The Ghost Builder & the Haunted Home: Unmasking Construction Nightmares

Welcome back to Site Inspections. In this episode, we delve into the challenging circumstances of a homeowner who was left to grapple with multiple leaks and defects in a relatively new home.

This unit, one of four, is less than a year old. Yet, despite the home's recent construction, the homeowner has been dealing with an array of issues. From incessant leaks to unaddressed defects, the problems were numerous. The most perplexing part? The builder, who had even received an additional $100,000 from the homeowner to mitigate the economic pressures of COVID-19, vanished when asked to return and rectify the problems.

In this video, we conduct a thorough home inspection and highlight the key defects we uncovered. We hope this episode serves as an educational tool for those embarking on their own home building or inspection journey. From being aware of the importance of post-handover support from your builder, to knowing what defects to keep an eye out for, our aim is to equip you with the knowledge to navigate these potentially challenging scenarios.

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[drumbass]

So dodgy builders building houses is one thing. How about actual building surveyors signing off on inspections. Good work man, keep uploading them videos.

[MrDigger]

Would love to see a follow up on what and if builder repairs anything . Cheers 🍻

[GCM_AU]

Builder, +100k..
Thanks for the SBB, a shit builder bonus !
Roof Tiles.. good from afar, but far from good.
Shocker

[itubeyuutube]

Is there a public listing of names of the builders that were non-compliant?

[rfmonkey]

This is why builders should be forced to complete high school

[MikMech]

Your probably the most thorough Aussie Building Inspector we've got.
Kudos.

[ibendover]

Cafe staff, retail workers, nurses, hospitality workers and many more. All of them subjected to the highest scrutiny during the pandemic while working under minimum wage if you count the ungodly unpaid overtime hours. Many of them abused and spat on by customers for the slightest errors.. or no errors at all.
In the meantime people in the housing industry are walking away with bags of cash blatantly screwing people over with barely any consequences.
Most people in other professions would lose their jobs or even get booted from the industry if they made 10% as much errors as these people this frequently. People really need to be protesting about these things. This was even discussed on reddit, and several hundred people were ready to jump on board with protests. People are fed up spending their lives working overtime or multiple jobs to afford to buy a home, only to get take advantage of from every direction.

[TheKnobCalledTone.]

I love how this bloke is dressed like a police officer in riot gear when he does this building inspection lol

[frankthetank]

The gov seriously needs to crack down on this and strip registrations, licenses etc from all who don’t comply. It just blows my mind that these scumbag builders do this stuff and just move on to the next shoddy job

[czee]

It's laughable that we keep hearing that Australia has a housing "shortage" and we need to build 500, 000 new homes. If this is the quality of new builds, we really are a stupid grifting country with every standard being lowered by the day.

[fadelkhalil-dfut]

May God make all the ways easy for you that you thought were difficult, and God does not place a dream in your mind without providing you with the capabilities that enable you to achieve it.❤

[GameFuMaster]

2:10 corner windows are really nice. Shame to not get what you paid for

[GameFuMaster]

The extra $100, 000 was actually for extra shoddy work

[ConradJupiter]

I'm flabbergasted by the workmanship.

[albertlanger]

Even in 1978, regs were not complied with. We bought it in 1984. A lovely home. In 1994 ivy vines grew up into stormwater downpipe. Took me days to remove. After, I found the culprit - that being a non-connected downpipe. Then when selling in 1995, the buyers found one rafter beam to be of pine and cracking. The rest were fine and good hardwood.

[garyrogers]

Awesome and thorough inspections by you, as a plumber of 35 years + I know that pride in your work had been thrown out the window by some for a quick $, personally I think the VBA needs to step up and address the ongoing issue that has escalated since there inception an example being 100% of below ground sewer drains should be inspected . People pay good hard earned money on the biggest investment of there lives to find out it leaks, it’s out of level, it doesn’t comply or meet code is a tragedy for them. What ever there paying you is worth the piece of mind. Well done!!

[martinmoh]

Australian Standards should be renamed to Australian Suggestions bevause theyre not followed 😢

[breakingtoast]

100 k for non compliant work good finding mate but wish they got you before they paid

[odyssey]

now i see why so many builders are going broke

[dieterkoch]

I am just hooked on your videos... How these builders can call themselves tradesmen is amazing!