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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Pre purchase Building Inspection, DIY floor repairs
This house with defective stumps was prepared for sale with dodgy DIY repairs. If my client did not commission pre purchase report he would have ended with (among other defects) re stumping cost repairs
Frame inspection, builder, building inspector and Building Commission all asleep at the wheel
This frame inspection is a beauty If the builder has quality assurance system, where is it? It must be asleep at the wheel! What about the building inspector, asleep on duty? Building and structural elements are regularly damaged and then … Continue reading
Building and timber pest inspection, termite damage, another cover up!
One thing you can be sure of. Vendor does not want you to know they have had a termite hit. This is why they will go to great lengths to remove, renovate and conceal termite damage. If they had termite … Continue reading
Building Commission, the office of dream destruction, why is this builder still registered?
Every now and then I come across something so shocking that it leaves me with profound disgust for the builder and the system that enables it to happen and is unwilling to do something about it. This was young … Continue reading
Posted in Ask Building Expert, Building Advice, Building Inspection, New Home Inspections
Tagged building commission, building defects, foundation flooding, new home inspection, slab damage
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Another new home foundation failure, a dream destroyed
This blog is second story I did with ACA Channel Nine about new home foundation failure The home is built on highly reactive clay foundation and special precautions are required in design construction and maintenance. In my opinion builder’s design … Continue reading
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Tagged building defects, foundation failure, new home inspection
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Even termites know you have done a “HOME JOB”
Many people think building is easy, anyone can do it and save a bundle. Building is definitely not easy and there is always stress and almost a certainty you will blow your budget. You may not save anything and it … Continue reading
Posted in Building Advice, Building Inspection, Pre-Purchase Inspections
Tagged diy termite shields, pre purchase inspection, termite damage, termite damaged home, timber pest inspection
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New home foundation failure
Few months ago I inspected a new home under builder’s warranty that is seriously cracked. My findings were that the builder was responsible for repairs under warranty obligations. The client did not get satisfaction and complained to A Current Affair … Continue reading
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Tagged building inspection, foundation failure, house cracking, new home inspection
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What’s wrong with our building control system, Part 1
Recently I met a young man working at Bunnings whom I did not immediately recognise but he knew me and said Hello. As it happened he was a student in building surveying in the same class five years earlier. We … Continue reading
Posted in Building Inspection, New Home Inspections
Tagged building commission, building control, building inspectors, building surveyors, collusion with builder
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Building frame inspection
Yesterday I had the pleasure of inspecting a house frame that was actually well built and correctly set out with all the load transfer blocks in the right place. It was the sort of frame you immediately recognise as … Continue reading
Posted in Building Inspection, New Home Inspections
Tagged bracing defects, building defects, building inspection, damaged bracing, frame inspection, framing defects, new home inspection
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