets and reports to creditors directly. There are none of the earlier court steps that can draw out a contested winding up.

For subcontractors, suppliers or builders holding a signed contract with Pickles Paving & Landscaping, an unpaid invoice is now generally an unsecured claim. It ranks for payment, if funds allow, behind secured creditors and the costs of the liquidation. The notice does not say how many jobs the company held or how much is owed.

The numbers

• Company: Pickles Paving & Landscaping Pty Ltd, ACN 619 064 050, registered in Victoria.
• Notice type: Appointment, creditors’ voluntary liquidation, under paragraph 491(2)(b) of the Corporations Act and regulation 5.5.01.
• Appointment date: 13 October 2026; the ASIC notice was published the same day.
• Jurisdiction: Victoria, as listed on the ASIC notice.

The ASIC record does not carry a stated amount owed to creditors, a count of staff affected, or a list of the projects the company was working on. None of those figures appear in the published notice, so none are reported here. A report to creditors, once lodged, would be the next document to confirm the scale of the shortfall.

What’s next

Under a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, the liquidator’s role is to take control of the company’s assets, investigate its affairs and report to creditors on what, if anything, is available for distribution. Creditors are typically asked to confirm the liquidator’s appointment, or nominate a replacement, at a meeting convened for that purpose, and to lodge a formal proof of debt rather than continue invoicing the company directly.

Any builder with Pickles Paving & Landscaping still engaged on an external-works package should treat that contract as at risk. The practical steps are to confirm whether the crew is still on site and to line up an alternative paving or landscaping subcontractor. Subcontractors and suppliers owed money should contact the liquidator named in the ASIC notice to lodge a claim, rather than wait for a dividend notice.

We will update this story if a report to creditors, a dividend, or a change to the company’s registration status is published on the ASIC register. The filing follows a separate winding-up application against a Victorian steel fixer, covered in Steel Force Steel Fixing’s winding up application.