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Buying a home from owner builder? Beware,Beware, Beware!
In principle I have nothing against owner builders but the fact is that many owner builds are badly built, dreadfully finished and some are downright dangerous. Why? It is because many owner builders think that it’s easy to replace professional … Continue reading
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Pre Purchase Building Inspection, there is no business like repeat business!
The first rule of sale is to sell, the second is to make your customer want to come back for more. Here at Building Expert we work very hard to make your experience the best there is. From the moment … Continue reading
Pre purchase building inspection, slab causing rising dampness.
Why should we worry about regulations and standards? It’s because we want to preserve the quality of our built environment by setting at least the minimum acceptable standards. Australian Standard is the minimum default standard. Some of the most experienced … Continue reading
Pre purchase inspection, it’s what your customers think that matters!
In my other blogs I have talked about how impressed I was with Apple, in fact so much that I have set it up as “The benchmark” for everything I do in business. It is a tough call to be … Continue reading
Building disputes, building reports, defects in new homes, what you should know.
If you have a building dispute and you need to take it further you will need professionally prepared building defect report to identify defects, reference them to breaches of warranty, breaches of contract and standards. You will then need estimate … Continue reading
Imagine world was apples, staff training is the mother of customer service!
If you walk into Apple shop it always will be full of people. Despite that there is never a shortage of blue T shirts. It is most unlikely you will be in the shop for more than 60 seconds and … Continue reading
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Building dispute, getting justice is a tough hill to climb!
Last week I was involved in VCAT mediation for one of my clients (one of many) whose home is ruined by slab heave. Builder(one of the top tier builders) who did nothing for months but blame the owners (unfairly in … Continue reading
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Roof leak, detection with thermal imaging
Roof leaks can be difficult to detect, sometimes they only occur when wind blows from a certain direction. Sometimes the leak is small, so small as to be undetectable with visual inspection. However, dampens from roof leak will be absorbed … Continue reading
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Imagine world was apples! Part 2 – Customer Service (1)
It’s customer service that will determine if your customer will come back for more and not stop talking about you. I want to share this little true story with you. Recently I took a 24inch desktop to Apple store in … Continue reading
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Imagine world was apples! Part 1- Falling in love.
This story begun seven years ago when walking through JB HI-FI near Highpoint shopping centre I spotted IMac for the first time. I could not take my eyes of it, it was the most beautiful desktop computer I have ever … Continue reading
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