Paid in Full, Yet Scammed? Unearthing a $1M NSW Building Nightmare!

That builder should be named and banned from building anything, what a disgrace. Pathetic workmanship.

The inspectors passing this work should be made accountable.

It's awkward watching these inspections. You're here to be shocked by the shithouse work but you've gotta feel for the people that have had their dreams destroyed by criminals posing as builders.

I’m a water damage specialist and that moisture content is outrageous and therefore all that area needs full remediation and repairs, let alone the wood or wall plaster dried/removed! Any moisture of over 20% for more than 72 hours is automatically water damage and needs remediation! There could be mould in the carpets, underlay and tack strip! Then you’ve got to worry about the moisture migrating into the walls and floors!!! That could be $1000’s in repairs but at bare minimum $1k in drying and cleaning! I don’t understand those knuckleheads thinking that’s a liveable home!

why can't someone else post on all their socials about the lack of workmanship ? . . . and whoever signed off on this build should be held to account, AND be named in the public domain.

You have a better warranty and more rights as a consumer on a $20 toaster than you have on a $1 million house. There are serious problems with the construction industry and no political is interested in fixing it. The builder should not be able to choose the certifier, there is a conflict of interest, and they need to be randomly assigned from a pool managed by the builder licensing authority. Each progress inspection should also be done by different certifiers.

:face-green-smiling: sending a box of flowers over after rorting the man $1,050,000 is next level savage

As a self-proclaimed bird specialist also I can confirm that bird is called a defect -turkey, and is often seen sifting about areas containing poor workmanship and noncompliance.

That social media clause in the contract is a massive red flag. A reputable builder would be wanting customers extolling their virtues and promoting their work. My dad was a builder and he never advertised. His work generated more work just through word of mouth.

It's great to see an inspector actually doing their job.

I suggest the home owner taken legal action against the Certifier, after all that person will have insurance and if he does not can be made personally libel for costs in rectification works plus the Government watchdog, can also take action as well. All of this shoddy building works has come about since the Certification was put into private hands. Bring back Government inspectors for all building works, including but not limited to Structure, plumbing and electrical.

The owner should have got a lawyer to read over the contract first. The social media ban is so dodgy.

Ever since private certifiers allowed to inspect the rot started.I remember council inspectors were pretty tough on us back in the day. They were completely impartial and not in the builders pocket. Further usually the inspectors were from the trade having had practical experience.

Well presented but here is the bleeding obvious that all concerned should see. Problem now is that building a house is a composite program, one part being added on to continuously to then create the next stage and so on. Fixing this disaster is an a huge task as where do you start? The roof tiles are wrong, but the roof frame is crook, the ceilings are all out because the roof frame is crook, etc, etc. There is water inside because the brickwork is crook, yet the roof is sitting on the brickwork. Like making a cake, once it is all iced how do you go back in and fix the uncooked centre? Continuous and adequate compliance at all stages of the build is the only answer and NSW has failed this every time with virtually every building showing defects to varying degrees.

We did the same social media checks prior to installing a pool in WA. We later learnt, when you take this company to building commission, the magistrate asks both parties to go into a private room and see if they can reach an agreement. At this point the pool company offers an $X amount, if you accept, you must sign an NDA, and it specifies NO social media comments. Because you have settled ‘privately’, there is no judgement, nothing to look up. This shouldn’t be allowed. Don’t ask me the company name, but they have been in business for 47 years, so their website states.

"Noncompliant" Would be a great T-Shirt to add to your channel merchandise. Thanks again for another insight of Australia building standards. It's reminding me more and more of the "Wild West". I had wondered where all the cowboy builders had gone, Australia, apparently.

One big giant ponzi is the the Australian real estate market

how dare our gov allow this to happen, we have always prided ourselves in Australia to the value of working hard to achieve home ownership and these greedy, incompetent developers who have no morals or conscience are getting away with destroying peoples lives , authorities do the bloody job you're responsible for.

Can you also do some reviews of what a good quality build looks like? This could help motivate some builders to actually doing the right thing

In the US, that owner would be winning a HUGE lawsuit. I don’t know if the builder is insured but if he is, he”d never be able to get insurance again. It seems criminal to me too. FRAUD!