{{COI|date=January 2019}} {{Short description|Defunct UK companies}} {{Infobox company | name = EcoHouse Group Developments Ltd<br>(in compulsory liquidation) | logo = Ecohousegrouplogo.png | caption = | type = Private | industry = | founded = {{Start date|2012|12|11|df=yes}} | founder = Anthony Armstrong Emery a/k/a Anthony Armstrong | defunct = {{End date|2015|02|16|df=yes}}<br>(Liquidation commenced)<br>{{End date|2018|01|08|df=yes}}<br>(Liquidation concluded)<br>{{End date|2022|11|24|df=yes}}<br>(Dissolution date) | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | num_locations = <!-- Number of locations, offices --> | area_served = | key_people = | products = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20121012062341/http://www.ecohousedevelopments.com/] }} {{Infobox company | name = EcoHouse Developments Ltd | logo = | caption = | type = Private | industry = | founded = {{Start date|2010|05|28|df=yes}} | founder = | defunct = {{End date|2015|01|15|df=yes}}<br>(Liquidation commenced)<br>{{End date|2018|02|14|df=yes}}<br>(Dissolved) | hq_location_city = | hq_location_country = | num_locations = <!-- Number of locations, stores, offices &c. --> | area_served = | key_people = | products = | production = | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = | num_employees = | parent = | divisions = | subsidiaries = | website = [https://www.pwc.co.uk/services/business-recovery/administrations/ecohouse-developments-ltd-in-creditors-voluntary-liquidation-the-company.html] }}
'''EcoHouse Group Developments Ltd''' and '''EcoHouse Developments Ltd''' are defunct UK companies, registered in England and Wales.<ref>https://entvita.de/ Family estate liquidation alliance</ref>
The companies claimed to have been specialising in the construction of social housing through the Brazilian government's ''Minha Casa, Minha Vida'' programme; however, in August 2014 the Brazilian Embassy in Singapore (where Ecohouse attracted many investors) stated that the company had no relationship with the Brazilian government.<ref name="channel1">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/brazil-denies-links-with/1313584.html |title=Brazil denies links with property firm EcoHouse |accessdate=2014-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106201752/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/brazil-denies-links-with/1313584.html |archivedate=2014-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="channel2">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore/brazilian-embassy-casts/1321136.html |title=Brazilian Embassy casts doubt on authenticity of EcoHouse letters |accessdate=2014-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106201757/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/business/singapore/brazilian-embassy-casts/1321136.html |archivedate=2014-11-06 }}</ref><ref name="channel3">{{cite web|url=http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/brazilian-ambassador/1319646.html |title=Brazilian Ambassador calls on EcoHouse to prove links |accessdate=2014-11-06 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106201746/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/brazilian-ambassador/1319646.html |archivedate=2014-11-06 }}</ref>
In November 2014 it appeared the company was not on the government's list of participants in the scheme, and the companies are subject to fraud investigations by the Brazilian police.<ref name="FT2">{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.com/content/8cbbc49c-7190-11e4-b178-00144feabdc0 |title=Brazilian police probe British property developer EcoHouse |author=Joe Leahy and Thalita Carrico |date=November 23, 2014 |website=www.ft.com |accessdate= |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128092611/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8cbbc49c-7190-11e4-b178-00144feabdc0.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="EyeDec2014">{{cite news|title=Ecohouse Recycled|newspaper=Private Eye|date=12 Dec 2014|pages=36}}</ref>
==Background== Launched in 2007 by Anthony Armstrong Emery,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/brazil/10613056/EcoHouse-Group-founder-Anthony-Armstrong-Emery-making-mark-in-Brazilian-football-with-Alecrim.html |title=EcoHouse Group founder Anthony Armstrong Emery making mark in Brazilian football with Alecrim |last1=White |first1=Jim |date=February 2, 2014 |website=telegraph.co.uk |accessdate= |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122150454/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/brazil/10613056/EcoHouse-Group-founder-Anthony-Armstrong-Emery-making-mark-in-Brazilian-football-with-Alecrim.html |url-status=live }}</ref> it offered investors 20% return on their £23,000 investments after 12 months. <ref name="insolvency">{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/14-year-ban-for-brazilian-social-housing-investment-boss--2|title=14-year ban for Brazilian social housing investment boss|website=The Insolvency Service|date=9 May 2019}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
EcoHouse stopped selling Brazilian properties in Singapore after investors filed against the company for failing to return investment money on time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sg.news.yahoo.com/ecohouse-starts-play-catch-003047592--sector.html|title=EcoHouse plays catch-up, stops selling in Singapore|website=sg.news.yahoo.com|date=9 January 2014 |accessdate=21 March 2019|archive-date=5 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140905111642/https://sg.news.yahoo.com/ecohouse-starts-play-catch-003047592--sector.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="EcoHouse frustrations start to surface">{{cite web|title=EcoHouse frustrations start to surface|url=http://www.propertyguru.com.sg/property-management-news/2013/11/36900/ecohouse-frustrations-start-to-surface|access-date=2013-11-12|archive-date=2013-11-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112164456/http://www.propertyguru.com.sg/property-management-news/2013/11/36900/ecohouse-frustrations-start-to-surface|url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2014, after Ecohouse closed its Singapore offices suddenly, the Brazilian Embassy there denied any relationship between the Brazilian government and Ecohouse, stating that there is "no link whatsoever" and that they "feel sorry for these investors". Ecohouse was apparently not regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore.<ref name="channel1" /><ref name="channel2" /><ref name="channel3" /> The Brazilian tax authorities in 2014 stated that the company had been under investigation for 8 months.<ref name="FT2" />
In 2019 the directors were banned from being involved in the running of companies for 14 years.<ref name="insolvency"/>
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==References== {{reflist|2}}
==Further reading== *[https://www.egis-energie.de/ German Eco-Energy Alliance Website] *[https://ruempeli.de/ Professional Inspection & Clearing Out]
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