When Things Go Wrong
While many Australian builders are reputable, there are a percentage who continually cause homeowners delays, defects and cost blow-outs. Here is a selection of articles that are a reminder of why you must do your due diligence - particularly now in the age of COVID - every builder in Australia will be tested like never before.
- Melbourne Builder Goes into Liquidation (Ch 7 News)
- Queensland on the Hunt for Dodgy Builders
- Small Business Flattened by 'Dodgy' Builders in Phoenixing Epidemic
- Building Projects Halted as Surveyors Face Rocketing Insurance Costs
- The Other Victims of Unscrupulous Building Industry Operators
- WA Authorities Give Homeowners New Protection from Builders
- Dodgy Sydney Builder Paul Logan Ordered to Pay for Fleecing Customers
- Sunshine Coast Residents Want Answers from Building Watchdog-Hail Pelts Holes in Homes
- Dodgy Builder Caught in North Queensland
- Phoenixing in Crosshairs Amid Crackdown on Dodgy Building Operators
- Apartment Owners Fear for 'suicidal' Neighbours as Combustible Cladding Crisis Takes Toll
- Construction Companies in NSW Collapsing at Record Rate
- Star (Australia) Construction P/L trading as Knight Building Group fined $35,000-Worksafe
- Melbourne Home Renovators P/L "VBA Prosecutes Unregistered Building Company, Arrest Warrant"
- 'Cracking Up' 4 Corners expose on defective building practices nationwide
- Combustible Cladding Removal Will Uncover 'Litany' of Problems, Expert Warns
- Householders Warned to Look Out for Dodgy Tradies (Ch 9 News)
- 'He Was a Con': Pensioner Fears Losing Thousands as Building Industry Warns of Dodgy Tradies
- Unregistered Builder Contravened Consumer & Building Laws
- Family Claims Builder Left Them With $1.3m Mess (Ch 9 News)
- Fake Builder Fined $20,000
- Crisis Spreads as Nine More Products Classed Non-compliant
- Construction Work Slumps as the Residential Sector Reverses Sharply
- Carpenter Convicted & Fined for Illegal Building Work
- Roofing Plumber Convicted & Fined $20,000
- 'Fake Tradies': Melbourne Husband & Wife Alleged Ringleaders in Qualification Fraud
- Almost 1,700 Construction Businesses Went Bust in 2018
- $1 billion: The High Price of Dodgy Building Work - ACT
- Unlicensed Builders Fined $115,000 as Consumer Watchdogs Focus on Construction Sector
- Conman Alert: Victorian ‘Landscaper’ Ripping-Off Consumers
- Builder Deregistered and Disqualified for Multiple Offences
- Building Surveyor Fined for Incorrect Certification of Pool Enclosure
- Couple Had to Uncover Dodgy Builder on Own
- Is the Time Limit to Sue a Victorian Building Practitioner 6 Years or 10 Years?
- Unlicensed Builders Putting Consumers in Jeopardy
- Building Practitioners Board Finds Builder Guilty of 32 Allegations
- Engineer Fined $480,000 Over Mount Waverley Building Site Pit Collapse
- Residential Construction Heading for 31% 3-year Collapse
- Builder Deregistered, Disqualified & Fined $15,000 for 21 Breaches
- Exclusive: Victim Speaks Out Against Disgraced Builder
- Victim of Dodgy Builder Reveals Extent of Repair Fraud
- Developer Allegedly Left Apartment Owners with $20m Bill
- Explosion of "Cookie Cutter Homes" ‘Wreaking Havoc’
- Builder Fined, Ordered to Pay Compensation for Failing to Finish Work
- Warning to Check Claims as Fake Builder Fined $20,000
- VBA Response to Fraudulent Building Licences Arrests
- Footscray Townhouses to be Demolished Despite Approval Sign of Industry Malaise
- Detectives Arrest 10 Victorian Men Over Dodgy Builder Probe
- Plumber Fined for Compliance Certificate Fraud
- 24 Ways to Improve the Building Industry
- Council Pays $250,000 Over Shoddy Apartment in Brunswick East
- Builder Ordered to Pay Couple $235k Over Botched Job
- Jerry-Built: A New Major Category of Building in Australia?
- 7 Signs Your Builder is Unregistered
- Ballarat Homeowners Left in the Lurch
- Disciplinary Action Against Rangeview Estate Building Surveyor
- Heavier Penalties Introduced for Reckless Builders
- Unprecedented Class Action Launched Against Victoria's Building Regulator
- Unregistered Contractor Convicted
- Subcontractors Owed Millions of Dollars Let Down by 'Basket Case' Laws
- Families in Limbo as Victorian Builder Places Company into Liquidation
- Melbourne's Faulty Building Crisis
- Unregistered Builder Fined $5,000 Over Kitchen Renovation Favour for Friends
- Prosecution a Warning to do Due Diligence Before Buying a Property
- Unqualified. No insurance. Builder Ordered to Pay Over $30,000
- Melbourne's Faulty Building Crisis
- VBA – Be Alert to Unregistered Practitioner Activity
- Couple’s 7 Year Battle to Build Caulfield North Dream Home Beset with Problems
- Mt Waverley Building Practitioners to Face Disciplinary Action
- Unregistered Bulla Builder/Plumber Fined $10,000
- Web DIY Videos Could Land You in Hot Water
- Lacrosse Building Surveyor to Face Disciplinary Action
- Cladding Scandal – No Incentive & No Enforcement. Nationally
- Builder Fined $45,500 for Negligence & Incompetence
- Gippsland Man Faces 217 Building Registration Charges
- $10,000 Fine & Cancellation of Registration for Non-compliant Building Work
- When Your Dream Home Becomes a Nightmare
- Homeowners Horrified at Rangeview Estate Serious Defects
- Victoria’s Building Industry is Failing Consumers
- Homeowners in Melbourne’s North Battling Builders on Defective Homes
- Carpenter Ordered to Pay $16,000 for Working Unregistered
- Reuben Beazley Builders Owes $600,000
- $14,000 Fine for Non-compliant Whittlesea Building Works
- Project Manager Pleads Guilty to Home Renovation Charges
- $290,000 Awarded Against Home Builder for Faulty Slab
- Victoria's Cowboy Builders Dodge and Weave
- Builders Rip Off Home Owners
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