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Building Inspection could save your life, and the life of your family!

Yesterday I was commissioned to carry out defect inspection on a two year old home. Whilst inspecting I came across three smoke alarms on the upper level that were non functional. Owner has taken them down to replace the battery … Continue reading

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Building Dispute, Bulged Swimming Pool, Cost to Fix?

My clients have had their fibreglass swimming pool develop a bulge in the side and bottom. Builder attempted unsatisfactory repairs. This is what I said: Summary of the Report Findings: The swimming pool has structural movement and has bulged. The … Continue reading

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Building insurance claim. INSURER CAVES IN!

This follows by blog on 13/02/2012 in which I reported biased and in my opinion fraudulent engineering report that the insurer was relying on in offering my client a pittance as settlement. I have since found out that my client … Continue reading

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Building Dispute, Provisional Sum Blows, Owner takes a HIT.

Recently I was involved in a building dispute where provisional sum blew out from $5000 to $ 20,000 . Now that is a nasty surprise for any budget and my clients were very upset and this come on top of … Continue reading

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Building dispute, defective brickwork, sometimes the hill to climb is too high!

About two years ago I prepared expert report in relation to defective brickwork. The clients, husband and wife were extremely distressed and I expected that the dispute would follow to VCAT. However I had not heard from them and I … Continue reading

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Building Dispute in VCAT, my client wins! Brickwork Defects.

Recently my client had a win in VCAT getting substantial award against the builder for defective brickwork. Despite having no experience and no funds to bring me along as expert witness she took on the case and won through sheer … Continue reading

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