Thank you for doing this inspection for my parents - my heart is broken at how much worse it was then we realised - I really hope this can be sorted in my parents favour with no more cost to them, they don’t deserve this they are good hardworking people & just wanted to live the rest of their lives in their dream home 🥺♥️
Your folks come across as honest people, its hard to get your head around what has been done to them. YOur folks paid every bill, they just wanted a good house to live in. Its because of these videos that I will no longer build a house. Ive had works done by contractors on a few rental places and I had to go back and fix stuff myself. The general works are truly disgusting, what they charge is not a fair return on their costs.
@PeterIllmayer ahmen mate, I'm a carpenter and I hate tradies...dumb phucks or lazy bastards or both atleast 80% of em. I do almost all my own plumbing and electrical.
Our thoughts are with you and your parents. My wife cried for your parents and I am devasted. But the only way to get any positive results, is to get very tough with these builder and inspector scammers, and use every legal law you can use against them, because they won't do it willingly, only when they are forced legally.
@@PeterIllmayer thank you! Yes they are really good and honest people I’m glad you could see that ♥️ they live by old school values my Dad would honor his word on a handshake to this day ♥️
Hopefully some justice for my mum and dad come from this video, thanks so much for bringing to light what my parents have been trying to get everyone to understand for such a long time, they do not deserve this heartbreak, no one deserves to work their whole life to build their dream just to have it ruined by selfish people. Watching this unfold for the last 2 years has been hell, hopefully people can see now that we were telling the truth all along, these builders are just amazing at lying.
Being in my mid 30's I should know better than to be angry - but things like this where decent people are being scammed in such a manner really makes my blood boil and I don't even know you guys! I watched a good percentage of this video with my fists clenched wanting to bash some heads in! So sorry to see your parents having to go through this. I really do hope they manage to find a way out of this and get the builder back and fix it all although I reckon the usual thing will happen; You put pressure on the scammers and they pull the plug and close their company. Your family is most likely more decent than me because I promise you for 950k I'd be going very far to get compensated after such a literal shit job
Indeed, there pants are well on fire, they not only dodgied the plans and lied about it, (skylight was an 'option'? They're called plans cos the contract specifically states you build everything on the plans!); they tried adding a clause to the official contract that said final payment and receiving the keys meant you couldn't ever complain about any breaches of contract (defects), if they try bringing that to a tribunal or court judge they'll laugh in their face! It's not binding because state law allows many months for owners to report breaches and demand rectification after handover. Best of luck to your folks and I hope they get all the support they need now this videos out.
Must be hard for you seeing your parents go through that and not being able to fix it. Sounds like they/you got the best weapon out there to fight the dodgy builders. While I see a lot of the videos of these 3 million dollar houses and don't feel super sympathetic sometimes, your parents seem like they needed every dollar and definitely needed an honest builder. Living in a shed for two years in Central QLD heat must have been brutal. Hoping they get this resolved plus more.
Good luck reporting him to the QBCC. I reported many issues with a builder and not one fine or demerits were issued. I was on them 2 years ago and they just ignored everything. He now has $450k+ of insurance claims against his license. They suspended his license and he just enabled a new one the next week.
in toronto canada most builders have personal connections with inspector and boards they rarely are ounished as its a corrupt govt system. i assume aus is the same way especially qld in middle of knowhere.
How can this not be a complete rebuild from and including the slab? The concrete around the house needed a 200mm plus drop and the edge was already at ground level! If you built up the inner edge around the house, your top would almost certainly be over floor level of the home. This sort of building, which amounts to criminal fraud, needs to be criminally prosecuted.
The fact that they've used materials that aren't to spec and billed for the more expensive specced materials is fraud. Bill for 75mm blanket insulation and install 50mm but then certify it as 75? That's outright fraud. They bought cheaper stuff and billed the pricy stuff.
No they don't. With inspections you are trying to cure the problems not preventing them. First of all Australia needs to up education for builders. In Europe it is a uni degree, here you do a half a year course. There are probably 20x fewer builders in Europe because it is hard to become one. Secondly, private certifiers have to go.
QLD used to have them- they were called building inspectors and worked for council, but some bright spark got rid of them all. What muppets for getting rid of them in councils and making them private
@@martls6 The solution is very much both, because for many of these cases it's not incompetence. For example, the 75mm insulation, the builder could not reasonable have just got that wrong. It was malicious cost cutting. Not a matter of education in most cases, just con-artists.
@@martls6remember back in the day you did a apprenticeship for 4 years getting paid $270 a week… The world’s done for. Maybe we do need robots… because humans will shortcut you any chance they can just for more time or money.
Could you please do us a favour? Either at the end of the video, or in another separate video entirely, let us know what happened following your inspection. Were those defects fixed? Did an entire wall have to be demolished? Did the builder just take the money and run? It would be nice to know what happens following each of your inspections.
How could that builder affor to fix all that? He's got a massive punch list, let alone a repair list; and even the concrete aprons! I dobt they'll see that builder again...
@matthewb9824 it’s not as easy as that,the builder has probably skipped town and it will have to go through the courts and the right channels. The Australian building industry is in total shambles,it’s disgraceful.
Mate..you need to recruit more inspectors & start your own thing & expose these dodgy builder nationwide & hopefully that’ll keep em honest & restore some honour & integrity back in the industry! Too much cheap labour,politics & lawyer scribble wrecking the industry! I’m a qualified plasterer (commercial & residential) & the amount of dodgy builders & tradies out there, just after the quick fix & quick dollar is overwhelming! Builders usually go the cheapest to gain even more profit & the cheapest is usually immigrants/unskilled tradie being subbed out from other subbies..everyone is skimming off each other! It makes my blood boil that they get away with it & live the high life whilst they ruined others lives!
Agree mate....I defected 5 houses a few years a back from a dodgy builder. I did an electrical inspection and it was all dangerous. When I asked for the details of the licence number of who did, I was told off. It was seriously that dangerous, and all done by unskilled unlicensed labour.
Mate, if you step on one of those TPS power cables in the roof, that James Harding framing will slice through it like butter. I was scared for you. Geez I feel bad for the owners. That builder should at least be bankrupted, if not in jail.
I am an electrician and most of the cables in this video are fine. There are a couple of spot where a cable goes over a truss which is not to regulation. The battens are not sharp and no one would be standing on those parts of the ceiling unless you want to fall through the ceiling. However, any spot in the roof with more than 60cm of space should have better mechanical protection. I would have installed some better support where all the cables go to the switchboard and top plate areas when cables can be stood on. The metal house frame also needs to be be earthed, usually earthed to the ground. This ceiling should also have an access walkway installed.
Yep. I saw the TPS over the sharp edged metal. One wrong step and you'll start welding in the roof with your foot. An absolute disgrace and utter disdain for the person paying the bills.
Just started watching. I really hope your name and shame the Company so we can all give them a quick phone call to see if they’re gonna fix this house up 👊🏻😁
Note to everyone. Get yourself a private inspector like this champion, and make sure you inspect each critical stage of the construction before releasing payments. If you can factor it into the contract even better. Do not rely on the builders and certifiers, because the certifiers are paid by the builder (in most cases) as they are recommended to the client by the builder. If you get your own private inspector to inspect each critical stage inspection before releasing payment, then you have a better chance of getting that stage rectified before moving on to the next stage.
If each stage needed rectifying I’d be replacing the builder after 2 mistakes. Shame on me, shame on you etc. there should not be major issues at every stage of the build, if there are, and they are left long enough for my independently contracted inspector to find, then the builder/s aren’t ready to build yet, and I can’t trust them to build a safe structure for me to live in. Imagine a surgery having major issues that need fixing at every single stage, unheard of. Imagine a taxi driver having to correct major issues at every turn. Imagine a hair dresser somehow fucking up the cut, colour, treatment. blow dry, and payment. It’s not good enough it’s actually just bizarre are they even trained?
As a builder, I couldn't agree with you more. I don't believe builders set out to do shoddy work and getting extra knowledgeable eyes on the home as it's going up would certainly help.
The owner must be furious and astonished by what the Site Inspector highlighted. The electrical work is criminal, thanks for taking these shonky builders to task. 👍
@SquareEarth1 Yeah no, I'll trust the guy who gets paid to notice defects over the guy who gets paid to do the job. Just the same way if a chef says something is ok and the food inspector says it's a problem, I'm going with the inspector lol.
@@SquareEarth1 There isn’t a single fixing for the cable in sight and just sags across the whole roof space. If you’re an electrician and can’t see what’s wrong here I suggest you read up on the entirety of section 3.9 for installation requirements.
@@_soups I have and you are allowed to run cables over battens. 99% of the time the cables are covered with batts and the chance of cables being disturbed in this area is negligible. Having said that, I would have installed a cable tray near the switchboard since no walkway has been installed. Never had a knockback running cables across ceiling. If it was a suspended roof I would have a catenary wire which is required. Except for timber systems. 3.9.3.2 5.4.6 Metal framework is earthed 3.9.3.3.1 Location - only where likely to be disturbed 3.9.3.3.2 Support and protection - only where likely to be disturbed. You can't walk on battens.
I'm a licensed electrician here in Queensland and I'm glade you pointed out the electrical defects. That's so dodgy. Zero fucks given on that job. Another defect I noticed is it's a requirement under section 5 of the AS3000 is for Equipotential Bonding. I didn't see any of that happening in the roof frame or to the external building. It's a major requirement when a building structure is steel frame, as you know, in the event of an electrical fault, the structure can become live, so we need all parts of the metal structure to be bonded to the Earth. Usually in an install like that we would have used conduit. You can't run cables along the steel frame like they have 😂 By the way, I love your videos man. I'm learning so much about other trades. You're the smartest wog I know. My wife's a wog and she agrees. Hearing a wog accent, yet speaking like a professional who's full of knowledge is very entertaining. Not all heros wear capes, some wear go pros and fly drones. Thanks for coming to QLD. But yeah, hit up mechanical protection for the cables in the roof, segregation, 4mm² earth for Equipotential Bonding of structural steel and to the neighbouring building
@@elliotoliver8679 That is because the Laws are too soft, the Judges are too soft and the Penalties are too soft or not at all. So that is why career criminals, career scammers and unethical and dishonest people with no values continue to MONEY GRAB from victims.
@@traker01mtp Yeah completely agree. The axing of council inspectors was one of the worst decisions. Yeah it might have sped up building, but at what cost?
@@MrCites1 Cane toads are easily distinguished from tree frogs. Aside from that, Dettol does not directly kill cane toads, it just paralyses them. I have killed cane toads in some pretty awful ways but I would never use dettol to kill them, let alone native tree frogs.
I am a facilities maintenance person in the United States, and I have to deal with terrible work all the time that miraculously hasn't killed someone or burned places down. My favorite recently is the water heater relief valve tube aimed at a live, non-GFCI outlet for no explicable reason. Thanks for exposing people who take advantage of consumers by over-promising and under-delivering in ways that can be dangerous or costly.
Things like that "Taking possession of the keys once payment has been made, means you both acknowledge that the house is complete and there are no outstanding defective or incomplete works excluding the items listed on the signed QBCC form 6." has to be illegal, i mean that's basically saying you saw it last, therefor you broke it.
It's a sneaky attempt at adding a clause to an already official lawful build contract, if they try using that as an excuse in a tribunal or court they will get laughed at in their face, no clause nor condition can be added to existing contract without creating a whole new contract.
I would think the best two ways to go about compensation is firstly through the Certifiers insurance and then to Court saying you were badgered into signing when the builder & Certifier knew they were unqualified to do so. @@wobblyboost
Exactly How can a normal person Not anything to do with the industry have a chance against a Builder and what ever the other guy is. Wrong...Should be somone like this guy in every Key handover inspection Even the playing fruad field
People who can not understand legally binding agreements should at least learn to interpret this type of wording as shady or not lawful and never sign things without consulting someone knowledgeable.
People get ripped off because they are dumb arses. People have had plenty of time to grow a brain. It takes very little time to check a few things yourself.
Absolutely. The mining industry absorbs any local talent, leaving behind those that are not quite so ‘on the ball’. Add to this the inevitable resentment of the local trades getting paid nowhere near the going mining rates. It leads to a very poorly adjusted town psyche and work ethic. Nothing would induce me to live in a mining based town again.
@@Cheekilyabsent Exactly. Although it isn't really a mining town, the town was there a long time before any mines started. and you pay more for a tradie to do something than you would in a town that doesn't have lots of miners residing there or mines nearby. Mackay is the same ( miners tax) on everything.
No it's because people allow themselves to get ripped off. How the frick do you blame an entirely different industry other than those involved in the construction? Are you retarded?
I have only just found your channel, thanks to RUclips recommendations. I feel so sorry for these poor homeowners, praying they get justice for the shoddy workmanship
Seems like the Builder and Certifier are a bunch of crooks. With the quality of work across the entire industry, in particular to domestic, there should be a site inspector at ever stage of the build. Owners should be given that option to pay that extra cost, long term, you get peace of mind.
I always thought site inspectors would look like accountants with the frame glasses and all. This guy look like some prestige 15 Black Ops guy ready to call chopper gunner on you.
I've been to dozens of new houses and commercial buildings with floating floors and I've never seen 10-12mm expansion gaps. All of them have been hard up against the walls/skirting or max 2-3mm. It's so common that I'm sure if an installer did it to standard the client would think they botched it if they saw 1cm gaps at the edge of their walls. Have you ever seen it done properly?
Hybrids, the expansion allowance needed is less and the required amount will be in the installation guide that nobody seems to read. For wood based products such as the one in this house (engineered), the allowance required will again be stated in the installation guide. If the product is hard up against the wall and the floor expands further, there is nowhere for the floor to go except up, so can buckle. The use of silicone in floating floors needs to stop, it can create pinch points. This includes around kitchen cabinets and along waterfall benchtops. Yes lots of installers do it correctly, especially the ones who read instructions or know what they’re doing.
One of the biggest reasons for floor peformance problems in floating floors is lack of expansion and control joints, along with subfloors that are not sufficiently flat. In floating installations, boards are joined together and not to the subfloor and the floor is acts as a ‘raft’ floating on the underlay, and as such must be able to move freely in all directions to perform properly.
@@crys_o I was thinking the exact same thing, I'm no tradie, but I'd have to admit if I saw a 1cm gap between around my door frames and the floor it would drive me crazy.. or I'd think they must have messed up with lazy cuts. Unless it expands that quick?
@@ApparentlyIamcorrect & @fuzzdigital4355 - I assume the correct way to cover the large expansion gap to make it look tidy is to use quarter-round trim or a trim on the skirting board above the floating floor so the gap remains but it's hidden underneath the trim? So in cases like this they probably know what they're supposed to do, but to save a few dollars on trim they just go hard up against the wall. The extra silicon is the icing on the cake - I'm pretty sure that's just to try keep the water from leaking out from the bottom of wall cavities when it rains 🤣
I work in scaffolding. So inspectors dont overly apply to my job, however when we are on construction sites, residential mainly. An inspector shows up (new zealand) and the builder buttholes always pucker. Usually ive said “oh screw the inspectors, pricks nit-picking”. However watching your videos id definitely want someone like you checking my house especially new build before paying a lump sum. Keep it up 🤙🏻
Can't believe you came to Emerald mate. I would love to show you the hospital roof bix gutters. We have a saying here. It never rains in Emerald. That's why nothing's compliant and it floods when it rains.
Excellent Channel exposing non compliant workmanship. would be good of a follow up video of all your content as these tradies have an opportunity to right the wrongs as you have not named and shamed these tradies. Can you at least do a full Compliant property so your viewers are confident about their current property or are looking at building. What about a video about youself and how and why you got into this line of work. Cheers.
Thank you for your great work identifying the failure of the system to protect home owners from dodgy 'non-compliant' work. We are hoping to commence a building project soon but are depressed by the apparently rampant dodgy work going on across Australia. It would be terrific if you could also develop some 'guides' that might help home owners find good builders, tradespeople, and honest certifiers and what really good building might look like. I'm sure there are terrific builders, architects and certifiers out there and I need some positive advice about to make sure the build at least comes close to what we want. Keep up the good work!
Good on you for sticking up for the people that engage "professionals" to build their dream house with their hard earned money. I'd employ you in a heartbeat. That said I think the builder has a right to comment in your presentation.
Hi from the uk, another really interesting video. I am always surprised how often your building codes rely on silicone for making water tight joints on roofing and cladding, this does not seem to be a long term solution to keep ater out of the home, in the UK we use folded and crimped joints or welded joints? Keep up the good work.
I don’t understand, you’re a painter & decorator but your learning from RUclips videos? Do you mean you’re learning about painting or other building practices? If you’re learning about painting What happened during your apprenticeship & at trade school? Genuine question. Glad you’re getting something from the clips. 👍
@@GR8Tmate he’s probs an apprentice mate, not to mention painters simply paint the wall, he’s learning things about other trades, like plumbing, electrical carpentry, think for a second, painters are the last to worry about doing defects
I'm from Europe, when I see quality of the insulation, windows I'm terrified. In Poland we have standard that on the all external walls (roof, walls, floor) we need to pass thermal conductivity coefficient. In new homes on roof we need to have less than 0,15 W/m^2*K that is around 25 cm of glass wool. External walls 0,2 W/m^2*K that is around 15-20 cm of average quality of polystyrene or wool (depends of the wall construction material). Windows MUST HAVE at least 3 panes of glass with special gas between to ensure good insulation. My personal home will have 50% better insulation that required, 36cm good quality wool on roof, 25 cm good quality polystyrene on walls, 20cm polystyrene under floor. Additional internal ventilation system with heat exchanger and heat pump for heating and cooling. Additional still cost of building this home in this standard will be not more than 50% of this what we can see on movie. In this homes cost of AC must be terrible, and if in your climat will be winter you will freeze inside.
These steel frame houses scare me, the number of jobs i see where the electrical cables have not been protected from the sharp edges of the frame. No grommets used through the pre formed holes is fked,
If a live wire touches the steel framework in the walls or the roof the safety switch will trip in the Meter Box and shut down the power. Yes, you still need grommets for sure. I've also seen live wires loosely laid over framework and sparkys not using grommets in steel stud walls.
@@Phantoma3 Relying on safety switches to make up for faulty work is really dodgy. With electricians like this I wonder whether the wires even run through the safety switches.
Mad clip!!!! Mate I use to live in Emerald QLD absolutely beautiful town an great people. Thanks for your hard work. I miss living there because the weather is perfect everyday...I was actually apart of the crew with council that upgraded the airport you landed at.....💯👌 I'm back in Cranbourne west Melbourne. Would love to meet ya next time your in the area mate.... 🇦🇺💚✌️
can you please let us know after report what the builder and owner agrees on, whos fixing and whos taking responsibility for the mistake the owner or the builder or the insurance, thank you and God bless keep up the good work
Love the work you do for homeowners. You do realise there is a huge business opportunity for yourself here. You can create a website with professional and licensed builders that are trustworthy and have another section on the website of what builders to avoid and can many of the traffic and customers leave reviews of the builder they used then this will keep most people safe from rogue and scammer builders
The pocket doors looked to be under cut. I installed all kinds of floors. For floating floors we raise the base up to allow the expansion under the base so it's not an ugly 1/2 inch gap from floors to base. Doors we installed, we hold them high enough off the subfloor to acount for the flooring height to allow the floor to go under the door jams for expansion. The leaks you found great job. Shows you how awesome infrared cameras are for finding fluids. I commend you for how picky you are. Your like my lost brother. I'm a perfectionist just like yourself. The floor can be fixed without demolishing the whole thing. You can cut in the expansion joints. And a jam saw for the doors. Replace any boards needed. But good work. No matter what job, even mine, no matter how hard i try to make perfect. you will always find a flaw. A few flaws doesn't mean tear it all out. It means hey, let's address these issues and make it right. I'm a builder and would always appreciate the chance to fix something. Before a 3rd party freaks out the cx.
Does this sort of thing simply end up in the courts, what will the process be because it's guaranteed the builder won't fix it, again please keep us updated on what happens please.
If they go bankrupt that's better for insurance purposes. IF however they just ignore it all and make you take them to court, which is probably what will happen given they've already been paid, then you will be having to pay legal fees, you might recover something but you'll still be out of pocket by huge amounts and be without a proper home for years.@@sebabenitez1537
The owner probably won't see anything done for 2-3 years until insurance sends even worse builders to try and rectify major issues. But 90% of the stuff shown in the video can't be fixed for a reasonable price so they won't even do it
I love your videos and tiktoks man. I so admire that you know the AS and regs so thoroughly and from memory. When i build a property, i will definitly be getting you into it!
Quality is like a $100,000 not even $20,000 shed not a million dollar home so sad we can barely afford to buy our homes im unfortunatly one who will never have the dream of owning my own home and it kills me people have workd hard scrimpd and saved to build there dream home and they get this makes me so mad and sad for the owners hope it gets sorted and some🙏
There's literally only 50k in supplies in these homes the inflation and becoming a import country has decimated every aspect of a functioning economy based on true value
Can you expand on what you mean please? 50k in supplies to build the home? (meaning the frame, roof, windows, doors, flooring, etc?) Or are you saying it should be 50k but because we're an import country it's higher? Most of the cost is going on labour?
@@ThalantyrBF3 yes most cost is in the labour. On top of that almost every other tradesman I know charges ontop of materials. I personally give the clients all the receipts so they see I'm not ripping them off. However inflation and price gauging by scumbags taking advantage of the covid times.
@@ThalantyrBF3 exactly what he said.... 50k in supplies have been used.. It's obviously a rough estimate but he's not far off.. 20mm Insulation, Color bond sheet metal throughout. its really not worth much at all in supplies. The electricians didn't run trays or nothing, the most expensive part of this whole entire house is probably the drainage points & concrete slab it sits on..... Yes labor is a huge factor. I personally think local trades have taken this couple for a ride. from slab upwards its non-compliant... I think these people should be held against their work, name and shame every company who stepped foot on that job site out in Emerald. They're happy to leave the house in that state why not name & shame so they can bask in all their glory I say.
grew up in emerald in Gregory heights great town back in the 90s watching ur vids has pushed me to inspect our house getting built every step and its worth it already found a fair few errors. Shed living in emerald is pretty normal having scorpions run across ya toes while eating dinner.
In shipping the insurer surveys and certifies the build before a vessel can be registered. They also publish the design and construction rules as well. No registration, no insurance. Maybe it's time for insurers to do the certification of buildings.
PLEASE start a second channel that follows up with the poor homeowners and dodgy builders! We all are dying to know. I found this channel by accident and you are seriously an amazing man doing amazing work. So impressed with your work.
Been there done that in Queensland. Two structural beams to support the second level were delivered on site but never installed on our house. The builder went bust just after we settled and before we tried to get a rectification on the structural issue. Same for the water tanks when the tanks split at the seams. The original water tank manufacturer sold the business and the new owner said the warranty was with the original owner. I tracked down the original owner retired in Port Douglas and he said sue me, as it was not his problem since he sold the business. Never saw any rectification or compensation even after going to the Qld building authority for help. Buyers beware.
Your amazing bro, such a good and well educated person. I wish you were able to demand changes for poor workmanship. QBCC will not act or Penalise. But once, I have used them in the past, QBCC. But you need to a lot of work and details.
The skylight was a suggestion in the plans !!! Looks like the entire blueprints of the plans were nothing more than a suggestion because nothing seems to be built to the plans , this is worse than bad building - it’s criminal negligence that needs to be held to account . I feel very sorry for hard working lovely people to go through such a mess .
Many of these defects are non-structural. Please remember the strict deadlines for making a complaint on your statutory QBCC home warranty insurance so you are not excluded from making a claim. Good luck. PS also can see control joints in the slab what is the termite treatment system? Is the termite system compliant?
Any weather proofing, including wall venting and slab gradients are considered structural. The floating floor breaches, cabinetry and leaking wet areas are also structural. That only leaves the bad wiring, unducted exhaust and non-spec insulation, which is still a breach of contract.
Aww, how lovely to see the green tree frogs. I hope the home owners make a pond for them when all is finished. How many air conditioner units did they have?
The battens on James hardly axon can actually be horizontal but the need to be castellated (have cut outs to allow vertical movement of air and water). They even sell a batten with cut outs.
At 26:47 in the UK that flexi hose would be non-compliant if over 1.5m from the extractor fan. It would need to be rigid insulated duct with a condensate trap so not sure if that would be a requirement in QLD.
All the leads laying on the ceiling should be in conduit pipes. Because they messed up the heat separation from the wall cladding, and messed up the wall venting system; the metal trusses are gonna be conducting 70-80 C on a 40 C day. A jumping mouse could puncture the wire insulation under those conditions. Circuit breakers 'should' kick in but the whole point is to not rely on them, cos they fail too.
@offtomars1 Some fairly heavy cabling up there, at least 6mm but perhaps heavier so possibility of sub-mains. I'd want a closer look before deciding RCDs would be the saviour here.
Hey buddy. Appreciate the great work. Hoping this will lead to improvements towards proper building practices in Australia in near future. What I would like to see actually one video from you a buildinng actually passes the inspections. That actually would be great to watch. thanks again for the great work you put in.
Green Frog on the roof - keep him safe. Others Cane Toads... KILL!!!! Really, you call a Cane Toad a Frog..? Obviously, there's a connection to get you into Emerald for this blog. Keep up the good work :)
Give the guy a break, he's from the old "Danistan" formerly and once again the state of Victoria. The closest things they've ever experienced that's close to a cane toad is their politicians, except a toad is more intelligent and attractive.
There are so many defects the Builder might declare Bankruptcy. That's why they're PTY LTD. If that happens what recourse is there for the owners to be made good? Also, if you went to the Airport on the horse did he find his way back? 😄
Individuals go bankrupt, companies go [1] insolvent, then [2] placed into administration, then [3] wound up liquidated if they cannot find a way out of administration. Steps 1 to 3 take some time, and only at the end of it can you usually claim builders warranty insurance (some other equally hard categories also). Qld builders warranty insurance is capped at $200K, assuming that the builder complied with the law and took out this mandatory insurance. On a $950K build odds are $200K will not be enough given what we saw. Go after certifier/surveyor under their professional indemnity insurance (once again assuming they have it as required) then the fun part of trying to determine their level of culpability. Your legal costs are your own. Quick summary, prevention is far better than cure. You are pretty much guaranteed to lose (at least) $50K when everything is said and done.
That whole roof/wall cladding construction system is just garbage regardless of whether it was installed properly or not. The water just runs off of the roof and down the wall with no gutter and the windows/doors protrude out of the wall and water will just pour over top of them like a waterfall. What an absolutely horrible design. There is a reason 50 plus year homes today lasted for decades with minimal failures, it is because they used practical designs like an overhanging roof with gutters that protects the house under it. Homes today all have these exposed areas and rooftop decks that are guaranteed to fail but people choose these designs because they like the aesthetics and pay no attention to practicality/durability.
Damn! I just bought an almost 100 year old house and one corner is sinking and I need to level the whole house plus a bunch of other issues that I knew going in, and I seriously feel that I'm far less effed than this couple with their near-1-million-dollar home. I'm doing well compared to this. Goes to show the quality and practicality of the designs of the old houses.
Great inspection and video mate. Those bird netting clips are also shading the solar panels. Very small shading causes very large losses in production. The QLD Eso will also make the sparkie fix that if reported.
This is so awful, I feel for the family so much. Where do you even begin with fixing any of this? Thanks for for sharing. (the frogs were pretty cute!)
How’s does this even get an OC? It looks like a complete rebuild.. what options does the owner have for recourse on the builder? Is it a civil matter for the courts?
Thank you for doing this inspection for my parents - my heart is broken at how much worse it was then we realised - I really hope this can be sorted in my parents favour with no more cost to them, they don’t deserve this they are good hardworking people & just wanted to live the rest of their lives in their dream home 🥺♥️
Your folks come across as honest people, its hard to get your head around what has been done to them. YOur folks paid every bill, they just wanted a good house to live in. Its because of these videos that I will no longer build a house. Ive had works done by contractors on a few rental places and I had to go back and fix stuff myself. The general works are truly disgusting, what they charge is not a fair return on their costs.
@PeterIllmayer ahmen mate, I'm a carpenter and I hate tradies...dumb phucks or lazy bastards or both atleast 80% of em. I do almost all my own plumbing and electrical.
Our thoughts are with you and your parents. My wife cried for your parents and I am devasted.
But the only way to get any positive results, is to get very tough with these builder and inspector scammers, and use every legal law you can use against them, because they won't do it willingly, only when they are forced legally.
@@PeterIllmayer thank you! Yes they are really good and honest people I’m glad you could see that ♥️ they live by old school values my Dad would honor his word on a handshake to this day ♥️
@@attila_kosa thank you 🙏🏽 ♥️
This guy is the GOAT of building inspectors.
Hopefully some justice for my mum and dad come from this video, thanks so much for bringing to light what my parents have been trying to get everyone to understand for such a long time, they do not deserve this heartbreak, no one deserves to work their whole life to build their dream just to have it ruined by selfish people. Watching this unfold for the last 2 years has been hell, hopefully people can see now that we were telling the truth all along, these builders are just amazing at lying.
Being in my mid 30's I should know better than to be angry - but things like this where decent people are being scammed in such a manner really makes my blood boil and I don't even know you guys! I watched a good percentage of this video with my fists clenched wanting to bash some heads in!
So sorry to see your parents having to go through this. I really do hope they manage to find a way out of this and get the builder back and fix it all although I reckon the usual thing will happen; You put pressure on the scammers and they pull the plug and close their company.
Your family is most likely more decent than me because I promise you for 950k I'd be going very far to get compensated after such a literal shit job
Indeed, there pants are well on fire, they not only dodgied the plans and lied about it, (skylight was an 'option'? They're called plans cos the contract specifically states you build everything on the plans!); they tried adding a clause to the official contract that said final payment and receiving the keys meant you couldn't ever complain about any breaches of contract (defects), if they try bringing that to a tribunal or court judge they'll laugh in their face! It's not binding because state law allows many months for owners to report breaches and demand rectification after handover.
Best of luck to your folks and I hope they get all the support they need now this videos out.
Must be hard for you seeing your parents go through that and not being able to fix it. Sounds like they/you got the best weapon out there to fight the dodgy builders. While I see a lot of the videos of these 3 million dollar houses and don't feel super sympathetic sometimes, your parents seem like they needed every dollar and definitely needed an honest builder. Living in a shed for two years in Central QLD heat must have been brutal. Hoping they get this resolved plus more.
I hope they can get things rectified, my heart breaks for them. I hope these videos will start to scare these criminals away from this industry.
Who are the builders?
Good luck reporting him to the QBCC. I reported many issues with a builder and not one fine or demerits were issued. I was on them 2 years ago and they just ignored everything. He now has $450k+ of insurance claims against his license. They suspended his license and he just enabled a new one the next week.
in toronto canada most builders have personal connections with inspector and boards they rarely are ounished as its a corrupt govt system. i assume aus is the same way especially qld in middle of knowhere.
The QBCC or QBSA as they were know when I had the misfortune of dealing with those useless good for nothing jerks are absolutely hopeless.
they are criminal mafia in on the cut@@josephriviera8300
As a Queensland registered builder I've got no clue who the QBCC work for. They take fees and don't seem to represent builders or homeowners.
It's a her
How can this not be a complete rebuild from and including the slab? The concrete around the house needed a 200mm plus drop and the edge was already at ground level! If you built up the inner edge around the house, your top would almost certainly be over floor level of the home.
This sort of building, which amounts to criminal fraud, needs to be criminally prosecuted.
I thought that as well. Complete rebuild!
Damn, you are right there
If you haven't got a good foundation, how can you have a good home. What install bilge pumps ?
The fact that they've used materials that aren't to spec and billed for the more expensive specced materials is fraud. Bill for 75mm blanket insulation and install 50mm but then certify it as 75? That's outright fraud. They bought cheaper stuff and billed the pricy stuff.
QBCC in qld is a toothless tiger.
Yeah, especially given known rainfall figures.
Qld and the entire country needs more inspection experts like you to keep these builders honest...your a fkn legend brother 🍻
No they don't. With inspections you are trying to cure the problems not preventing them. First of all Australia needs to up education for builders. In Europe it is a uni degree, here you do a half a year course. There are probably 20x fewer builders in Europe because it is hard to become one. Secondly, private certifiers have to go.
QLD used to have them- they were called building inspectors and worked for council, but some bright spark got rid of them all. What muppets for getting rid of them in councils and making them private
@@martls6 The solution is very much both, because for many of these cases it's not incompetence. For example, the 75mm insulation, the builder could not reasonable have just got that wrong. It was malicious cost cutting. Not a matter of education in most cases, just con-artists.
@@martls6 Not part of Europe anymore but builders in England do what they want.
@@martls6remember back in the day you did a apprenticeship for 4 years getting paid $270 a week…
The world’s done for. Maybe we do need robots… because humans will shortcut you any chance they can just for more time or money.
So sad. I'm a retired chippie & I'm so sorry for these people.
you like chippie shops?
Could you please do us a favour? Either at the end of the video, or in another separate video entirely, let us know what happened following your inspection. Were those defects fixed? Did an entire wall have to be demolished? Did the builder just take the money and run? It would be nice to know what happens following each of your inspections.
This stuff probably takes that long in the courts that he is still waiting on rulings from his first video
How could that builder affor to fix all that? He's got a massive punch list, let alone a repair list; and even the concrete aprons! I dobt they'll see that builder again...
Sometimes it takes years for an outcome which is very sad.
@matthewb9824 it’s not as easy as that,the builder has probably skipped town and it will have to go through the courts and the right channels. The Australian building industry is in total shambles,it’s disgraceful.
Spoiler alert: None of the complex stuff gets rectified.
Mate..you need to recruit more inspectors & start your own thing & expose these dodgy builder nationwide & hopefully that’ll keep em honest & restore some honour & integrity back in the industry!
Too much cheap labour,politics & lawyer scribble wrecking the industry!
I’m a qualified plasterer (commercial & residential) & the amount of dodgy builders & tradies out there, just after the quick fix & quick dollar is overwhelming!
Builders usually go the cheapest to gain even more profit & the cheapest is usually immigrants/unskilled tradie being subbed out from other subbies..everyone is skimming off each other!
It makes my blood boil that they get away with it & live the high life whilst they ruined others lives!
Agree mate....I defected 5 houses a few years a back from a dodgy builder. I did an electrical inspection and it was all dangerous. When I asked for the details of the licence number of who did, I was told off. It was seriously that dangerous, and all done by unskilled unlicensed labour.
Please do follow ups.We dont know what happens after your reports
Mate, if you step on one of those TPS power cables in the roof, that James Harding framing will slice through it like butter. I was scared for you. Geez I feel bad for the owners. That builder should at least be bankrupted, if not in jail.
As a person who builds websites and marketing funnels rather than homes or roofs - can you explain what you mean here?
@@KeenJT The sharp edge of the framing will cut through the power cables and kill you (or at least fuck you up) if you stepped on them
@@AdmiralMason Not really any sharp edges of the framing. Generally you wouldn't step on any services as a rule anyway.
I am an electrician and most of the cables in this video are fine. There are a couple of spot where a cable goes over a truss which is not to regulation. The battens are not sharp and no one would be standing on those parts of the ceiling unless you want to fall through the ceiling.
However, any spot in the roof with more than 60cm of space should have better mechanical protection. I would have installed some better support where all the cables go to the switchboard and top plate areas when cables can be stood on.
The metal house frame also needs to be be earthed, usually earthed to the ground.
This ceiling should also have an access walkway installed.
Yep. I saw the TPS over the sharp edged metal. One wrong step and you'll start welding in the roof with your foot. An absolute disgrace and utter disdain for the person paying the bills.
Just started watching. I really hope your name and shame the Company so we can all give them a quick phone call to see if they’re gonna fix this house up 👊🏻😁
We will keep you posted!
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Just gotta say that horse sculpture is fricken sweet
Yes I came here to say that 👍
At this point, it's worth more than the house
can u delete that comment.I was going to say the same thing.Let me know when you do.Iso i can post it.Thx.
Note to everyone. Get yourself a private inspector like this champion, and make sure you inspect each critical stage of the construction before releasing payments. If you can factor it into the contract even better. Do not rely on the builders and certifiers, because the certifiers are paid by the builder (in most cases) as they are recommended to the client by the builder. If you get your own private inspector to inspect each critical stage inspection before releasing payment, then you have a better chance of getting that stage rectified before moving on to the next stage.
If each stage needed rectifying I’d be replacing the builder after 2 mistakes. Shame on me, shame on you etc. there should not be major issues at every stage of the build, if there are, and they are left long enough for my independently contracted inspector to find, then the builder/s aren’t ready to build yet, and I can’t trust them to build a safe structure for me to live in.
Imagine a surgery having major issues that need fixing at every single stage, unheard of.
Imagine a taxi driver having to correct major issues at every turn.
Imagine a hair dresser somehow fucking up the cut, colour, treatment. blow dry, and payment.
It’s not good enough it’s actually just bizarre are they even trained?
As a builder, I couldn't agree with you more. I don't believe builders set out to do shoddy work and getting extra knowledgeable eyes on the home as it's going up would certainly help.
The owner must be furious and astonished by what the Site Inspector highlighted. The electrical work is criminal, thanks for taking these shonky builders to task. 👍
Are you an electrician? Looks like it follows AS3000:2018 pretty good.
@SquareEarth1 Yeah no, I'll trust the guy who gets paid to notice defects over the guy who gets paid to do the job. Just the same way if a chef says something is ok and the food inspector says it's a problem, I'm going with the inspector lol.
@@SquareEarth1he literally pointed out how it breaches standards. Are you saying he's wrong?
@@SquareEarth1 There isn’t a single fixing for the cable in sight and just sags across the whole roof space. If you’re an electrician and can’t see what’s wrong here I suggest you read up on the entirety of section 3.9 for installation requirements.
@@_soups I have and you are allowed to run cables over battens.
99% of the time the cables are covered with batts and the chance of cables being disturbed in this area is negligible. Having said that, I would have installed a cable tray near the switchboard since no walkway has been installed.
Never had a knockback running cables across ceiling.
If it was a suspended roof I would have a catenary wire which is required. Except for timber systems. 3.9.3.2
5.4.6 Metal framework is earthed
3.9.3.3.1 Location - only where likely to be disturbed
3.9.3.3.2 Support and protection - only where likely to be disturbed.
You can't walk on battens.
I'm a licensed electrician here in Queensland and I'm glade you pointed out the electrical defects. That's so dodgy. Zero fucks given on that job. Another defect I noticed is it's a requirement under section 5 of the AS3000 is for Equipotential Bonding. I didn't see any of that happening in the roof frame or to the external building. It's a major requirement when a building structure is steel frame, as you know, in the event of an electrical fault, the structure can become live, so we need all parts of the metal structure to be bonded to the Earth.
Usually in an install like that we would have used conduit. You can't run cables along the steel frame like they have 😂
By the way, I love your videos man. I'm learning so much about other trades. You're the smartest wog I know.
My wife's a wog and she agrees. Hearing a wog accent, yet speaking like a professional who's full of knowledge is very entertaining.
Not all heros wear capes, some wear go pros and fly drones.
Thanks for coming to QLD.
But yeah, hit up mechanical protection for the cables in the roof, segregation, 4mm² earth for Equipotential Bonding of structural steel and to the neighbouring building
Would love to see the follow up on this and see if the owners get what they paid for.....
I concur, hope he does a follow up.
I fear the worst, justice will not be done, not in this world
@@elliotoliver8679 That is because the Laws are too soft, the Judges are too soft and the Penalties are too soft or not at all.
So that is why career criminals, career scammers and unethical and dishonest people with no values continue to MONEY GRAB from victims.
Yeh nah they will get NOTHING.
@@YuckFoutube-e1z Evil people are in charge.
Great work. Apply the blowtorch of scrutiny to the builders incompetence.
I hope it’s a one hour banger! The last one with that schmozzle of a house in Preston was one of the best vids I’ve seen in RUclips!
It's exactly what you wanted and more. This one is a hall of famer level of shamozzles.
The house at Prestons was butchered. Now Im scared to invest in brand new built houses.
@@traker01mtp Yeah completely agree. The axing of council inspectors was one of the worst decisions. Yeah it might have sped up building, but at what cost?
#shammozzzleee
@@alank1220 gotta pay for those councellor 'study tours' soemhow
The bigger browning's are cane toads, (big pests and poisonous), the bright green ones are native tree frogs
I thought the green ones are pests? I put dettol on them
@@MrCites1 Cane toads are easily distinguished from tree frogs. Aside from that, Dettol does not directly kill cane toads, it just paralyses them. I have killed cane toads in some pretty awful ways but I would never use dettol to kill them, let alone native tree frogs.
@@MrCites1 Please tell me you are just trolling?
@@MrCites1 your're putting dettol on tree frogs? THE FUCK?!
Maybe @MrCites1 thought it was compliant 🤷♂️
I am a facilities maintenance person in the United States, and I have to deal with terrible work all the time that miraculously hasn't killed someone or burned places down. My favorite recently is the water heater relief valve tube aimed at a live, non-GFCI outlet for no explicable reason.
Thanks for exposing people who take advantage of consumers by over-promising and under-delivering in ways that can be dangerous or costly.
It would be great if you could do a follow up video on some of these properties to see what happened after your inspection
Things like that "Taking possession of the keys once payment has been made, means you both acknowledge that the house is complete and there are no outstanding defective or incomplete works excluding the items listed on the signed QBCC form 6." has to be illegal, i mean that's basically saying you saw it last, therefor you broke it.
It's a sneaky attempt at adding a clause to an already official lawful build contract, if they try using that as an excuse in a tribunal or court they will get laughed at in their face, no clause nor condition can be added to existing contract without creating a whole new contract.
I would think the best two ways to go about compensation is firstly through the Certifiers insurance and then to Court saying you were badgered into signing when the builder & Certifier knew they were unqualified to do so. @@wobblyboost
Exactly How can a normal person Not anything to do with the industry have a chance against a Builder and what ever the other guy is. Wrong...Should be somone like this guy in every Key handover inspection Even the playing fruad field
The interesting thing here is the building surveyor was yelling at her.
People who can not understand legally binding agreements should at least learn to interpret this type of wording as shady or not lawful and never sign things without consulting someone knowledgeable.
I lived in Emerald.
It's another one of those towns where you get ripped off because of the mining industry.
People get ripped off because they are dumb arses. People have had plenty of time to grow a brain. It takes very little time to check a few things yourself.
Absolutely. The mining industry absorbs any local talent, leaving behind those that are not quite so ‘on the ball’. Add to this the inevitable resentment of the local trades getting paid nowhere near the going mining rates. It leads to a very poorly adjusted town psyche and work ethic. Nothing would induce me to live in a mining based town again.
@@Cheekilyabsent Exactly. Although it isn't really a mining town, the town was there a long time before any mines started. and you pay more for a tradie to do something than you would in a town that doesn't have lots of miners residing there or mines nearby. Mackay is the same ( miners tax) on everything.
Mining tax
No it's because people allow themselves to get ripped off. How the frick do you blame an entirely different industry other than those involved in the construction? Are you retarded?
I have only just found your channel, thanks to RUclips recommendations. I feel so sorry for these poor homeowners, praying they get justice for the shoddy workmanship
good luck folks hope u get this sorted. These builders should be ashamed and prosecuted
Seems like the Builder and Certifier are a bunch of crooks. With the quality of work across the entire industry, in particular to domestic, there should be a site inspector at ever stage of the build. Owners should be given that option to pay that extra cost, long term, you get peace of mind.
I always thought site inspectors would look like accountants with the frame glasses and all. This guy look like some prestige 15 Black Ops guy ready to call chopper gunner on you.
He's on a mission.
LOOOLLLL love the classic black ops 2 reference, those were the days…
@@squeakyrabbit "He's got Tasers"
By day, he inspects the sites. By night he "remediates" the shoddy builders who are responsible. With extreme prejudice!
"He's like a Pro or something Bro" - Quote from the Preston Schomozzle video.
This is the first time the box gutter high capacity overflows have not been non compliant.
Not using box gutters is the most effective solution.
Glad to see you referring to the ATFA floating floor instructions. I’m one of their Inspectors. Been hanging out for you to do some floors.
I've been to dozens of new houses and commercial buildings with floating floors and I've never seen 10-12mm expansion gaps. All of them have been hard up against the walls/skirting or max 2-3mm. It's so common that I'm sure if an installer did it to standard the client would think they botched it if they saw 1cm gaps at the edge of their walls. Have you ever seen it done properly?
Hybrids, the expansion allowance needed is less and the required amount will be in the installation guide that nobody seems to read.
For wood based products such as the one in this house (engineered), the allowance required will again be stated in the installation guide. If the product is hard up against the wall and the floor expands further, there is nowhere for the floor to go except up, so can buckle.
The use of silicone in floating floors needs to stop, it can create pinch points. This includes around kitchen cabinets and along waterfall benchtops.
Yes lots of installers do it correctly, especially the ones who read instructions or know what they’re doing.
One of the biggest reasons for floor peformance problems in floating floors is lack of expansion and control joints, along with subfloors that are not sufficiently flat. In floating installations, boards are joined together and not to the subfloor and the floor is acts as a ‘raft’ floating on the underlay, and as such must be able to move freely in all directions to perform properly.
@@crys_o I was thinking the exact same thing, I'm no tradie, but I'd have to admit if I saw a 1cm gap between around my door frames and the floor it would drive me crazy.. or I'd think they must have messed up with lazy cuts. Unless it expands that quick?
@@ApparentlyIamcorrect & @fuzzdigital4355 - I assume the correct way to cover the large expansion gap to make it look tidy is to use quarter-round trim or a trim on the skirting board above the floating floor so the gap remains but it's hidden underneath the trim? So in cases like this they probably know what they're supposed to do, but to save a few dollars on trim they just go hard up against the wall. The extra silicon is the icing on the cake - I'm pretty sure that's just to try keep the water from leaking out from the bottom of wall cavities when it rains 🤣
I work in scaffolding. So inspectors dont overly apply to my job, however when we are on construction sites, residential mainly. An inspector shows up (new zealand) and the builder buttholes always pucker.
Usually ive said “oh screw the inspectors, pricks nit-picking”. However watching your videos id definitely want someone like you checking my house especially new build before paying a lump sum. Keep it up 🤙🏻
Can't believe you came to Emerald mate. I would love to show you the hospital roof bix gutters. We have a saying here. It never rains in Emerald. That's why nothing's compliant and it floods when it rains.
Yep, reserve your car parking space up on the high ground. You'll need it.
Dead right mate.
The "WITH EGGS" got me in stitches.
Great work mate and thankyou to the couple for getting you to CQ and letting you share their story. I wish them all the best
Excellent Channel exposing non compliant workmanship. would be good of a follow up video of all your content as these tradies have an opportunity to right the wrongs as you have not named and shamed these tradies. Can you at least do a full Compliant property so your viewers are confident about their current property or are looking at building. What about a video about youself and how and why you got into this line of work. Cheers.
Thank you for your great work identifying the failure of the system to protect home owners from dodgy 'non-compliant' work. We are hoping to commence a building project soon but are depressed by the apparently rampant dodgy work going on across Australia. It would be terrific if you could also develop some 'guides' that might help home owners find good builders, tradespeople, and honest certifiers and what really good building might look like. I'm sure there are terrific builders, architects and certifiers out there and I need some positive advice about to make sure the build at least comes close to what we want. Keep up the good work!
Watching from NZ. Looks like getting this solved in OZ is just as difficult as it would be here. Someone has to be held responsible.
Some of the wildest plumbing I've seen is in NZ 😅
Such a stunning horse sculpture.
Good on you for sticking up for the people that engage "professionals" to build their dream house with their hard earned money. I'd employ you in a heartbeat. That said I think the builder has a right to comment in your presentation.
What would they say? Can you imagine! That would be hilarious.
There is no way they would comment they would end up getting their insurance revoked!
Mans voice so soothing i fall asleep to "thats non-compliant"
Hi from the uk, another really interesting video. I am always surprised how often your building codes rely on silicone for making water tight joints on roofing and cladding, this does not seem to be a long term solution to keep ater out of the home, in the UK we use folded and crimped joints or welded joints?
Keep up the good work.
Very eye opening. Thank you for posting! Wishing you all the best!
I’m a painter and I’m learning so much off these videos 👍🏼👍🏼
Glad you like them!
I don’t understand, you’re a painter & decorator but your learning from RUclips videos? Do you mean you’re learning about painting or other building practices? If you’re learning about painting What happened during your apprenticeship & at trade school? Genuine question. Glad you’re getting something from the clips. 👍
@@GR8TmateHe could be learning what to look out for with other trades, who knows.
@@GR8Tmate he’s probs an apprentice mate, not to mention painters simply paint the wall, he’s learning things about other trades, like plumbing, electrical carpentry, think for a second, painters are the last to worry about doing defects
@@GR8Tmate Why would a painter learn in trade school about building inspection?
I'm from Europe, when I see quality of the insulation, windows I'm terrified.
In Poland we have standard that on the all external walls (roof, walls, floor) we need to pass thermal conductivity coefficient. In new homes on roof we need to have less than 0,15 W/m^2*K that is around 25 cm of glass wool.
External walls 0,2 W/m^2*K that is around 15-20 cm of average quality of polystyrene or wool (depends of the wall construction material). Windows MUST HAVE at least 3 panes of glass with special gas between to ensure good insulation.
My personal home will have 50% better insulation that required, 36cm good quality wool on roof, 25 cm good quality polystyrene on walls, 20cm polystyrene under floor. Additional internal ventilation system with heat exchanger and heat pump for heating and cooling. Additional still cost of building this home in this standard will be not more than 50% of this what we can see on movie.
In this homes cost of AC must be terrible, and if in your climat will be winter you will freeze inside.
Absolutely correct
most winters it doesn't get below 10°c here.
These steel frame houses scare me, the number of jobs i see where the electrical cables have not been protected from the sharp edges of the frame.
No grommets used through the pre formed holes is fked,
If a live wire touches the steel framework in the walls or the roof the safety switch will trip in the Meter Box and shut down the power. Yes, you still need grommets for sure. I've also seen live wires loosely laid over framework and sparkys not using grommets in steel stud walls.
Wouldn't safety concerns be number one? Electricians should know this. How would they like to get electrocuted?
it should all be in conduit.
Agree, electric stuff is very concerning.
@@Phantoma3 Relying on safety switches to make up for faulty work is really dodgy. With electricians like this I wonder whether the wires even run through the safety switches.
Honestly in an area like that I personally would have put a raised slab, at least 500mm above the ground. That place will flood in heavy rain.
That high roof discharging onto the lower is going to exceed the water capacity of the roofing at that low pitch. Spreaders look non compliant too
Mad clip!!!! Mate I use to live in Emerald QLD absolutely beautiful town an great people. Thanks for your hard work. I miss living there because the weather is perfect everyday...I was actually apart of the crew with council that upgraded the airport you landed at.....💯👌 I'm back in Cranbourne west Melbourne. Would love to meet ya next time your in the area mate.... 🇦🇺💚✌️
My complete satisfaction is that the Pro Golfer/ Builder😂 and all the tradies are watching this with all of us 😂😂
Like they give a fuck
I know, not being sexist but I had my bourbon coming out my nose when he said female builder 😂😂
+1
@@MrDeano-eu9rg word gets around, they’ll give a fuck eventually
What's so funny.
Love your diligence. I wish you’d been my building inspector. 👊👍❤️
Love some follow up on this one. Feel so sorry for them.
can you please let us know after report what the builder and owner agrees on, whos fixing and whos taking responsibility for the mistake the owner or the builder or the insurance, thank you and God bless keep up the good work
Love the work you do for homeowners. You do realise there is a huge business opportunity for yourself here. You can create a website with professional and licensed builders that are trustworthy and have another section on the website of what builders to avoid and can many of the traffic and customers leave reviews of the builder they used then this will keep most people safe from rogue and scammer builders
And get sued
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What can you say except the government needs to get serious about housing quality
Nah mate they're too busy destroying the fabric of Australia
"(frog) You're on the non-compliant concrete"... Had me in tears... 😂😂😂
what a disaster. whole place needs to be rebuilt.
The pocket doors looked to be under cut. I installed all kinds of floors. For floating floors we raise the base up to allow the expansion under the base so it's not an ugly 1/2 inch gap from floors to base. Doors we installed, we hold them high enough off the subfloor to acount for the flooring height to allow the floor to go under the door jams for expansion. The leaks you found great job. Shows you how awesome infrared cameras are for finding fluids. I commend you for how picky you are. Your like my lost brother. I'm a perfectionist just like yourself. The floor can be fixed without demolishing the whole thing. You can cut in the expansion joints. And a jam saw for the doors. Replace any boards needed. But good work. No matter what job, even mine, no matter how hard i try to make perfect. you will always find a flaw. A few flaws doesn't mean tear it all out. It means hey, let's address these issues and make it right. I'm a builder and would always appreciate the chance to fix something. Before a 3rd party freaks out the cx.
Does this sort of thing simply end up in the courts, what will the process be because it's guaranteed the builder won't fix it, again please keep us updated on what happens please.
I think the builders just get away with it and some insurance may or may not fix it with other trades
Usually builder goes bankrupt ( opens with a different name) and owner is left to try to get as much money as they can from insurance.
If they go bankrupt that's better for insurance purposes. IF however they just ignore it all and make you take them to court, which is probably what will happen given they've already been paid, then you will be having to pay legal fees, you might recover something but you'll still be out of pocket by huge amounts and be without a proper home for years.@@sebabenitez1537
The owners have more rights getting a faulty fridge replaced than getting the expensive house fixed
The owner probably won't see anything done for 2-3 years until insurance sends even worse builders to try and rectify major issues. But 90% of the stuff shown in the video can't be fixed for a reasonable price so they won't even do it
Shared and I am so sorry the owners have to put with this shoddy disgusting work. I hope your report and the sharing of this video on FB helps.
I knew those floors were gonna be dodgy as soon as I saw them. WTF is so hard about reading installation instructions.
I love your videos and tiktoks man. I so admire that you know the AS and regs so thoroughly and from memory. When i build a property, i will definitly be getting you into it!
Great work mate hope the owners get a good result getting things up to complaince
Quality is like a $100,000 not even $20,000 shed not a million dollar home so sad we can barely afford to buy our homes im unfortunatly one who will never have the dream of owning my own home and it kills me people have workd hard scrimpd and saved to build there dream home and they get this makes me so mad and sad for the owners hope it gets sorted and some🙏
Surely there must be some level of corruption if these things are getting signed off by the inspectors?
Corruption across all sectors
i would love to know all parties that were involved in this because yikes
A civil law suit for the so called Certifier would be on the agenda. It sounds like there might be some collusion with the builder.
Yes it's well known but no action taken as usual!
Ya think?
There's literally only 50k in supplies in these homes the inflation and becoming a import country has decimated every aspect of a functioning economy based on true value
Can you expand on what you mean please? 50k in supplies to build the home? (meaning the frame, roof, windows, doors, flooring, etc?)
Or are you saying it should be 50k but because we're an import country it's higher?
Most of the cost is going on labour?
@@ThalantyrBF3 yes most cost is in the labour. On top of that almost every other tradesman I know charges ontop of materials. I personally give the clients all the receipts so they see I'm not ripping them off. However inflation and price gauging by scumbags taking advantage of the covid times.
@@ThalantyrBF3 exactly what he said.... 50k in supplies have been used.. It's obviously a rough estimate but he's not far off.. 20mm Insulation, Color bond sheet metal throughout. its really not worth much at all in supplies. The electricians didn't run trays or nothing, the most expensive part of this whole entire house is probably the drainage points & concrete slab it sits on..... Yes labor is a huge factor. I personally think local trades have taken this couple for a ride. from slab upwards its non-compliant... I think these people should be held against their work, name and shame every company who stepped foot on that job site out in Emerald. They're happy to leave the house in that state why not name & shame so they can bask in all their glory I say.
Don’t worry, we have imported millions of Indians to fill these defect homes!
The slab alone would be more than 50K man!
grew up in emerald in Gregory heights great town back in the 90s
watching ur vids has pushed me to inspect our house getting built every step and its worth it already found a fair few errors.
Shed living in emerald is pretty normal having scorpions run across ya toes while eating dinner.
I love your detail. Mad respect and very useful for educating simple guys like myself
“Out of sight, out of mind” seems to be this builders code 😮 …. Excellent inspection and I pray the issues get resolved asap for the owner 🙏🏻👍
In shipping the insurer surveys and certifies the build before a vessel can be registered. They also publish the design and construction rules as well. No registration, no insurance.
Maybe it's time for insurers to do the certification of buildings.
Thats an interesting idea. I like it
I would be very keen to see updates on these nightmare situations. Really hope builders and surveyors get held accountable.
Will you do a follow-up video on the outcome of your report to the builder in question including the rectification work that follows?
PLEASE start a second channel that follows up with the poor homeowners and dodgy builders! We all are dying to know. I found this channel by accident and you are seriously an amazing man doing amazing work. So impressed with your work.
That house would sound amazing during the rain. Pity they can't enjoy it... :(
Been there done that in Queensland. Two structural beams to support the second level were delivered on site but never installed on our house. The builder went bust just after we settled and before we tried to get a rectification on the structural issue. Same for the water tanks when the tanks split at the seams. The original water tank manufacturer sold the business and the new owner said the warranty was with the original owner. I tracked down the original owner retired in Port Douglas and he said sue me, as it was not his problem since he sold the business. Never saw any rectification or compensation even after going to the Qld building authority for help. Buyers beware.
Your amazing bro, such a good and well educated person. I wish you were able to demand changes for poor workmanship. QBCC will not act or Penalise. But once, I have used them in the past, QBCC. But you need to a lot of work and details.
The skylight was a suggestion in the plans !!! Looks like the entire blueprints of the plans were nothing more than a suggestion because nothing seems to be built to the plans , this is worse than bad building - it’s criminal negligence that needs to be held to account . I feel very sorry for hard working lovely people to go through such a mess .
Many of these defects are non-structural. Please remember the strict deadlines for making a complaint on your statutory QBCC home warranty insurance so you are not excluded from making a claim. Good luck. PS also can see control joints in the slab what is the termite treatment system? Is the termite system compliant?
Any weather proofing, including wall venting and slab gradients are considered structural. The floating floor breaches, cabinetry and leaking wet areas are also structural. That only leaves the bad wiring, unducted exhaust and non-spec insulation, which is still a breach of contract.
You have zero clue what you are talking about.
hahahah the reactions to the wildlife at the beginning are priceless. Telling the sheep you'll find the defects hahah
So good! This is my favorite new YT chanel. As a builder from 20 years ago this was never as common. Things have gone downhill!
Absolutely disgusting.
We need updates on these cases. I'd like to know what happens after, are the builders made accountable??
The electrical work is absolutely f****ing shocking! Where did this electrician get their license? A packet of Cornflakes?
Wait. You need a license to be an electrician? Crazy. 😀
Must be 3rd world issued 🤷🏼♂️
@@Jojoxxr 🤦🏾♂️
Straight from India
Same problem in NZ. People are imported from the Philippines and work under a company license have have no idea what they’re doing
Aww, how lovely to see the green tree frogs. I hope the home owners make a pond for them when all is finished. How many air conditioner units did they have?
Can't wait for an update.
The battens on James hardly axon can actually be horizontal but the need to be castellated (have cut outs to allow vertical movement of air and water). They even sell a batten with cut outs.
You need to start selling shirts in the shop for your RUclips channel that say "non compliant" and hoodies that say "WHAT A SHEMOZZLE" 😂
and "GOOD FROM FAR, BUT FAR FROM GOOD"😂
And the famous quote “try your best, silicone the rest”
@@saaamykI definitely want one that says GOOD FROM FAR in big writing and far from good below it in small writing
At 26:47 in the UK that flexi hose would be non-compliant if over 1.5m from the extractor fan. It would need to be rigid insulated duct with a condensate trap so not sure if that would be a requirement in QLD.
Wouldn't there be a serious risk that all those power cables in the roof could end up electrifying the entire metal house frame ?
Yes yes and yes
This is a fire waiting to happen. They've made no effort to install it correctly.
All the leads laying on the ceiling should be in conduit pipes. Because they messed up the heat separation from the wall cladding, and messed up the wall venting system; the metal trusses are gonna be conducting 70-80 C on a 40 C day. A jumping mouse could puncture the wire insulation under those conditions.
Circuit breakers 'should' kick in but the whole point is to not rely on them, cos they fail too.
The framing should be bonded so if it was livened up the protection should go off hard but all things considered I'd want proof that it is bonded.
@offtomars1 Some fairly heavy cabling up there, at least 6mm but perhaps heavier so possibility of sub-mains. I'd want a closer look before deciding RCDs would be the saviour here.
Hey buddy. Appreciate the great work. Hoping this will lead to improvements towards proper building practices in Australia in near future. What I would like to see actually one video from you a buildinng actually passes the inspections. That actually would be great to watch. thanks again for the great work you put in.
Green Frog on the roof - keep him safe.
Others Cane Toads... KILL!!!!
Really, you call a Cane Toad a Frog..?
Obviously, there's a connection to get you into Emerald for this blog.
Keep up the good work :)
Give the guy a break, he's from the old "Danistan" formerly and once again the state of Victoria. The closest things they've ever experienced that's close to a cane toad is their politicians, except a toad is more intelligent and attractive.
@@gazzafloss"politics: theatre for ugly people. "
Who cares about the frog 🐸 they got ripped off a house
No cane toads in Vic
Yet....@@mums_poop_sock
Top job mate in sorting out dodgy builders and the currupt kickbacks between builders and surveyors. Thanks
I really wish you could name the builders involved in these shoddy homes. Give everyone the opportunity to avoid them in the future.
Little Cove Constructions, Emerald.
@@kennycamshaft2128 I typed in Little Cove Constructions, Emerald, but Google didn't show anything. Any chance you could put the link here?
As always, Looks good from far, ,,,,
There are so many defects the Builder might declare Bankruptcy. That's why they're PTY LTD.
If that happens what recourse is there for the owners to be made good?
Also, if you went to the Airport on the horse did he find his way back? 😄
Individuals go bankrupt, companies go [1] insolvent, then [2] placed into administration, then [3] wound up liquidated if they cannot find a way out of administration.
Steps 1 to 3 take some time, and only at the end of it can you usually claim builders warranty insurance (some other equally hard categories also). Qld builders warranty insurance is capped at $200K, assuming that the builder complied with the law and took out this mandatory insurance. On a $950K build odds are $200K will not be enough given what we saw.
Go after certifier/surveyor under their professional indemnity insurance (once again assuming they have it as required) then the fun part of trying to determine their level of culpability.
Your legal costs are your own.
Quick summary, prevention is far better than cure. You are pretty much guaranteed to lose (at least) $50K when everything is said and done.
The QBCC is supposed to step in and repair it if the builder goes under . The builder is supposed to insure the job with the QBCC insurance scheme .
They should face prison time if they don't remedy, this is just criminal.
That's only if the builder goes under. If they stay around, it has to go through the courts.
@@james3744 Nicely nutshelled James. 😁
Good video....Do you check for an active current in the steel frame before you go into the ceiling cavity?
That whole roof/wall cladding construction system is just garbage regardless of whether it was installed properly or not. The water just runs off of the roof and down the wall with no gutter and the windows/doors protrude out of the wall and water will just pour over top of them like a waterfall. What an absolutely horrible design. There is a reason 50 plus year homes today lasted for decades with minimal failures, it is because they used practical designs like an overhanging roof with gutters that protects the house under it. Homes today all have these exposed areas and rooftop decks that are guaranteed to fail but people choose these designs because they like the aesthetics and pay no attention to practicality/durability.
Yeah rubbish design, how the fuck are you meant to put a gutter on that, hence the strip drains down below.
Damn! I just bought an almost 100 year old house and one corner is sinking and I need to level the whole house plus a bunch of other issues that I knew going in, and I seriously feel that I'm far less effed than this couple with their near-1-million-dollar home.
I'm doing well compared to this.
Goes to show the quality and practicality of the designs of the old houses.
Great inspection and video mate. Those bird netting clips are also shading the solar panels. Very small shading causes very large losses in production. The QLD Eso will also make the sparkie fix that if reported.
That was crazy mate. Poor people 😞
This is so awful, I feel for the family so much. Where do you even begin with fixing any of this? Thanks for for sharing. (the frogs were pretty cute!)
Any chance of seeing the rebuild process ?
Heartbreaking for these owners.... I really hope the legal system protects them fully !
How’s does this even get an OC? It looks like a complete rebuild.. what options does the owner have for recourse on the builder? Is it a civil matter for the courts?