The $5 Million Homebuyer's Tragic Story: How Site Inspections Uncovered a Nightmare

[@donkee120]

another builder is doing the paperwork to file for bankruptcy and reopen the next day under a new name... Australian laws need changing

[@brucegrant9964]

Builder was( Shang Gra La) I’ve been to this job 3 years ago it had these problems back then the Job was Disgusting!! Roof flashings and labour very poor installation l can’t believe they Never rectified ! Even the Pipes through the Walls

[@nutsauce8351]

I wonder if these are qualified tradies?how hard is it to follow the building codes

[@GregRickard]

There should be like a minimum one year from closing a company before you can be a director of another. Even five years.

[@markcarniato1567]

@@nutsauce8351 builders fault.

[@nutsauce8351]

@@markcarniato1567 true,he should have done his job properly inspecting the work

[@gavinearle3390]

Shangri-La Construction was "the developer" on this build and they have recently gone bust. The construction arm of the business is still operating under SLC Bayside construction. I know as I was the electrician on this Brighton job and what I saw shocked me so much I refused to work for them anymore. The most shocking was the foundations on this job were poured 200mm short! 20 years in the trade and ive never seen anything like it!

[@thomo74]

Shangri-La now trading as Shonk-grillya.

[@larkhill2119]

I noticed the two ovens straight away were the lowest budget appliances. not a 5 million dollar house fitting.

[@motlking]

any recommendations of good builders that do a good job?

[@varghessmith2985]

@@awharfsomewhere... Indians or Obaid Naqebullah not sure :)

[@Eddie-austructure]

​@@motlkingme

[@maggie6]

This is why I HATE having any tradies come into my home for ANYTHING! Had one in a few months ago as the heater stopped working and the controller said - call a technician. Did that. Young fella said it’d cost 2k in repairs. But he didn’t recommend this particular (very expensive) heater. He suggested replacing it, that’d cost 4K. Something wasn’t sitting right. Called another company. Told the chap what the fault code was. He said he’d be up in a few minutes. Luckily he was local. He was up in 10/15 minutes. Went into the roof, pressed the reset button and that was that. All fixed - NO CHARGE.

[@ElvisPriscillaPresley]

Always get 3 quotes...and yes, i'm a tradie.

[@maggie6]

@@ElvisPriscillaPresley yes thanks. I was lucky this time. The second call was the charm. Sometimes you just get a feel when dodgy Joe is quoting. As lovely as that young fella was, he was either pretty dumb and unqualified or just plain dodgy.

[@WHDRWN]

@@maggie6 Probably the blind leading the blind at this point.

[@mrrberger]

In-ceiling gas ducted heater played up. 1st Plumber quoted $4k, 2nd $4k, I was about to set my wallet to evaporation but took 30min poking uncle google. Google returns the heater controller is the common fault and suggests all the same symptoms as mine. Find local company offering replacement boards with 5minutes of keyboard hacking. So 35min in I have the problem understood and solution. I asked both plumber 1 and 2 for effecting repair with board and they both declined and left me to do it myself. Job's now done and heater working perfectly.

[@Viralclown]

Saved you 4k and you didn’t pay him 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@woshinwb]

mate absolutely loving this channel and the info + the filming + fkn running around on the roof in the rain. thats some dedication. respect

[@tonymontana897]

A styrofoam shit box for 5 million dollars ???? WTF is happening to this country ?

[@Tarotjackpot]

Must be something in the water that is killing people’s brain cells

[@gooble69]

Immigration. No-one likes to hear that, but it's true.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

If you have 5 mil to blow on this, you deserve to get scammed.

[@hawkeye5829]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 For 5 million in the U.S. I'd get a lot more bang for my buck.

[@glako8740]

@tonymontana897 yes but it's in Briiiiiiighton

[@111jacare]

There was a joke from years ago. 3 builders were asked to quote to install a urinal in a country town. Builder from Brisbane quoted $5,000. Builder from Sydney quoted $10,000. Builder from Melbourne quoted $15,000. When the Melbourne builder was asked to justify his quote, the response was: "5 grand for you, 5 grand for me and we give the job to the bloke from Brisbane! To me, this is what is wrong with the Australian construction industry!

[@Googleisevilmate]

This applies to most industries in Australia the problem is too many middlemen taking the cream off the top for bookings and phone calls. I worked in transport/removals driving trucks the number of brokers that screw rates down and take 10 to 20 percent for a phone call and a few emails. They take no responsibility they have no insurance. If you ever move house and the removalist has ratchet straps in the truck you are not moving with a removalist, you have picked a guy who bought a truck and thinks any moron can do the job. If you have a grand piano and the removalist doesn't have a slipper you are moving with someone that has no clue about moving pianos the right way. The reason I stopped doing the job is most Australians complain about the quality of work but don't want to pay for quality work that's why you have so many non-removalist doing the job now killing the industry because that's what Australians truly want. Most Australians are happy paying 1500 to 3000 dollars to move in a rush with guys that have no clue jam multiple jobs on one truck instead of paying 6000 to 15000 the guys pack everything only your job is on the truck they follow the fatigue laws drive safe they unpack the stuff at the other end reassemble your furniture so now most of the real removalists are gone and there's not enough of them left to teach the younger guys and now you have a total gutted industry of cowboys that don't give af. That's the Australian way.

[@DavdMar]

@@Googleisevilmate The problem is too when we are prepared to pay and do pay for “quality” we are still disappointed at the end and all that happened was we paid more for poor service. Furniture movers and funeral services are 2 industries where it’s a bit hard to know what you’re getting and once it’s over it’s a bit hard to do much about it

[@garynew9637]

Haha

[@ragforces]

This man is an outright saint exposing all this bullshit. If someone can pay $5 million and still not have their house up to spec, what can the average household expect. Got me scared to even consider building a new home...

[@mrblack888]

Part of any building contract should be the owners approval for ALL trades who come on site. Their names and length of time in the business are to be provided in advance. References and a searchable database of complaints should be available. The reason you get this quality is the prime contractor gets to sub out the work to the cheapest and nastiest people he can find and then pockets the difference.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Why not just train to be a contractor yourself? Problem solved. Read the old Time Life books. All the answers are at the library.

[@BenWiseman007]

im sure the builder will send the apprentice around with a caulking gun and a couple of tubes of no more gaps to fix everything.

[@nicholasvinen]

That's literally what our builders did repeatedly. That was all they were willing to do. We had to have the whole roof replaced then our lawyer sent them the bill.

[@yeahmatewhatever2054]

Yep silicone to fix everything

[@tygrahof9268]

Gotta leave the rats a way to get in...

[@FoneTool]

The contrast between standards of building construction in Australia and Germany couldn't be more stark. It's hard to imagine many if any Australian "tradesmen" being allowed to build a house in Germany.

[@Scoob609]

Government gutted trade education and then sent it private. The private institutions put the price for the courses up and the quality dropped enormously in those courses. Ontop of this, the amount of employers that want to take on apprentices are either still very stuck in the "i was treated poorly so ill treat you poorly" method of teaching, or hire large amounts of apprentices to quickly slap up jobs with a single qualified or 3rd year on site to give instructions to them. When they become too far into their apprenticeship they are fired for costing too much and replaced. I was asked recently by a teacher friend to attend a few classes over a month to help out because they were short staffed and was shocked to see that it took 2 practical classes (16 hours) to teach people how to hold a screwdriver and install a wall mate anchor into a plaster wall so we are really screwed from a good teachers taking on apprentices point and a funding for better schooling point. Combine all of those points with weak regulation and toothless regulators that allow builders to quickly take money, build rubbish.. close their business and reopen the next week for more dodgy building and no accountability for their previous work.

[@mini_steve]

Wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately us Aussie's now have 2 generations of "tradies" that are deadshit lazy, entitled, uneducated wankers that take zero pride in anything they do apart from their phone. A paid/invoiced 8 hour work day for them consists of 4 hours of phone time, 1 hour of toilet time, 1 hour of lunch time, 45 minutes of getting a new drill battery, 12 minutes of measuring, 1 minute of cutting, 2 minutes of installing/building and then 1 hour of pack up. When the deadlines start getting close they just slap it together as cheap, nasty and fast as they can.

[@alexwest4629]

@@Scoob609 100% they are stuck in the "i was treated poorly so ill treat you poorly" method of teaching, if they teach at all. I know, I experienced it. Is that true that they fire people that get to far advanced in their apprenticeship? I would of thought they would be more of an asset at that point.

[@Scoob609]

@@alexwest4629 You'll find most jobs are a bunch of apprentices and a 3rd year or A grade. Most companies will keep a ratio of guys lucky enough to be kept on to supervise the chaff of early year apprentices who will either eventually be that lucky guy supervising fresh apprentices or the ones who get fired after reaching second year because their wages jump up unfortunately.

[@ElvisPriscillaPresley]

Australian trades are being flooded by non compliant immigrants with no idea. One english speaking immigrant will have the licence, the others are his friends, family and whoever they can find to pay minimum wages.

[@camwood7600]

As an owner builder...i frigging love this channel...

[@j.l.912]

5 million! Oh wait, it’s Australia. The most overpriced bubble in the world

[@hawkeye5829]

I live in Florida. My office was built in 1913 and is 111 years old. It is rock solid with no problems. My residence was built in 1964 and is 60 years old. No problems whatsoever. Did I mention both these buildings weathered a dozen hurricanes or more.

[@gilabola4642]

$5m and they didnt even have inspection done? Thats crazy.

[@Sambigs9112]

Exactly

[@DavdMar]

Or live in it for 4 years after it was built. They probably didn’t care until they noticed the leaks. Can’t even put a toilet seat down so they’re not fussy people by the looks of it

[@cammos]

U have to have multiple inspections but they were probs all getn a lil yellow envelope under the table the victorian building industry for residential is corrupt and dodgy asf no real tradies left

[@XDKX101]

Some of the leaks and exploits take time to be more apparent. But I agree, the structural weaknesses could be identified pre finalisation

[@anass2035]

What a beautiful home. I feel for the owners. Let’s hope the builder (who still has their license ) rectifies these issues.

[@themacedonian188]

No. Keep the original builder as far away as possible.

[@brucegrant9964]

@@themacedonian188 afganistan Builder! Shang gra la

[@froggy0162]

It’s a horrifically ugly home! Money clearly does not buy taste, it’s tacky and cheap looking.

[@MrGlennz0r]

no chance lol

[@brucegrant9964]

Nass ? Your the Younger Brother of Shangra la ? His name is Nass! If it is You Why didn’t you listen ?

[@Zeitgeistprepper1967]

It's an all too familiar story with these dodgy builders here in Australia. The companies like metricon,JG King,and the plethora of other ones out there are volume builders,all they care about is the amount of houses being built annually It's absolutely discusting that they are allowed to sign off on these builds,there is a lot of corruption in the building industry and I think this is how they are able to get away with it.

[@finley888888]

every child should learn the basics of every trade and composition of houses in school

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

The dumb stuff looks wrong right off and is obviously so. You don't need to look further after that.

[@Straightshooterx71x]

After working in Australia for 7 years bricklaying I can honestly say the work was rough at best, awful! From foundation to roof every trade wanted short cuts and were very greedy, sad for the home owners.

[@AugustusOmega]

but doesnt the house need a council inspection before being approved for occupancy? you'd reckon the council would prevent this type of thing from being moved into

[@Straightshooterx71x]

@@AugustusOmega in the UK houses are inspected at different stages and lifts as most are two or three story town houses,checked by the NHBC here so footings/ slab first lift etc as checked with everything followed by the book eg- insulation, dpc and lintels etc all regulations to be followed as a ten year signed off guarentee is granted on completion for housing developments.

[@peetabrown5813]

@@AugustusOmeganot in NSW (Sydney included). We used to have council building inspectors but some were taking money from the builders/developers as bribes - so the government dropped council approval process and went to private certification and the builders/developers just pay the private certifies directly instead

[@RUHappyATM]

What do you expect the tradies do...not eat like the sultan?

[@davidr4332]

Just like Government's Greedy as.

[@ADayInTheLifeOfJames]

The whole Australian property market in a nutshell is a joke

[@thewatcherofawesomecontent]

🎵jus' wanna eat my ziiiinger for dinnnner... go away i'm on smoko wooaaaaooohhh... 4'n'20 pies to help out the guys... time to dodge me workers comp... 🎵

[@mfsefian1]

This guy has nailed the role of building inspector - he could charge anything for his services, build a team, leverage his brand. The guys sitting on a gold mine if he connects with the right advisors or manages it right himself !!! KUDOS!!!

[@MadDog_Rules]

If i'm purchasing a house that cost millions, there is zero chance i'm not having inspectors out prior to the purchase and having a full breakdown of materials used.

[@chapmansbg]

Mate, I am gobsmacked, how do these builders even have any work? How hard is it to test your fall and sealing. These guys should be jailed.

[@UziMusic]

This is great for the economy! All the tribunal hearings.. the funding for the government authorities (that exist in mane only).. the taxes, there's no money in fixing it otherwise it'd be fixed yesterday..

[@dialdude]

Your videos have made me go through my own home. Not new, but I can see many 'issues' that I am starting to address. I dont plan on moving from here. This is the home I like, am comfortable with and I think the builder did a GOOD job. But I am still finding things his subs cut corners on. Thank you. A dose of reality can save a ton of heartache.

[@out_spocken]

And this is why I try and do any reno work myself and why instead of knocking down and rebuilding a duplex I'll probably just reno my place fully. Not worth the pain and trouble and cost to have a sub par house that wont even last the time of the warranty

[@morninboy]

I worked on an 8 million dollar house that was just as bad. Fired the framer. Kicked the supervisor off the job site and spent a year and a half fixing things. Walls were out of plumb. Ceilings were not level. It was a miracle of stupidity built on the lakeshore close to a river that emptied into the lake. The ground kept moving with the rising and falling water levels. After that I went onto another jobsite with multiple 3 and 4 million dollar units that were built by idiots as well. another year fixing things.

[@S1576]

What's the name of your company? I fix your shit jobs!😂

[@MrSilverfish12]

The Australian Dream needs to be renamed The Australian Horror

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

If you have 8 mil to blow and know zero about what looks right in the most basic sense, you deserve getting scammed. You can usually find moronic problems immediately and that tells you there's WAY worse you can't see!

[@morninboy]

Vancouve has a leaky condo problem from years ago. I was at a meeting with some construction workers who were working on the first of many leaky buildings. They were on the roof of the building telling the architect and supervisors that because of the design it was going to leak. They were ignored and the building leaked. Now after years of beaurocratic nonsense we have a licencing system with a third party insurer that still allows idiots to build because the insurer gets $3,000 per house. These new trendy box designs with no overhangs are for the most part stupid

[@tresparivet6348]

You’ve knocked another nail on the head. Architects drawing designs that are not compatible with the known local levels of skills and supervision. I’ve been saying this since I moved to Victoria from the UK in 1996 that the building industry here is pretty useless at the interface of trades to trades. It’s every man and himself to do what they want, and they all blame one another when a problem arises. It is always ‘in the details’ that causes the problems. Where one trade abuts another.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

For all the worship of FL Wright, his buildings are NOTORIOUS fir leaking. The Johnson Wax building, they had 5 gal buckets on their desks pretty much from day 1. It's still got to WORK, no matter how interesting it is.

[@petersuvara]

Great content and great work! Deserving of a Thanks! Inspiring for our own channels.

[@elrobertode-stagia5994]

Where's the building industry inspection sign-off, as these buildings are actually being built, stage by stage..!? Where's the national, state or local council oversight & how are the real-estate companies allowed to sell these homes, without all of these building standards & requirements fully documented & checked..!?

[@jennarare]

Despite not working OS, Building Surveying/Inspecting has been privatised here for years, no council involvement, but mostly organised by the builders themselves (no conflict of interest there). As the entire industry deregulated (allowed to regulate itself), from the late 1960's. The Victorian Building Commision found to be so incompetent and builder collusive the State Government simply rebranded to the VBA to cover up all. From volume Building, so much bad/defective workmanship, years through consumer processes, business biased & extremely costly VCAT with legal representation, and then utterly inadequate compensation for repairs/payouts. And years for bad tradesmen and Inspectors to be listed. And Building Warranty Insurance a last instead of first resort product, and generally refuses to pay out, an absolute junk product! I recommend to not build, or at best, reputable kit home, or build yourself. Australia's building industry is completely broken!

[@Gino_567]

i'd imagine that someone that has $5m to buy a home, has the same sort of money to hire a good lawyer to sue. Not good for anyone involved 😐

[@bibsp3556]

The company dissolves faster than they can put in the paperwork, and tomorrow "franks construction 2 electric boogaloo" opens.

[@bobkats]

The cost of the house ir actually irrelevant, if this is the standards, and this was signed off, serious questions must be asked of the builder, and inspectors..

[@djgamble07]

That's the real issue... my experience is that inspectors are clueless and lack the brains to identify what is obvious to any reasonable human. On the other hand if you wanna sell a house or make an insurance claim, they'll nit-pick you to no end over completely irrelevant observations. For example 'your (exempt) pergola is not approved (because it's exempt so can't be, idiot!!!!)' or 'I can't see how hail has damaged your roof [naked eye sees hail damage all over], that's maintenance!!!' IMO there's a market for a lawyer with knowledge of building codes to do independent assessments for people. All building inspectors think they know what is/isn't 'up to code' but if you ask for a reference or challenge them, they give you a stupid look.

[@solomondavid7015]

Part of the solution would be to pass a law that requires the developer to buy back the property at full price if defects are found within the first (reasonable number) of years.

[@mrblack888]

It wouldn't work, they'll just wind up the business name every 12 months and operate under a new one in an endless cycle. The most obvious fix is to stop foreign contract labour coming here, we don't need indians building homes with indian ethics.

[@byza101]

Home is under warranty for 2 years non structural and 6 years structural… any waterproofing is considered structural, so at this stage the house is still under warranty. If the builder has gone bust, then the owner can make a claim against the home waranty insurance.

[@J-Bird1234]

That would never work

[@solomondavid7015]

Won’t work, Why not? They have laws like that and even more extreme in other countries and it works. Some of these builders & developers obviously don’t know what they are doing. how else would you stop this “happy go lucky” attitude these dodgy builders operate on and instead motivate them to figure out how to do things right the first time around?

[@rotarolla1]

In NZ they make the rate payers pay for complete reconstruction if a council employee signs off a building like this and the builder gets away with it because he "didn't know". Such a awesome system we have here.

[@PappadumWarrior]

$5mill doesnt get you much these days.....

[@loggggon]

But it should

[@thomo74]

That is criminal. Buyer beware! Very eye opening! Thank you.

[@rickjames3034]

Yeah well the idea is you get the inspection done BEFORE you purchase the house for $5mil…

[@thomo74]

@@rickjames3034 Not much sympathy from Rick. It looked good on the plans and in CGI though?😂

[@dgordon9645]

After watching a few of your videos interesting and educational..... But now gut wrenching for the people who bought these home's 😠... Thanks for sharing.

[@juliannwalker809]

These clips are awesome. You are so entertaining and enlightening. Although my heart aches for the homeowners, and my blood boils at the travesty of injustice. What is happening? How is this able to go unnoticed through inspections? Is it truly corruption? I cannot think of any other cause. Greed and corruption.

[@UziMusic]

Dropping 5 mil on a home you'd think there would br some spare dosh to pay an independent inspector during all stages of build so this situation could have been avoided.. 500,000 grand or 5mil it's a crazy amount of money to just fling at someone and go I trust you'll do the right thing.. my heart doesn't ache at all.. cover your ar$e man! But yes the builders are dodgy that should be assumed unless proven otherwise!

[@Mr7vwf8nzi]

5 million for a microwave box. Why do people build and get sucked into these no eaves homes! Lightweight crap!

[@morninboy]

Vancouve has a leaky condo problem from years ago. I was at a meeting with some construction workers who were working on the first of many leaky buildings. They were on the roof of the building telling the architect and supervisors that because of the design it was going to leak. They were ignored and the building leaked. Now after years of beaurocratic nonsense we have a licencing system with a third party insurer that still allows idiots to build because the insurer gets $3,000 per house. These new trendy box designs with no overhangs are for the most part stupid

[@gaillaffer7579]

Great video and channel. You are a total professional. I recon you’d make a killing doing voice over work too.

[@Ken-er9cq]

Mould can be a massive problem for some people. The feel sick all the time, until eventually someone finds the mould. It may be hidden in the roof cavity until it appears on the ceiling. Then it can mean the roof and ceiling have to be replaced.

[@crapmalls]

Nave seal? Any kind of seal would have been nice at this premises

[@harrydautovic9759]

Oh so true. Did their best and still not enough silicone to do the rest...LOL

[@JAYTEEGolf3030]

Do you use all these gadgets and methods on all the home inspections ? Also if I was to use your service as a private building Inspector fro. First stage to lock up stage may I ask how much you charge for the service ?

[@seze5931]

I love the horror movie narrative style. 5 million for this ?. Wow. At first sight, it looks nice, but just look closely, and it's a nightmare for homeowner

[@DavidNotSolomon]

Yes black mould is not good for young lungs.

[@marramgg]

Love the channel even though the ASMR commentary on this one wasn't my cup of tea. Seriously, what a gorgeous home and what a level of mess you uncovered.

[@tomereckhous1175]

loved the predator thermal imaging sounds…

[@joshstanton267]

This "house" is just a fancy looking pool. 😂 what a damn waste of money 😮

[@someyoutuber99]

Bloody hell. That’s some great detective work - did the home owners get this fixed? Can’t imagine it would be easy chasing up these builders when things are this screwed up. It would cost thousands + a lot of time to redo some of that work.

[@ArchEdge]

$5,000,000 you say…….😮 How disappointing

[@georginawhitby1320]

Probably about 3 Mil of that is the land. Still $2 is insane .

[@stevenmontana4783]

Your videos are fucking addictive.

[@ew8597]

Hopefully the VBA will see this and come and inspect and, then take action against this builder.

[@harrydautovic9759]

That happening is on par with me winning Powerball this week

[@odyssey814]

good luck

[@Rule-of-two]

This is horrible, I work as a builder with my old man who’s been doing it since 75 and this work Is shocking. 4-5 million Good god.

[@cinemaipswich4636]

We have to remember that if you do not have a traditional gable roof (a flat roof) your insurance will be twice as expensive. Insurers know that flat roof houses have water inundation trouble during storms. Also if you have no "eaves" protecting your outside walls, doors and windows, your insurance will be much more expensive, due to water inundation.

[@hawkeye5829]

In Florida most insurance companies will not write a house with a flat roof.

[@MetroidMan90]

This is my favourite ASMR channel

[@paulrobson2968]

Just discovered your page, love it. Keep up the great work mate ✌🏾

[@Claytonation]

Those slimey and dishonest trades and builders This video was very high quality I’m a passionate, qualified roofer and leak investigator, so I can rectify leaking roofing on the day of, although it’s dangerous after rain it’s worth being helpful 🤠

[@noself22]

My question is, in a case like this would the owner be have standing to bring case against the builder?

[@geofferyrobertson6608]

enough to make a grown man CRY

[@andyg611]

Australian homes are terrible compared to Uk/Europe. So many junctions/transitions and so many thin, cheap and inferior materials. And $5M, we just bought 350acres for half that here on the Sunshine Coast.

[@MelePaasi]

At some point things got emotional. This is people’s lives being ruined. And these cowboys run along and continue to rob!! Thank you for shining a light on a huge issue! I hope our country wakes up and does something about it

[@glako8740]

Never buy anything built after 1990s is what i learning from your channel.

[@cjod33]

The amount of 'builders' that have never been through an apprenticeship Under a builder who has also done an apprenticeship is pretty much non existent in the trade these days.

[@doodah5521]

This is common in new homes. Builders dont give a shit

[@peterADL]

I love your videos, very informative and I’ve leant a lot. This video is great with the different format, low voice and storytelling. Still, very unfortunate for the owner, the build quality is absolute shocker

[@morganroberts1111]

Love your videos mate! A good learning experience.

[@Paul-qq7mh]

Great video Thank you. So, I guess the best time to do a home inspection to see the real flaws is when it's raining?

[@Factchekka]

The sinister music, the hushed tones, the POV camera work...this was like watchng an episode of "The UneXplained". Very entertaining! 😄

[@georgegonzalez2476]

I think I'll stick with our 65 year old house. 5 bedrooms, two baths, 2 car garage, 3/4 acre lot, and only $97,500 in 1986. Now assessed at $300,000. Good neighbors. Never a problem with leakage anywhere. Everybody, count your blessings.

[@Stevegrande1]

My house might be small, but quality of build back when it was built was great. No cracks, no water leaks, eaves all the way around, no mould. No way I’d ever buy a house with a flat roof and/or with no eaves.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Lived w a flat roof 43 years, it was fine and way easier to maintain than peak roof.

[@Stevegrande1]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 how’s it easier to maintain ??

[@goaway6786]

Polystyrene and flashing have diffrent expansion rates. Tin should cover the polystyrene as render will crack?

[@garynew9637]

Not just the builder, subbied to a job in port douglas where all doors, jambs and skirting were specified as mdf. Right next to the beach😂

[@sirmuddamongol4837]

Love your inspections! Subscribed !

[@ra4yu]

i always understood the 'plastic pipes and fittings to be protected from direct sunlight' to mean water/gas lines, as in any visible exterior lines should be copper. Does that also mean down pipes/sewer lines need to be painted if visible?

[@AJHyland63]

What surprises me is the use of polystyrene as a building cladding. By Especially in a country renowned for its bushfire season.

[@markguillot6617]

AS 3500.1 or Part 1, is the Water Services book. You can’t apply these clauses to stormwater drains. Stormwater is part 3. It would like saying a gas service doesn’t have enough gradient because you applied Part 2 which covers sanitary drainage.

[@WillJohns-tr1zt]

Shows the state of builders and inspectors these days

[@Kamahla.]

Awesome technological device. Should name your moisture detector, The PredatrScana..

[@Kelthor85]

Who knew The Predator was moonlighting as a site inspector? 😎

[@choimdachoim9491]

Humans learned thousands of years ago how to keep water from the inside of their dwellings. The blame here begins with the Architect, continues with the Permit Office, flows on to the Inspector but ultimately resides with someone who could afford to pay $5 million for a home but was either completely ignorant or completely trusting. I always wonder how such people get so rich.

[@andrewrobinson2869]

If I was the owner I would be fighting the builder to get all his money back and start again this is a disgrace, I thought we had seen some bad houses but for 5 million this wins , WOW

[@kevinhamling1963]

Imagine how much this is going to cost to fix. The owners must be devastated. 😢 And of course the Ahole builder goes into liquidation (broke)🤬

[@edappi8172]

In NSW (at least ) liquidation will not protect the builder, the compulsory insurance only kicked in ( or did when I was an active builder 20 years ago ) when the builder, died , was personally bankrupt or fled to another state ( since changed so that won't protect the builder ) if a judgement was made against a small Pty Ltd company the builder was held liable. Of course all this is moot if the builder structured his / hers affairs so he personally had no assets ( but then couldn't get insurance as to get the insurance proof of assets has to be given to the insurer ) The standard of work in this video is appalling and suggests the builder had little skills, few morals, I'm not in anyway blaming the owners but to spend $5m and not get an inspection is beyond belief.

[@kevinhamling1963]

@Ed APPI Here in Victoria we have builders charging for insurance in their contracts but never applying for it. 🤬

[@edappi8172]

@@kevinhamling1963 Hello Kevin, I have been off the tools for 20 odd years ( retired now ) did building consultancy prio to retirement, it used to be here that proof of insurance had to be shown to council before the plans were released, that was before private certification so it has likely changed, I think in NSW the bottom line is the builder is still responsible wit or without insurance. But, you guys seem to be having a lot of building failures, I read last week it was around 1800 this year alone, not sure about ours but would think similar due the debacle with fixed price contracts and the big price increases post covid.

[@bibsp3556]

​@@edappi8172insurance is going to take a look at the shoddy work and say "that's not installed right we won't cover this" no? Then you're back at square one.

[@craigdutton6072]

One missing screw or one tiny hole 🕳️ will sink a man as a builder ! Your only ever as good as your last job 👌😎

[@DavidNotSolomon]

This is a bit more than a missing screw.

[@johlitorn]

Beautiful home! Too bad the builders ruined it.

[@michaeloflynn8548]

This job ought be inspected by the state insurers and then the builder placed on banned list and zero license in the future fir such utter contempt for basic building regs! What a total joke and show the hypocrisy of parts of the Vic building industry.

[@joemonks3161]

We have to do away with the legal concept of limited liability companies. Directors and shareholders need to sign contracts in their own name.

[@ianjones5348]

worst thing is the house is so damp you cant get it to burn .....how can you ever escape this kind of nightmare

[@ullah8334]

Looks like a tsunami in the next few years of new homes falling apart and mould causing illness in the home owner

[@WHDRWN]

Pine gazebos really. The current generation will pass zero vehicles and buildings down to the next generation while anyone with cash scrambles to sweep up all the pre 2000s built things

[@user-vv4my2jc7g]

Amazingly over inflated houses. Not 4 million in craftsmanship just a cheap nasty build that can be found anywhere . Amazing really

[@GustoMaximus]

Sounds like we have as much of an 'inspector' problem as a builder problem.

[@peregrinemccauley5010]

Original and innovative film production here . Excellent stuff , great to watch .

[@iisweird4852]

as i work for a home builder in Australia im disgusted

[@mrpanaceaful]

So funny, nice work mate, keep them honest!!

[@carldacrochunter]

Damn that’s shocking !! New subscriber mate love your content 🫡

[@BLKBRDD]

Keep up the good work. This is way too common in the Australian construction industry. It makes me mad when you and the people you work with try to do the right thing, and dodgy contractors win this work and leave the economy with absolutely junk.

[@Avatar711Wizard]

What are we missing here guys? Where did we go wrong. Surely things never used to be like this or atleast this bad. Is it greed? Stupidity? I'm in shock that this goes on. And allowed to happen. Love this channel!

[@Asone82]

@Scoob609 pretty well sums it up: "Government gutted trade education and then sent it private. The private institutions put the price for the courses up and the quality dropped enormously in those courses. Ontop of this, the amount of employers that want to take on apprentices are either still very stuck in the "i was treated poorly so ill treat you poorly" method of teaching, or hire large amounts of apprentices to quickly slap up jobs with a single qualified or 3rd year on site to give instructions to them. When they become too far into their apprenticeship they are fired for costing too much and replaced. I was asked recently by a teacher friend to attend a few classes over a month to help out because they were short staffed and was shocked to see that it took 2 practical classes (16 hours) to teach people how to hold a screwdriver and install a wall mate anchor into a plaster wall so we are really screwed from a good teachers taking on apprentices point and a funding for better schooling point. Combine all of those points with weak regulation and toothless regulators that allow builders to quickly take money, build rubbish.. close their business and reopen the next week for more dodgy building and no accountability for their previous work."

[@mrblack888]

Greed and a total lack of accountability. Try getting an indian immigrant to back up their work, they'll disappear back home the moment there is trouble.

[@jate7235]

its an inherently corrupt sustem.

[@thetechnician832]

How did this even get signed off let alone Final Inspection I presume by local council inspection? Reminds of here in NZ the Leaky Homes in early 2000s combination of monolithic type construction, poor design, no regard to specifications and crappy builders who couldn't care less.

[@jjelelelelelwle]

Great to highlight the defects but would be good to understand if they can be fixed, how and how much? Demolition of the house? Or can they be repaired to avoid further damage. What options are available to the owner? Can measures be put in place to stop further cracking?

[@benjaminzedrine]

With the amount of rain we've had, I suggest the new build on slab(presumably), settled, the ground underneath fully saturated (not from that property alone but like, the entire ground in Melbourne), the big earthquake probably sunk things more. Minimum tolerances just aren't going to cut it now or going into the future. But yeah that roof and cladding are wack.

[@leedang1977]

Hey, I like this thriller presentation. Entertaining and with life

[@waynew7710]

Shocking in so many ways.

[@elmohead]

Another flat roof, another leak. When will people learn that builders don't care?

[@bathuudamdin]

What model thermal imager are you using?

[@mercyrx3455]

Certainly dodgy however AS3500.1 ( water services) when referring to the exposed Down pipe. That clause has nothing to do with it. That is referring to plastic water pipes