Shocking $1M Preston Home Defects: What the Builder Doesn’t Want You to See!

[@Siteinspections]

Thoughts? www.marshallwhite.com.au/project/22-wood-street-preston-vic-1327636/ Each Residence will include: • 10 yr Building Warranty • Extended Buyer Guarantees + Warranties • (No Gas) Fossil Fuel Free • Private Residents Park with Residents Veggie Plots • Rainwater harvesting & Tank • Double Glazed Windows • High Thermal Performance • Solar Panels • Heat Pump Hot Water • EV Ready

[@bang4urbux888]

@@Siteinspections And also free bird feed with the unprotected foam edge..how thoughtful of the developer 🐦

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

Everything's fine as long as payer gets what they paid for. Will they honor the 10 year warranty or will the owner be at VCAT for the next 10 years?

[@michaelpairidis7382]

@@Siteinspections I think the builders were Prest on space on Preston. Reminds me of how battery chickens live. Each one has the same space and the minimum space possible. They look like 40ft shipping containers stacked on their ends. Like the song from the Angels….No way get Fu**ked Fark off………

[@PeterGoudie-u3w]

@@bang4urbux888 Arround my way the Gallahs love foam houses

[@gpet23]

@@bang4urbux888 BAHAHAHHAH

[@kuhhnt]

For those interested. Marshall White Projects, Preston Place, Preston, Victoria.

[@iand4835]

Correct but they’re more the developer / sales agents, very concerning that the builder operates in a number of states and claims to be ……… , it’s depressing to see such poorly managed projects.

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

👍

[@georgia4407]

@@kuhhnt wow! Disgrace!

[@enijize1234]

​@@limhelium990is that the surveying company's detail?

[@bang4urbux888]

@@kuhhnt Who is the builder for this project?

[@jbs9473]

A million dollars. A hideous, depressing estate, in one of the crappiest parts of town. Imagine paying a million dollars for that and waking up every morning to go to a job you hate and you can barely make the payments and it's not even built right. The Australian dream.

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

These developers are turning Melbourne into a shanty town. Most liveable city remember.

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

It is not only hideous. It's not made to last. I give it 30 years before it needs to be torn down.

[@andjelkojovanovic2852]

​@@australiaprisonisland9156thats if it lasts 30 years...

[@rohandunt3537]

@@australiaprisonisland9156 l'm old enough to remember when Victoria was the "Garden State" of Australia. Now, it's the "Laughing Stock" of Australia.

[@rohandunt3537]

@@australiaprisonisland9156 Wow. You're optimistic...

[@legogummybear5]

Keep up the good work! We need more people like you exposing shonky builders and lax inspectors!!

[@HRRRRRDRRRRR]

Why? It evidently doesn't change anything. The bubble keeps growing and shonky buildings keep getting built.

[@Frisbeethedog]

@@HRRRRRDRRRRR Sure, but homeowners might be better informed before they buy rubbish.

[@robsmith6087]

@@HRRRRRDRRRRR exactly. . nothing changes

[@267BISMARK]

This is not just poor trade skills, but a completely corrupt system

[@kevin6856]

Thats exactly the point

[@enwin1912]

When modern slaves vote for the least worst rep on the ticket.

[@TravisHi_YT]

Yes, and it's only going to get worse because they are totally unchecked. Convict mentality in full force.

[@kadmow]

​@@TravisHi_YT - more like it - Immigrant "inscrutibility" with no consequences...

[@deanooooooo6496]

It got inspected by the authorities and passed? So yes corrupt they paid the inspector obviously.

[@lukenguyen617]

Feel sad for the poor families who have been ripped off. They worked hard to live in a home not a safety hazard. Hope things get better thanks to your videos man

[@asmith2126]

As a builder and designer myself I see that the biggest issue here is just the design of the buildings, its too complicated, too many decks and intersections where waterproofing and drainage is the biggest issue, try to minimise the amount of box gutters as they are always failure points. Bring back soffits and overhangs!

[@9inchsradius]

The problem is we make houses out of polystyrene and dreams. I would never buy anything built after 1995.

[@kadmow]

- amen bruder - stupid false facades (Deceptive outward appearance) - hiding incompetence and no design - I also hate little itty-bitty roofs (rooves) and decks over living spaces - It is going to fail....

[@drunkntigr]

Yes. No. 1 Issue is architect wanting to make it look nice but no consideration of how on earth they would be able to build in drainage property. No. 2 Cost of materials - doing everything brick top to bottom would cost enormous amounts and the biggest problem with this is there are not enough trades to do this properly. Can you imagine a poor rick job on that, also the extra few months it would take to do it in brick. No. 3 The builder wants to make the build easy so the trades can understand, unfortunately when you are forced to compact houses into blocks like this because of financial contraints what can you do?

[@Karl-Benny]

@@kadmow Flat roofs are always a problem

[@Chris-the-likeable]

I'd love to see a video where you find a good builder. It would be great to find one!

[@HellenikBoy171]

im also interested in this. Step by step how to find a good builder.

[@resistivity08]

@@HellenikBoy171 dont build a shitbox

[@driftfitness]

Absolutely, with examples of what's compliant etc

[@pennywise4843]

There aren’t any.

[@murry001]

I still can't comprehend spending $1million on a home, and your external walls are made of polystyrene foam.

[@northernbeachesguy3245]

your*

[@HellenikBoy171]

its very common use as external cladding if its being rendered. Very rarely will they use bricks and render over. its honestly garbage but is technically allowed.

[@bang4urbux888]

Nothing wrong with using styrofoam when it is installed correctly..it provides better insulation then brick work and other cladding material..once it rendered with base coat and texture and if using Dulux system painted with Acratex it is quite sturdy and robust...problem here the dodgy kent of builder didn't not install PVC starter strip's...the birds will have field day once they get to it

[@Paul-qq7mh]

@@bang4urbux888 You sound like a renderer.... Bricks over foam any day... Bricks are better for sound proofing and hot and cold.. Foam is cheap and nasty and in my opinion Bricks are a better insulator.

[@Paul-qq7mh]

100% agreed

[@cze33e]

What a depressing neighbourhood.

[@georgereaperkambosos4029]

Smart city dump

[@oldman1944]

Depreston

[@Handleyman]

Ticky tacky cheek by jowl temporary housing!

[@nathandavis3175]

Lived there. We called it DePRESTON

[@jjjxoxoxo]

A shit hole. No planning from council.

[@mljw83]

I walk past this block everyday. It's amazing that the houses at the bottom of a shopping centre in the WORST area in Preston are going for a million bucks. I was waiting for your video on this place.

[@NED07]

there needs to be a royal commission into how homes like this are "approved"

[@George-rl3qx]

Um no there doesn’t. There just needs to be proper Enforcement

[@TravisHi_YT]

@@George-rl3qx There isn't proper enforcement, that's why there needs to be a royal commission.

[@seanworkman431]

Just change the bankruptcy laws, that will sort the men from the boys.

[@nathanenoka]

Yeah then we have to pay for it!! There should be a decent tribunal that actually punishes these bodge builders.. they just go bankrupt and start again on some other poor soul 😢

[@aaronlambert9297]

How is it legal for a builder to tell the homeowner how long an inspection can be? An inspection should have no time limit. Also, what is the point of having building codes if they are blatantly ignored with no repercussion for the builder?

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

@@aaronlambert9297 Land developers are large political donors

[@saddysly8281]

No kickback from VBA. They have no fear for breaking ACCC rules either. Just s one-sided shit pipe

[@Ownage4lif31]

That's what I was thinking. There should be a laws to prevent this. Just smells like corruption

[@aserta]

@@Ownage4lif31 Laws? Without a method of purging the political system, the only laws that remain are those that keep the people quiet and their pockets filled. What we (globally) need is a system where a politician becomes a different class of people. Unlike Average Joe who is innocent until proven guilty, they should live under the hammer of "guilty, until proven innocent". No more luxury, no more big houses. No more leather seats. The parliament, senate etc those should be in cubicle office buildings. Treat them like criminals from day one and bam, no more corruption, because the only people who'd want that are those who are clean and feel their people come first. Being a politician is a job for a thief these days.

[@J-Bird1234]

​@@L9MN4sTCUk the land developers aren't the one's profiting from dodgy builds,.they benefit from quality builds

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

I used to instal Foxtel Satellite dishes for a living years ago and you could seriously puncture a hole through those rendered foam products with a pencil. You don't need a drill. It's litterally only 2mm of concrete render. The drill does more damage so a pencil was sufficient.

[@gmo4250]

A drill is needed to go through the original substrate. Just using a pencil indicates the installation was wrong. A system like swifix should be used.

[@plumbob6449]

I've seen Foxtel guys install their cable in downpipes and punch it out the bottom. Multiple times. Foxtel and telecom are always good for a giggle 😅

[@gmo4250]

@@plumbob6449 They probably wanted to make a neat looking installation.😂

[@RiffRaffMama.]

Breach of Australian Standards? That balcony being held together with 3 screws is a breach of moral standards. How can you install something like that so poorly? Kids get a bit rowdy out there, someone bumps into the ballustrade and you have a horrible tragedy on your hands. What a disgrace. People responsible for truly life-threatening works like that should be called out publicly.

[@jetnavigator]

It looks like a quarantine camp.

[@odyssey814]

PROBABLY IS

[@VenturiLife]

One of Albos no doubt

[@shaolinfist8323]

Aus-jailia

[@mrrberger]

19:56 you missed box down pipe to round transition. That transition forms a claimable shelf next to the balcony fence rending the balcony rail height non-compliant. "Any horizontal or near horizontal elements between 150 mm and 760 mm above the floor must not facilitate climbing" That transition piece means a kid can hold the top of the rail, put a foot on the transition shelf and climb over the edge!

[@pcatful]

Odd we don’t have any of that in the US. You can build a totally climb-able railing.

[@RiffRaffMama.]

Kids don't need to climb that railing, all they need to do is bump into it hard enough and things are going to get really f*cked really fast.

[@PeterGoudie-u3w]

Excellent observation

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

Even if it was compliant. It doesn't take away the shoddy building products. That cladding is abysmal nevermind the balustrades.

[@JohnBrown-k7r]

What's the point of having all these regulations when no one is enforcing them?

[@SunheadDarkspear]

This is the answer the Royal Commissions keep coming back with. Banking, Aged Care, tightly regulated industries where there was almost no enforcement of the regulations. No enforcement means the regulations are not worth the paper they are printed on.

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

100%. Not just in the building industry either. Australia has become a complacent lazy corrupt country

[@jwrathall]

You are a hero mate! Slowly, workmanship will improve with more people like you.

[@wilson2455]

went to an auction today for a small 2 bedroom unit built in 1988 & approx. 25 minute drive from Adelaide CBD. Auction started at $400K and was up to $550K within 15 minutes. Sold for $685K. Housing market is insane..

[@tulippasta]

@@wilson2455 that would be cheap for melbourne. Weve got to get “investors” out of the housing market

[@TheHealthLife]

Blame immigration, lack of supply and dodgy builders with no accountability. Plus, the whole system is rigged."You will own nothing and be happy". WEF

[@noramaddy4409]

@@tulippasta That unit might have been in an unattractive suburb for that price.

[@juandenz2008]

If the builder won't allow a proper inspection, then the purchaser should just walk away.

[@oggyoggy1299]

The purchaser has likely already paid for 90% of it.

[@juandenz2008]

@@oggyoggy1299 I see. From watching these videos it seems like it would be better to look around for a used house where a proper pre-purchase inspection could take place. Pre-paying 90% of the price for something of uncertain quality seems way too risky. Especially since the regulators are asleep at the wheel.

[@AusArmoury]

@@juandenz2008 Existing houses are sold at auction where you only get to inspect during the open home so it's just as bad. The issue is because it's a sellers market (too little supply, too much demand)

[@brianjohnson9554]

@@juandenz2008 O, the quality will be certain, that is, a pile of shit.

[@richardstokes88]

They would have paid 10% upfront but their contract wouldn’t have allowed them to walk away and get that 10% back. $100k loss to walk away vs fight defects which is possible under contract, DBDRV and then VCAT.

[@jcitizen]

Not only is the quality terrible, but why on earth would anybody pay over a million to live in a complex of ugly dog boxes like that?

[@jjjxoxoxo]

A idiot. Wtf is wrong with people.

[@rohandunt3537]

Probably because for Preston, that's an entry level price

[@piarutland3435]

@@jcitizen because its next to Northlands, there’s the creek and a bridge to walk across which there is a park, ovals to play and a barbecue area

[@TheMonthlyJack]

@@piarutland3435 Things you need when you cant fit a BBQ in your own home

[@pauldjuric8377]

@jcitizen may not be your jam but it is for others. Crazy dollars for sure!

[@tadstertrolley7770]

Yuk, just yuk, why on earth would anyone pay a million dollars to live in such a depressing craphole, the buyers need to be inspected.

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

Most probably do it for the rental returns.

[@odyssey814]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wilson2455]

went to an auction today. A nice, but small, 2 bedroom unit built in 1988 & approx. 25 minute drive from Adelaide CBD. Auction started at $400K and was up to $550K within 15 minutes. Sold for $685K. Housing market is just insane..

[@griffin1366]

And these are the "budget" homes in commie-style blocks. WTF is going on!?!?

[@aristideau5072]

@@australiaprisonisland9156 A 2% return (at best before expenses) is hardly the reason people invest in property here in Australia. Either first home buyer of have a CGT benefit level salary.

[@Captinfun101]

Those window grates are horrible. Looks like a prison dormitory

[@ChristieCats777]

All the townhouses should band together and hire a solicitor and put a caveat on the builders house...and sue him. Thank God for people of integrity like this guy.

[@Handleyman]

What have Australians done to deserve all these appalling residences built by cowboy builders? Where’s the government in all this?

[@janeglover3118]

Govts of *both* flavours are allowing it of course. Big political donations, heavy duty lobbiests, slack regulations etc are allowing Australia's real estate industry to be the world's money-laundering and white-collar crime havens, it's beyond appalling.

[@davidvanderklauw]

What have Australians done to deserve this? They have voted badly for decades.

[@paulmac7667]

Too many imported monkeys that aren't tradesmans arseholes!

[@kingston163]

Being sheeple instead of people!

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

Sat on their asses and never revolted against anything, because "she'll be right mate". A country of dummies

[@brandenswan4847]

That honestly looks like you're reviewing a prison block with an internal exercise yard. For a second I thought I was watching an episode of the world's toughest prisons. The layout of that place is rubbish, the owner who paid over a million dollars for that 3 story prison cell needs their head checked.

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

Australia's entire economy revolves around real estate and it seems we can't build real estate? I thought that the property owners were becoming a powerful class. But even property owners will lose out if they find they just bought into organized crime and incompetence. More and more stories of people that have "made it" into property only to lose everything to a broken system.

[@rohandunt3537]

People paying top dollar for their home builds can't get a half decent final product in Victoria, so imagine the rorted shitshow when both the Victorian and the Federal governments start pumping money into their "affordable housing" schemes

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

@@liam3284 can still get evicted from your own home thanks to corrupt Strata and Body Corporates

[@sylviam6535]

The powerful class is the developers.

[@sylviam6535]

@@liam3284- I see these new developments becoming a net loss when the faults really start biting in a few years.

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

@@sylviam6535 the developer lobbyists are always crying about the "red tape". Doesn't look like there's much red tape if a house can be slapped together with silicone and the purchaser is refused inspection time before having to pay in full.

[@jacquelinewilson2279]

1 million? That's insane.

[@abenugent4729]

Excellent work! Builders, tradies, developers that are like this should definitely be exposed. Absolutely disgraceful to think someone would need to pay that much for such substandard work & I bet the builders live in some bloody nice homes & drive top grade cars too

[@Jimpotamus]

Over a Million and your "Laundry" is literally in a cupboard

[@SunheadDarkspear]

Its a pretty normal European apartment configuration.

[@Phantoma3]

They did their best and siliconed the rest

[@oggyoggy1299]

A $1 million polystyrene house 😮

[@jessekoch3480]

I know, how times have changed for the cheap.

[@Sean-jx2wj]

Polystyrene is a superior cladding to most others if installed correctly. FYI

[@ItsMe-qy6we]

@@Sean-jx2wj I work in the building industry on domestic building sites and I can confirm that most if not all of the installers are from Afghanistan they cannot speak or read English and have no idea how to install this cladding to the manufacturers specification, so it always installed incorrectly.

[@gazzafloss]

World's biggest ESKY.

[@GameFuMaster]

@@Sean-jx2wj polystyrene has an increased fire risk. I'm also not sure about paying hundreds of thousands (a million in this case) for some material that's the same as the one being used to store cold fish. It can't be that expensive if it's just used as general packaging.

[@gemini2261]

What the hell is goin on in Victoria. I am so glad in WA we pretty much stick to double brick n tile!

[@supmikey123]

unfortunately its just as bad there too lol

[@WHDRWN]

immigrant hell. This area and the area this guy is from is Arab, Chinese and Indian third world behaviour as a standard. Very dog eat dog area cos the cultures don't really mingle. Corrupt council that at best are grubs. Whatever "Love thy neighbour" is, this area is the opposite of that

[@jacksirren2372]

Really? In WA the Building Contractor and his Subcontractor can all self-certify their own sh*t work without questions. Also WA’s Building Certifiers don’t have to ever come to inspect any work, but just stay in their office and sign off and get paid for it 🙃

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

@jacksirren2372 in Australia a house is just a financial instrument. There's very little content on how to safeguard a purchase. Search for house buying in Australia and all 'advice' is about how to get a mortgage and which areas for the best capital gains or 'rent yield'. That's what a seller's market looks like, a house isn't even looked at as a place to live.

[@gemini2261]

@@jacksirren2372 criminal really, but at least our houses are not made from polystyrene, WA Gov are trying to push those “alternative” building methods tho… no thanks!

[@Edwoodb3]

First time viewer, sent here by Friendly Jordies. This is unbelievable, it is utterly disgusting how these builders rush and cut corners so they erect these homes which look like they're falling apart before anyone moves in. Every building company guilty of not even doing the bare minimum should be held 100% accountable. The property market is already in a terrible spot, and these cowboys are throwing up any old rubbish and desperate people are locking themselves into life long mortgages, just so they can have their first home. This isn't on and some drastic changes need to be made. Thank you for your service and for calling out these builders for their absolutely abysmal work.

[@simmogj]

Years ago i paid to have a property inspected I was looking at buying. The report was quite negative and i decided not to go near it. A young couple were goinf to bid. I offered them my report for 25% of what it cost me. The guy was rude and wanted it for free. They bought the place. Drove past a year later, structural engineers and underpinning contractors all over the joint.

[@nicklazarakis4837]

He's a total moron, serves him right

[@seekadv8066]

A million dollars to live in a bland box, surrounded by other, bland boxes, right on top of each other, & that won’t last 20 years. Abysmal.

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

Right next to the creek. You forgot that. It's prone to flooding.

[@BizRon-dm8ye]

Isn't city living great! 🎉 Amazes me how many tout urban living as the bestest. Out to lunch, it's a fucking jail where you get a key.

[@nicklazarakis4837]

Try 10 years if your lucky

[@seanworkman431]

It will be a slum in 5 years.

[@SunheadDarkspear]

1963 - Pete Seeger, Little Boxes. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pF7Wgoamas-VibMsi=voU0-Aepz7As5xgt

[@Xscapeplan01]

What even is that area it looks depressing, looking more like a minimum security prison to me

[@georgereaperkambosos4029]

Smart city program in full swing

[@pcatful]

With the bars on the windows - guard tower style windows.You’ve hit it on the head!

[@SunheadDarkspear]

maps.app.goo.gl/rkVA2QiQ4WPHpmEv8

[@FollowTheSunAustralia]

When exactly did the building industry turn so shonky , older buildings are well built.. I think, is it mainly in the last 10 years? I hope the owners are able to get everything rectified by the builder asap , great video

[@christopherpekel6096]

They actually aren't in a lot of cases. Things have gotten worse but there have always been shoddy builders And now people are paying a lot more for their houses, so they should expect better

[@SunheadDarkspear]

When builders started paying for the inspectors instead of Council or the Bank. All of a sudden the guy you are paying to certify your work so you can get the next $70k draw down has less morals and ethics when it's not the Bank or the Owner paying them and holding them to account. The certifiers are committing fraud and fraud well into the criminal range IMO IANAL. They deserve to be cancelled, banned and imprisoned, because we no longer have pillory as an option. Corners were always cut, it's why there is so much regulation, but, as we can see, it has not been enforced for so long that utter garbage getting signed off is of no consequence. Some people will do almost anything for money and getting a VBA ticket as an inspector and just signing shitpiles off no doubt pays damn well for minimal effort and no risk.

[@JaneyJJJ]

Bless your heart, you sweet summer child❤

[@michaelpairidis7382]

They are not homes they more like prisons.

[@slevinlindsay3624]

I think that's what's the builders were aiming for.

[@davidluckman6500]

Looks like Alcatraz 2024! only without the lovely sea views! YUK!

[@PeterGoudie-u3w]

I have been reading the comments of people saying how did all this happen. Firstly, i have been involved with some building work and it can really be an effort to get something into a complying state. This why things are left if it is considered there if a slim chance they will be found. Secondly, if you built a home in the 80's or before you would hire a builder with a team. They would all be on site until the finish. Nowadays you hire a builder and they subcontract the work out and dont even inspect it as they appear to seldom be on site. The faults are just laid on top of other faults as it is no one's job to fix up the previous tradespersons job.

[@russellclay9506]

I'm one of the trades that follow others. Solid plasterer. The arguments and drama I have is very stressful. Trying to get blue board and greenboard installed is a joke. Cladders and chippies wont/cant/refuse to put on starter trims. We can try to fit it after but, 1, its suppose to go on first, 2, we don't get paid for it. 3 hours each job fixing other trades and you soon loose money on the job. Nails that pop out, expansion joints, snapped boards just nailed on. The dramas are endless.

[@enijize1234]

​@@russellclay9506 make an anonymous call to the surveyor saying previous trades have conducted non compliant installations

[@alias_EP]

A build is only as good as the supervisor on the job is....

[@PeterGoudie-u3w]

@@alias_EP Yes you are correct but when you look around there is no supervisor to be seen.

[@seanworkman431]

It starts with the design and then goes to a shitshow because of untrained sub-contractors, all such building works should have an independent inspector who is also liable for faults and not conected to the builder in any way.

[@thomaslatta9981]

I love the way you point everything out that's wrong and it is unfortunately the reason why I don't want to buy a new house/ unit. I don't wanna buy a hazard for my wife and daughter to live in. 😢

[@gpet23]

You should contact Peter Dutton and get him to come out with you for a couple of days and he can see how his 500,000 new homes are going to look.

[@DarkAvenga]

@@gpet23 that was my exact thoughts

[@BrettNoneya]

Over a million bucks for a 3 story toilet block. Damn all those homes look disgusting like that all the exact same. Workmanship? You mean Shitmanship.

[@hernerweisenberg7052]

Yeah I dont get where all that money is supposed to go to? Certainly not for high quality materials or work.. Overe here I have seen chicken coops and some agricultural sheds and barns with thin cheap metal roofing like that, but expensive homes? No way.

[@BrettNoneya]

@@hernerweisenberg7052 A lot of money goes to outsourcing jobs on the project so the builder does nothing other than supervise or budge and not watch what goes on. 30 guys building 10 homes at a time. The old days a builder would do near everything other than brick laying and plaster. They would dig the foundations, setup and lay the driveway and build the kitchen cabinets. They were called carpenters and could work with wood. These days there is so much that gets outsourced to $1 companies that shut down after 2 years and open under another name so chasing warranty is impossible to pointless. That has added a lot of cost to building a house and the time it takes. Building houses like how a production line in a factory runs does not work except for money in the builder's pocket. A year to build a house but they have 30 or 50 going at once so to them they are building 1ir 2 a week but to an owner it is 1 a year.

[@panamaJ]

The Enshitificatiom of the building industry.

[@BizRon-dm8ye]

​@@hernerweisenberg7052 The tiny block of land, in a country with a population density equal to rural Nevada, Alaska and Siberia. Let that sink in as to what a clown show sydbourne are.

[@PeterGoudie-u3w]

@@BrettNoneyaI was quite surprised to see that the home was three stories. I think that a person who lives in a three storey home would find it tedious to climb up and down all the time.

[@enwin1912]

Preston was full of tanneries, loads of chromium, arsenic, benzene etc dumped, left on sites and fenced off. When it rains hard, it leeches up & you’ll smell it. Stoked to be out of that sht hole.

[@XBAKERXBAKERX]

These builders and companies need to be called out. Please!

[@kamalthakur2040]

Good job Zeher. You have become a nightmare for these dodgy practitioners 😂😂

[@MelbourneArchviz]

You do a great job me and my wife are lebanese immigrants both Architects and we appreciated your video.

[@guysoceanharmonics]

Nice unique water feature at the entrance "Built into the deal, no extra charge"

[@Fusion_1994]

They should lose their builders licence.

[@georgereaperkambosos4029]

They’ll start up tomorrow with a new name and friends license

[@richardstokes88]

They are Metro and Creation. One of the biggest builders in the country.

[@jessikalind2869]

Absolutely love the intro! Keep up the good work

[@TheMASDrummer]

I'm so glad to live in an old home with no issues.

[@nicklazarakis4837]

Ye, me to build in 1955, weather board. Renovated it myself except stumping and electrical. Been here 14 years, build last. Not like the crap they built 2day

[@user-uh6lm5wv6n]

I've owned 2 apartments in Melbourne both built in the 60's and 70's. Solid as rocks. Did my own renovations internally and was there to manage any tradies I hired to ensure any issues could be addressed properly and dealt with properly. Walk past any building site these days and it's kids who would rather be on til tok and no one to properly supervise any issues

[@amypendragon5129]

I can only imagine what a few good rain events will do to this house, particularly when the builder's rubbish blocks that overflow pipe.

[@aussiewanderer6304]

I owned a cement fibro house and got a builder in to install a screen to the wall because I didn't have any experience with drilling into fibro and didn't want to compromise the wall and let water in. I was really disappointed with quality of workmanship and ended up using a heap of colour matched silicone to seal the holes.

[@PyjamaLlama]

$1mil for a TOWNHOUSE is absolutely bonkers.

[@garysmith7783]

When you were on that tiny balcony it sounded like you took a deep breath and I was waiting for you to say something like 'Mmmm... I love the smell of non-compliance in the morning'.

[@sardonicnihilist5955]

Love your work mate. You should give recommendations of genuine builders who welcome you to inspect their work because they actually take pride in the job.

[@hirotohoashi]

A third-party comprehensive inspection before they get any more than 20% of the payment should be mandatory for builders to get the remaining 80%, and if it's not up to standard, it should come out of that remaining 80%.

[@MGsyd]

The point is the quality not how good or bad the building looks like. Quality is huge concern in Australia

[@bpg786]

Unfortunately for me to be flabbergasted in this day and age, it would take an inspection of a property that actually complies with the mimimum standards. Incorrect roofing seems to be the norm, rather than the expection. When is the Government going to do something about this?

[@marcelwildeboer]

Why would you even spend 1 mil on this house if you can't do a normal building inspection before you even decide to buy it, the buyer should refuse to buy it right away. Do construction workers no longer have a sense of honor in their profession? What a joke off a builder.........and that for 1 mil

[@chrisc47]

The construction workers were not born in this country.... They are recent arrivals.. They do not care. Welcome to little India. All by design.

[@davefa1432]

Thanks

[@Siteinspections]

Thank you 🙏

[@polybiusv7299]

I hate it when they say Australia is a prison colony blah blah blah... but then you see the homes we are building and you experience the government services and see how the corporations run rampant and it becomes very clear that it is just the nicest prison in the world. At least Melbourne. It really is piss poor that we live like this. We should be rich as fuck. Tiny population and heaps of resources and some of the best education facilities in the world. And yet... this is what we got. smh

[@davidallen2058]

Right on Darebin creek. I'm sure there's no flood issues there, right?

[@SunheadDarkspear]

The creek bed is quite deep and even the worst I have seen in 10 years, and they have been some doozies, has not come up that high.

[@ironlungthe3rd]

1M in prestons is wild, especially with that shithole of a build

[@rohandunt3537]

The median price for a house in Preston is just under $1.2 million, with many of those older homes needing renovations. So $1 million would be ok if it wasn't such a shit job

[@WHDRWN]

Haval and Camry people eat these places up

[@SecurityMum]

I hope you're the one doing the inspections for The Block!!!. If any builder refuses to allow an inspection OR decent time for an inspection, then...they're hiding something

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

That's also a low spot by the creek. Prone to flooding. Historically they would not have built there for that reason alone.

[@FG-nl7bd]

Unfortunately, I have experienced that many councils do not inspect the property before handing over an occupancy certificate. The Preston Council needs to take responsibility too!

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

How are those cladding products going to last in 40 degree heat.

[@SunheadDarkspear]

Fine until the foam rots from the inside from wicking moisture up.

[@alanfurlong-drummer4419]

You’re doing great work exposing this crap.

[@GreenDistantStar]

If it's already settled, how does the builder get to dictate how long the inspection can take? Is he there watching and timing? Return tomorrow. But once the money has changed hands, the ship has already sailed...

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

The builder dictates BEFORE the house is paid for by the buyer.

[@GreenDistantStar]

@@JohnSmith-pl2bk this house has been built and paid for, has it not? I'd be getting a proper building inspection done before every drawdown. All too late when it's gone too far.

[@sadcubicle]

​@@GreenDistantStar it's too late for the owner. It's never too late to hold these greedy cunts accountable

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@GreenDistantStar When you sign the contract to buy the house the conditions are already there in the contract. If you try to change the contract they will tell you to take a hike... It needs Government regulation that forces these builders to allow 3 hour inspections at any time during construction... But with the bribes these builders pay, and the bribes to politicians...there is no way that law to benefit the consumer will get passed. Greed greed and more greed..

[@Xwisit]

House didn't settle yet. It was pre handover inspections. But now that it's post, they can do as they want.

[@sako-xb2bq]

Not all heroes wear capes ... well done on this inspection sir!

[@HellenikBoy171]

i cant believe this is $1m. Soneones life went into funding this and they are going to be dealing with issues ongoing. Something has to change here.

[@tictactoe325]

Royal Commission is clearly needed.

[@plumbob6449]

This next video will be 🔥

[@mhicks80]

Have a list of things that need to be checked, if the builder throws you off site before the check is finished, fail every item remaining on the list that's yet to be seen

[@nitsuadivad]

Balustrade screwed into foam. Safety hazard. Immediate action required

[@australiaprisonisland9156]

I was thinking the same thing but the extension reaches up behind the structure. Still it's hardly secure.

[@bang4urbux888]

Is the fibreglass mesh embedded into the base coat or was it slapped on the foam and then rendered straight on top? I see alot of renderers sticking the mesh directly onto the foam and slapping the render straight on top as opposed to embedding into base coat...just lazy kents ...obviously it takes a little longer to do it the right way

[@KevinSolway]

One million dollars to live in a shoddy sardine can.

[@Sean-jx2wj]

For those playing at home, get the Gyros at the Preston market.

[@Mr7vwf8nzi]

Look at the junk they are building now. Absolute garbage and to pay that much. In 6 years time these lunch box styles will become slum looking so how much will they increase in price while you're paying off a major loan. Stay away from these type builds, buy something older detached and with eaves.

[@iainw5081]

In some suburbs in Sydney where new buildings (duplex) have been up a number of years a number (not all) are starting to look tatty with cracks, water stains, etc.

[@thamestrains]

I'm from UK and when i purchased my latest home i got an INDEPENDENT inspection as i think that an inspection linked to the builder may not be totally honest. Can you not have independent inspections in Australia ?

[@noramaddy4409]

We did the same in Germany. However, the builds in Germany are mostly to a very good standard. My husband managed the project. He`s not in the building trade but he is very detailed in what he will do, We had each stage of the build signed off before any payments were forwarded to the builder and architect.

[@Smurphenstein]

No doubt there will be builders and others out there saying you're nit picking and that the buildings will be more expensive to do them to code and as per the standards. The cost of doing those things are a lot more expensive to put right after the fact. It's just more cost transferred to an owner down the track. Seems we are unable to build anything properly any more. It's no wonder so many people prefer to buy an older property than a new one. I know whenever I have done work on my own property, I have done it so much better than a lot of these cowboys. When I was learning to be a draughtsman many years ago, my boss back then said that all your plans should be so good that someone should be able to pick them up and not have any questions about how to do anything or to ask how something worked. If you got no calls, you did a good job. Good working drawings were only part of it. Good back up documentation were also a huge part of it. Once you started to add anything like "design as to standard blah blah", that was a cop out. You can't design to a standard you are not fully aware of and not being able to do working drawings and details to those standards means you don't know what you're doing or it can't be built properly, or possibly also both.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

In the 1980's almost every Government in the Western World got conned into downgrading or outright cancelling apprentice programs. This was deliberate down skilling of the workforce to get better profits by NOT having to train the next generation of tradesmen. The older gen are now retired. The untrained are in charge. This also applies to inspection services...

[@7divad37]

The crazy thing is that in 1 bathroom, to do the tiling properly, back buttering and trowelling each tile instead of applying spots would probably only take 2 more bags of adhesive, and maybe a couple of hours. Tile manufacturers / suppliers will walk away from ANY warranty problems because of the incorrect installation..

[@pcatful]

You can’t make a living drafting like that. People should know how to build. Just don’t show something that cannot be done or is not to code ( or just a bad idea). If there is a puzzle, show your way to do it. You don’t get calls anyway. Builders just do what they want.

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@@pcatful "Builders do what they want." Many do not know any better. See my comment re the deliberate down skilling of trades people by every Western Government in the 1980's in the interest of profits over apprentices learning how to do things the correct way.... That policy wiped out a generation of knowledge being passed on....

[@arr255]

@@Smurphenstein thought exactly the same when studying drafting! Such a cop out to write 'as per'. No. Be specific with the owner's agreement/input from the moment you have the pencil (or mouse). So there's no misunderstanding.

[@Fapsahoyx]

When you gonna do inspections in the US?

[@Siteinspections]

Are you from 🇺🇸

[@Fapsahoyx]

@@Siteinspections Yes. I like your channel but I feel like it would be more relatable if you did inspections in my neck of the woods. But I understand maybe the codes and regulations are totally different from what you're used to...

[@pcatful]

@@FapsahoyxThe codes and methods ARE very different. Same concepts but what is allowable here, isn’t allowable there and vice-versa. (I am also from the US and enjoy this channel!)

[@JohnJohn-ts6ux]

I've been following you along I subscribe 2 months ago, i find your video of interesting, one good point the block series do you reckon you will find lots of errors and shonky work in the block the TV series. Thanks again keep it up you doing a great job thumbs up for you😊

[@chrisc47]

This garbage tv is designed to get the masses to go out and spend money to keep up with "the Joneses" It's all cheap quick and garbage. Looks good... But if you look closely.... The tv show is just that.. a show.. but designed to be programming. most silly people to follow through into further slavery. Ahhh such a vain world it is... Think things are bad now.. Wait 5 more years... It's only ramping up... Again an agenda.... From all circles of control.

[@DSCKottawa]

So what happens afterwards? Consumer affairs Victoria?

[@ChristianGundesen]

Looks like an upmarket prison

[@johnd5953]

This is getting scarier with every inspection

[@zoltanrudolf]

Very scary times.

[@DamianGillett]

Not all heros wear capes. You sir are a hero

[@iainw5081]

Construction of these new properties always looks flimsy.

[@kadmow]

Is that a FLOOD HEAD by the front door - for those emergencies where you simply need to have overflow water pouring in at the front door....

[@josephj6521]

$1m for that ugly place in such a depressing neighborhood? Builders are making bank with such poor workmanship and quality.

[@lukeh2440]

Legend subscribed. You should start your own college to pump out inspectors like you!

[@190055joe]

Not only can the kids not play ball games because of the polystyrene walls the house can flood during heavy downpour . They should pass a law to jail builders , developers and inspectors that allow this to happen. You get more protection on a car than your own home .

[@RiffRaffMama.]

I've said that before. I can't register my car without it being thoroughly inspected and every possible repair made. If the inspection is substandard, the inspector is held to account, not me. And I don't expect to own my car for the next 20 years.

[@cravefour]

Do you have a video of following up after they builder "fixed" the defects?

[@goddsontour]

Is this the new development off Oakover Road?

[@JohnSmith-pl2bk]

@bigstu_ 7 minutes ago Preston Place, East end of Wood Street. Metro Property Development. Have 23 estate developments on the go in three states. For a company that big I would be expecting a public statement shortly, embracing the findings and committing to a rapid and thorough remediation and commitment to upgrading their quality assurance process. If they don't, I would imagine all their projects will be difficult to move. With inspectors passing this many units for such a large developer, I wonder if they are political party donors?

[@SunheadDarkspear]

@@JohnSmith-pl2bk Political party donors... hardly matters. The inspectors are probably private certifiers who have a contract to do all the progress inspections for the estate. I dont think Councils have their own inspectors any more and I the VBA only certifies inspectors they don't hire them out.

[@filofilo8127]

If you like climbing stairs, it's fantastic. Another Victorian quality build.

[@ElectricDon]

Will anyone ever be held accountable for this sub standard building quality or is it to the now homeowners to claw back what VBA inspectors have clearly missed, maybe some accountability is required and naming. Are these the well known companies or the new smaller ones sprouting out of thin air, only to disappear as quickly as.