New Home, Hidden Defects: Uncovering Unseen Faults Post-Move-In

[@aubattler]

You need to report this development to the authorities also contact ACA this is criminal what they are doing. Whoever signs off on all these builds the band for life...

[@meganjay30]

nothing will happen... they all corrupt... all about the money.

[@turbostyler]

That piece of timber at the start that you originally thought was holding up the bricks is doing something very important. It's acting as a massive bait for termites to make their way in from the mulch beds butting up to the building... unreal...

[@powderskier5547]

Unfortunately the Australian building industry has gone to shit, not just residential but commercial as well. I have been in the industry for 35 years and run a business in the commercial sector and I simply cannot win a project as I am now competing with Chinese and Lebanese contractors, who do not have trade certification at all and the garbage they produce is shocking and they are getting away with it. The big builders no longer care about a proper experienced and qualified contractor they are after the cheapest price. This is not only going on with finishes trades but also services trades and others, it's rampant throughout the industry. It's so bad in Sydney that I will be closing my business down as I just cant stand this any more

[@mirceapirvu1851]

Samme hier mate in Melb and sadly me to

[@gabriellethomas7489]

Hoefully, the authorities will crack down on these cowboys! You get what you pay for…

[@topher.m]

Imagine walking into your new house and seeing that. Shocking. The brickie shouldn’t have even laid that first course.

[@man.i.literally.failed6772]

Yep

[@powderskier5547]

Who ever built and worked on this home should be thrown in jail

[@fadelkhalil-df5ut]

It is enough for you that you have a conscience and that you have determination and love for what you do, dream bigger dreams, and achieve greater things.

[@DavoInMelbourne]

There's a big problem when some of the owners intend renting these properties out; they then take a far less strict view of their own property having the attitude of 'oh it's just a rental so it's not that important' but this is what allows shoddy workmanship to proliferate.

[@roygibson7676]

Love the vids mate, but any chance ya can film in landscape?

[@John-td9cp]

The funny thing about the bad workmanship is sometimes it would have taken them longer do to it wrong than to do it right.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

Yes, by the time you fit the door jam to the leaning wall etc.

[@JAxford]

I love this channel. I see this dodgy workmanship every day and It doesn't matter who I tell, no one seems to care, until it's a problem. I would also like to say "your safety at heights is Non Complient" :)) Keep up the good work mate.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

Yes, I was worried about him falling off!

[@stediasse]

What are the possible 'realistic' outcomes of all this? Surely the builder won't be made to rectify the out of plumb walls, or rip up the bathrooms to do the waterproofing properly (even though I think they should). So what is a likely resolution, and what is the deterrent for them to not do it again? Oh, and will the original certifier receive any kind of punishment?

[@frankfranklin5790]

Yeah spot mate. Likely outcome builder suddenly goes bust, no money shut shop. Until a few days later under a different name. Same old same old Who cops it? The homeowner of course and they spend the next 20yrs paying the piece of shit off. These tradesmen are a disgrace

[@danieltate2778]

Omg the paint job alone is shocking

[@ads998]

I've never loved my 120 year old house more than after watching this!

[@vask19]

I've seen so many builders/contractors who simply sub out the work to someone else and take their slice of the pie at the end. This is a direct result of that. "Plasterer doing roofing" you're probably right on the money. (He must have run out of roofing screws lol).

[@DavidNotSolomon]

Yes, well roofing screws are expensive after all.

[@PappadumWarrior]

You have the eyes of a hawk. No wonder builders are scared!

[@ra4yu]

i wonder if you check the back side of the house will you find that 50mm of missing concrete sticking out from the bricks

[@nicholasvinen]

Maybe they made the slab too small.

[@dragginmedown]

You can see the cornice has cracking too. Movement making wall out of plumb too

[@ssccscot]

Imagine the termite issues down the track.

[@powderskier5547]

This house definately was built by chinese and Lebs and no doubt the foreman on site would have been a child with no experience, they are employed by builders to save costs

[@joer2326]

Always thought you were a legend. But when I saw you put those shoe covers on before going inside, I knew that you were a God!

[@adambikes65]

Who would enforce the replacement of the non-certified copies of the rainheads?

[@1pkcosmo]

And the wood used is not for in-ground use. Only h3 treated. Maybe not even that

[@dragginmedown]

Yeah will rot overtime

[@frankfranklin5790]

Hahaha probably a length of merch

[@kelly-mariestevens6238]

Hey dude. I just found your channel through recommends. Your an absolute legend. I'd be so interested to get into your job. Id love to do something like this! I love how you have so much knowledge and skill about field. Is juat awesome dude!

[@davesworld1565]

Kelly I recommend the diploma of building surveying a great lead in to this profession

[@kevinferguson530]

I am currently 386 days into new build and the workmanship if bloody awful. Skirts missing in some rooms but carpet has been laid. Not making final payment until everything is fixed. Have to say anyone considering a new build should wait until the trade and material issues are resolved.

[@frankfranklin5790]

Get an independent inspection mate If these are the things you can see you can only imagine what's hidden. These supposed authorities are not looking after the hard working people that have to pay the house off.

[@josephj6521]

Good! Don’t pay until the issues are fixed after you get an independent inspector.

[@justincondello]

I had to get a new builder after 386 days. The new builder completed the home in record time by comparison and it took them an average amount of time

[@Hydrnaught]

My daughter has been waiting 3 years to have a town house finished in W.A With over 100 defects including serious structural defects & insurance fraud by the builder on Osborne Park who has now gone into liquidation. Self certification is the problem. Legal action is taking place against the directors & supervisor. All that being said, you have to question the trades responsible in all this & they should also be brought into account & and penalised, including loss of licence.

[@russellclay9506]

As a tradesman, I have been , and still work on these houses and let me tell you, If they tell you to work on a shit house you can complain all you like but either do it or " see you later" and no work. All very well getting all upset at the tradies but when there is no money coming in then everyone will ease back on their morals. Think of your own job and start complaining and suddenly you have no work, no money and your labelled as a whinger so can't get work, no money , no prospect. How you feeling?

[@Hydrnaught]

@russellclay9506 I guess I'm different, no one will ever force me to lower my standards, if you have to go down that road you need to question your yourself & maybe look at getting into something else. I've walked & not given a f#*k I'll eat & I'll keep walking. No one will ever intimidate me.... at least I'll sleep & talk with a clear conscience. Most trades are crap on a good day you literally have to hold their hand unless, of course, they start crying in their tool bags.

[@andrewdarnley4608]

Sir, you must see the worst of the worst in your business. Trouble is I'm not sure if owners can ever get all of the failures rectified. I'm retired now and owner built all my homes accept for the last which was built by a project builder. I had builders over the years, tell me that owner builders always cut corners and didn't build properly to code. What you've shown me would have a builder from the 1970's roll in their grave. Great worker mate !!

[@DavidNotSolomon]

Yes, my house is built 1965 - still fantastic - solid wood floors, hard wood framing, brick veneer. Looks great 60 years on.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

I would hate to see these buildings in 10 years, let alone 60 - I doubt they will survive 20 years.

[@sz8558]

Sadly i knew this was Australia just by reading the captions while on mute. What a disgrace.

[@charlesparker924]

Not even h4 treated timber. Flabbergasted

[@josephj6521]

Man they could’ve put concrete instead. That dirt will get flooded in heavy rain and guess where the water will end up? Foundations.

[@greaterbw]

Wow the missing mortar between bricks and using wood for ground contact 😳 wow it looks nice to someone who doesn’t know but that is a mess I’d never accept. Finding a contractor that is concerned with doing a quality job is I’m sure challenging. I’m about to GC my own home build because I get to choose my contractors and I know people that will do it right.

[@kenezos]

An acquaintance bought a town house that’s scheduled to be built soon by Metricon. Enough said 😂😂😂

[@mrbrown3546]

Metricon are guilty of so many dodgy cost cutting practices that I can't figure out how they're still in business, tell your acquaintance to research them, very long list of bad behaviour. I've seen some of their work first hand. I wouldn't touch them or recommend them to anyone. All crappy builders, tradies etc need to be named and shamed at least nationally otherwise they only get worse.

[@Hunty49]

1:00 Lol. I thought they just left the concrete formwork in. 4:50 Different height windows maybe? 6:50 Why maths is important for the trades.

[@pcatful]

You wouldn't get far inspecting houses in the US, you'd be finding too much in the first house. Checking for level-🤣

[@TheJetcon]

Where can we find out what the outcome for all the non compliance you uncover . Ps , do you sleep with a 357? Lots of off balance weirdos about .

[@ss33988]

Probably a sawn off double barrel

[@creditelectric]

To me a most concerning aspect of some of these builds are the brickwork overhangs supported by wood. Would love to hear the explanation from these builders, about the slab design, bad slabs do exist, are the brickies getting told to just do it?

[@rossr100]

Not even supported by the wood. The timber is there to try and hide the mess

[@murry001]

That window being uneven to the other one would shit me off, i'd make them take down the whole wall to redo it lol

[@adambamf9365]

if anyone was wondering about that tool at 2:36 it is a water level and you can make one for like 12 bucks

[@TheThetechnician]

I’ll give you $20 if you make me one

[@adambamf9365]

@@TheThetechnician kzbin.info/www/bejne/b4qTlKCdhpp2rbs

[@smthngsmthngsmthngdarkside]

Oie mate. 20 clams. Make sure it has the same box and everyfing aye bruv.

[@damienbobbo7583]

A/c on roof non compliant. Refrigeration pipe needs to be protected from sun light

[@gaillaffer7579]

What is the reason for half bricks as the first course and why are the allowed to over hang? I’m thinking water displacement for overhang but have no idea for half bricks.

[@dragginmedown]

The splits are used because the slab is most likely lower in that spot so they do that to avoid a big mortar bed which is also non compliant. It’s hard sometimes, splits are actually ok just doesn’t look the best. The overhang is worse. Should have been patched by concreters

[@gaillaffer7579]

@@dragginmedown Thank you. Cliche,but everything starts with good foundations as they say. NSW Australia seems to have more than its fair share of cowboy builders too.

[@dragginmedown]

@@gaillaffer7579 yeah it’s hard because if you don’t lay and want the slab fixed you will lose money. But honestly as a bricklayer splits are fine, it’s a silly rule. If it’s covered by a footpath it’s compliant so it’s not a structural issue. But the overhang is.

[@Wilbargosh]

Affordable housing in Australia! Council, certifiers, builders and subbies taking the piss. Criminals!

[@DavidNotSolomon]

@@Wilbargosh Housing is the only industry left in Vic, so anything to keep it going, including mass immigration.

[@wizzard5442]

0:15 both windows ARE aligned properly, its just that both windows are of different heights dimension-wise. If you look at the top of both of them, they are at exactly the same alignment. Non-uniformity in windows dimensions was the problem.

[@damienbobbo7583]

Vent on exhuast system undersize. Needs a Mechanical plumber to install all flexible ducts flue to outside

[@manfredvonrichthofen4738]

got his atom splittingntools withhim

[@man.i.literally.failed6772]

Built by taxi drivers😂

[@TyOtis]

What happens when a completed house has so many no compliant issues? What happens next - Who’s responsible to get it fixed? Does it get signed off?

[@sancx]

I imagine often would just result in a price reduction to the value of repairs if the new buyer went ahead is my guess

[@freechagosislandjohnpilger]

trying to organise/pick/ get quotes from tradespeople these days is a nightmare,

[@rossr100]

I bet they put a metric ton of ties in that wall.... or probably not

[@laingyn]

can we get update on what are the consequences of these defects? do they lose their license or someone else come do the repairs?

[@Siteinspections]

I will share an update as soon as possible. It is the builder's responsibility to correct any construction defects. Should you require additional guidance, it is advisable to consult a construction law firm.

[@SalsaSniper]

what is the resolution? Will builder fix or provide compensation?

[@111jacare]

The thing that worries me with this house is the foundations being too short. The standard brick in Australia is 230 mm wide, 76 mm tall and 110 mm deep. The gentleman measured 50 mm that the brick was overhanging the foundations. That means that the brickwork is 5 mm from the balance point. Think about that for a minute. If there is a mild earth tremor, what is going to happen with that wall? From what has been seen, has the bricklayer used enough brick ties to hold that wall in place? From what has been seen with the other trades... I would not like to be coming out the front door in an earth tremor / earthquake was to occur! Remember the images from the November 2021 'quake in Melbourne, where a brick wall collapsed from height to the roadway? This gives more weight to cored bricks that can take reinforcing and be backfilled with cement. At least you have a minimum of a N12 bar running the height of the wall, which ties things together. Then, if that is done properly, you also have a minimum of a N12 bar running horizontal, filled in cement, every 600 mm in height of the wall.

[@DavidNotSolomon]

Yes, the building is dangerous, and even without an earthquake over time that wall is likely to collapse.

[@damienbobbo7583]

Flex drain off a/c is non compliant. Should be soild

[@zueyyy]

Please record videos in landscape

[@whitebloodism]

Unreal

[@petertyper1]

How can all of this work be left in the state it’s in! Wtf is going on here!!? How is this allowed?

[@possum369]

How did that Council issue an occupation certificate…

[@martianvideo]

5:38 I will not judge owner, I will not judge owner lest I be judged!

[@matthewk8418]

Does anyone check previous builds before signing them up?

[@jeffreygeary5398]

Did they have to put sand in the gloss paint or is that extra

[@wheres_bears1378]

Why is split masonary used?

[@Samsgarden]

I'd suffer from PTSD on a new ghetto...I mean new estate.

[@coryholland1811]

So, the owner paid the builder before a final inspection? Is that correct? If it was inspected, how could all these faults be missed? Also, I don't understand the point of a post handover inspection. The builder is unlikely to come back once they've been paid.

[@porleg]

Jesus

[@j.l.912]

Who built this hell hole?

[@powderskier5547]

It's not just our homes, but commercial and industrial building as well, it's really bad what is going on and or Government is turning a blind eye to it

[@MrLincoln87]

Ok please can you do a video on what happens after these inspections? Like ... do owners cop it on the chin? Do people lose licenses? Builders/inspectors alike? Does someone come and repair them? Can you call someone else in to repair them and send the bill to the original builder ? IDK like what actually happens? Are these like, new estates home and land packages... do builders get provided for these places? Is this why they're so dodge/non compliant? And also.... whenever I look at my place my mums place my friends place... and place im inspecting myself lol.. anywhere, I just walk around saying ... i am .... flabbergasted, this work here looks non compliant, do your best silicone the rest

[@crapmalls]

If the bricks are suspended in mid air whats holding the house up???

[@iancognito8047]

Skyhooks.

[@crapmalls]

@@iancognito8047 Shirl be right

[@test143000]

A frame. There is a frame behind the brick wall. The brick wall is not load bearing.

[@crapmalls]

@@test143000 well yes. But a brick wall is the load

[@KenzoTenmaM]

Which suburb is this?

[@remoman]

Why do they start with half a brick at the bottom of the course?

[@nicholasvinen]

Someone else said it's because the slab is not level.

[@adambamf9365]

love too know who roofed that shit lmao

[@rohinzbluesbox]

Who's that builder??

[@Fuuntag]

This would barely pass in Thailand let alone here...

[@serhiizinkivskyi3464]

NSW ?

[@Brad656]

And this is why I got out of the building industry, sick and tired of making other peoples fukcups look good !! No pride in their own workmanship. Hell, these chippies these days couldn’t pitch a roof !!

[@Billydevito]

Dam Buster rain heads needs to find the importer of those inferior Chinese made copies and prosecute them. It’s not that hard. Follow up the supply chain.

[@Peter-wc7dg]

It's like a serial killer bag in the thumbnail 😅

[@seze5931]

5:17 🤣🤣🤣

[@ew8597]

😮

[@crapmalls]

Theres no fixing that.

[@thomjanson9644]

That’s pretty much a knock down?!

[@craigdutton6072]

Lol I worked for a shire out near Nyngan nsw 😂we had a inspector ya would not feed him stale bread 🥖 😂or dog poo from a sling shot 😂

[@9W8o7l7f4]

😢

[@outdoors5352]

Unfortunately probably just the tip of the iceberg. It's one reason I'll never build. I can never trust anyone.

[@joshstanton267]

In an age of laser levels................. People still want to guess

[@benlee9647]

you should end up in jail for this.

[@JJ-mc8lu]

Glad all my properties are over 30 years old. This new stuff is rubbish!

[@petemiller519]

Good channel, but film your videos in Landscape mode, you'll provide a lot more content instead of a sliver. Cheers.

[@johnchang3807]

Housing shortage vs quailty build... tough choice.

[@kingsleyburley9478]

Housing ah it’s nothing take a step into the commercial side of fit out where you no longer have any qualifications to draw/ build an internal structure having a real trade qualification ha who needs it I should start up as a doctor I’m not a gynaecologist but I can look into it for you

[@themacedonian188]

Did the family know you were visiting? So why didn’t they at least try to tidy up a little ????????🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@chrisfi3d]

For a lot of people, that mess is normal! I started to cringe when he had to get down on his knees near the bathroom. That carpet to tile transition is a germ paradise.

[@tazzygeoff621]

Another Mr W(r)ong enterprise?

[@mranonymous8979]

Is this supposed to be some sort of pseudo retaining wall ? 😂

[@frankthetank5445]

It’s not right. Every time a houses dosent make standards these shithouse builders need to have their licences revoked until they fix the issues out of their own pocket. Not good enough.

[@user-bu8lz7kz3g]

Same quality as glenville homes 😅😅😅

[@HondaMonkeyMan]

Name the builder.

[@DallasLeslie-kz5tn]

Lol most roofers wouldn’t know what a turn up is if it kicked them in the nutts.your looking at 90%of big builds

[@mattyreardon3593]

This is tofu dreg building.

[@pffft111]

Government regulation in the building industry is a joke. The complete lack of care, lack of pride, lack of ability shown in your videos is astounding. How are these cowboys able to stay in business? I'm curious as to what percentage of inspections come back as acceptable vs the absolute trash shown in your videos?

[@frankfranklin5790]

No one's being held to account, therefore shortcuts are taken. Teaching the tradesmen of tomorrow this is how you do things, none the wiser and so on and so on down the line.

[@butchgleeson]

Hey Mate , love your youTube stuff but I wish you wouldn't over dramatize and talk in circles. We all know there are faults but you confuse everything by not being strait to the point and wandering around jibbering on " oh what can I see over here". Show us the faults, explain in straight English and i'm sure you will get more followers.

[@Z-Ack]

So the sill plate exposed and all, yea, pretty bad. But the nit picking on the drywall, window height, wall squareness.. come on now.. really? Thats whT you checked as an inspector? and the use of the whole machine to test height difference.. lol. Why didnt you bust out a uv meter and test how well the windows insulated from sunlight with the blinds open and closed.. would be another top notch thing to add to your report.. friggn kidding me.. you get paid to do this professionally.. people hire you for this.. unbelievable..

[@sabamacx]

In countries with REAL and STRICT building standards (Switzerland, Germany, etc) UV transmittance like that IS measured and checked, manufacturing regularly audited, etc. The fact you think it's a joke and you don't give a shit just shows the standards you walk past are the standards you accept. It's your job. Be better. Be the best.

[@reddog8618]

And this is why I'll never get a big company to build my house, cheap and their don't give two sticks about it. My partner is a chippy and say it's getting worse every new site she goes too.

[@powderskier5547]

Yes it sure is and it's just as bad if not worse in the commercial and industrial sectors

[@chrisballard7594]

Australians deserve this...What do you expect?. this is a $4,000,000.00 home, you need to spend at least $50,000,000.00 now to get a decent build. Just ask your bank for more money, that should fix your construction problems..

[@WayneNoden]

STOP VOTING LABOR

[@thecraiglett1]

Like the LNP are not the party of deregulation, greed and self interest....