If you have paid close to $400,000 for your beautiful new two storey home this will do it. This home by a top tier builder is a disgrace, you make up your own mind: I did pre final inspection on … Continue reading →

The biggest threat to the quality of your investment is builder’s lack of care. It’s not that they can’t do the decent job. They can’t be bothered. Yet they will never miss without a fail to come to you asking … Continue reading →

Apparently so! Last week I took a call from a potential client who entered into a handshake agreement with a builder to extend his swimming pool. The agreed price was around $24,000  the work took 3 years, there were many … Continue reading →

If ever there was a loaded gun pointing at builder, here it is: Domestic Contracts Building Act 1995  s8 Implied Warranties(d) (1)The builder warrants that the work will be carried out with reasonable care and skill and defective, in relation … Continue reading →

Recently I inspected a new home at pre final in Cranbourne and it was a good job. The builder, (one of the major volume builders) did well. Whilst nothing was fantastic it was good enough and had the consistency of … Continue reading →

We get people call in all the time saying “I have a dispute with my builder I want to go to VCAT”. People think that going to VCAT will solve their problems. Father Christmas will just write out a cheque … Continue reading →

Lat week I inspected a twenty year old home and it was perfect (almost). Yes it did have couple of issues but it presented very well for its age. It’s the sort of a home that can fool a prospective … Continue reading →

Termites are timber pests and like all pests they require food water, and the ambient conditions to survive and thrive. If you provide all of the above in and around the home you could be asking for trouble. Check out … Continue reading →

Some time ago I completed expert report on a particularly badly executed earthworks on a farm just outside Melbourne. This is what I had  to say(among other things): It is evidently clear from the information supplied by the client and … Continue reading →