Caught on Body Cam: Tense Encounters Between Builders and Inspectors!
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- Опубликовано: 4 июн 2024
- Step into the world of independent property inspections with this exclusive video, featuring two intense encounters captured on body cam. This footage offers a raw, unfiltered glimpse into the daily interactions and challenges we face as inspectors, navigating the complex dynamics between builders, homeowners, and ourselves.
🎥 Real Tensions, Real Reactions: Each segment of the body cam footage reveals the gripping reality of on-site inspections. From heated discussions to critical confrontations, these moments highlight the pressures and responsibilities that come with ensuring compliance and safety in construction practices.
🚨 Unscripted Drama: We’ve kept the edits minimal to preserve the authenticity of each encounter. Witness firsthand how builders react when faced with tough scrutiny and how we uphold standards, protect homeowner interests, and manage conflicts professionally.
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As soon as they start getting aggro, you know they are dodgy af.
exactly, what are you trying to hide?
@@GameFuMaster Everything! Lol
100% See em try and "manage" the client. Crack down on the trades not the customer. Imagine if they spent the effort to check their own work...
100%
Well said dude. Its classic gaslighting
You know its bad when the owner says "I hate this place already" and they havent even moved in.
Feel sorry for these people. Your life savings + mortgage put into a house and you're just ripped off to the max.
Build your shit properly and take pride in your work and Site inspections won't need to be there.
Exactly right!
There is no pride when majority of the workforce are immigrants from third world country’s who aren’t trained to the Australian standard and quality.
more like, if you build your stuff correctly, you'd welcome a site inspector.
And if the inspector finds something, take it on the chin! "Shit, we didn't catch that." So be it. Use it as a learning lesson and don't make the same mistake twice.
More like you won't worry about an inspection, and welcome them.
Good on her for standing up to them
good on her for..... being so angry at a handover inspection that.... wasn't a handover inspection?
Great teddies though. What's angry ladies onlyfans?
Exactly! It’s HERS anyway
That lady is great. I like how strongly she conducted herself in front of those condescending men.
They are defiantly harassing her 19:55 she is obligated to feel worried that she purchased a shemozzle from goons.
Yeah she was fantastic. Calm, assertive, and held her own. Good on her. It's a difficult thing to do regardless of the gender, but especially for women IMO.
I (a man) had a pig from a big name builder get in my face while I was holding a baby. He noticed me calmly looking at his teeth thinking about how many I could put into his airways and started to make polite noises and head to leave the property. Head and shoulders taller than me, he still managed to get away with some shoddy details. I can't imagine what a small woman would do with this fella who seemed long in the habit of being a threatening pig when called out.
@SlackerU what about the roll on the Kady dressed in white lol put it away
@@brabbit3873 I'm in America so we don't feel shame in seeing a little bit of muffin-top. Seeing the builder accept that the site is unsafe but unwilling to declare it unsafe is were my attention was. That collection of debris used as a pillar was quite disturbing if he wasn't willing to have up a safety fence around the property to keep unqualified people out.
This is one of the best videos you've made. The BS from these builders is astounding and I can relate to the frustration of these clients.
don't lie. You only think it's the best because of the prime time teddies
@@badabing8152 lol yes was a distraction at first but looking past that she was treated badly
Makes your blood pressure skyrocket seeing these builders act like this, when you know it's how they treat clients behind closed doors.
He literally admits at 19:55 that he's arguing over nothing. A PCI inspection is the same thing as a turn-over inspection, she is going to be stressed either way knowing how awful they are at building.
Angry non-compliance
Glad someone's holding them to account. We need more accountability in the industry
How when the government is just as corrupt and useless. Half the industry ( workers) haven’t the right qualifications or have bogus credentials from overseas. The reason we need so called tradespeople ppl from overseas is government total incompetence. You can make more money standing with a stop sign than a qualified tradesman working for these corrupt builders. Getting a trade in the first four years pays nothing
As much as I love seeing these videos. I would love to see house builds where they are done right. It would be good to promote the builders that actually care about putting out quality works.
He’s still looking for one 😂
Such a bad idea, that is no content at all
@@Forakus Or whenever there is something found that is non-compliant, show an image of what it should look like.
There is a guy on instagram who does that. Says it’s a good job and congratulates the builder. But they don’t name them
The channel New Home Quality Control posts videos of quality builders once in a while. Between compilations of snags 😂.
Shonky shortcut builders always have a lot to hide. A good honest builder should be proud to show their work and discuss discrepancies
This builders company will lose millions in business & probably go under down the track based solely on this video. How the client was treated, is how you will be treated. Something to remember.
@midnightspares yes, the consequences of being a shonky dishonest person. I lost my entire life savings to a shonky dishonest developer, and no one felt sorry for me. My family's life was ruined, and the lying developer walked away Scott free because of being protected under the business structure. They just started up the next week under a different business name, not losing a night's sleep.
''We work it out from there'' means you give us 30 items that need to be to fixed and we'll happily do the top three.
Didnt he also say "... and we'll see what we want to fix and what we wont" as if SOME things in his mind are okay being delivered wrapped in shit on a completely new building
@@innominatum9906it depends how his feeling that day what a asshole fix everything and shut up loll
@@innominatum9906 exactly they just say what's done is done, too bad.
@@innominatum9906 yeah that's what you call tolerances... and if it's within - then it's up to the builder from he's good will to complete those tasks..
I can garentee 90% of the people commenting live in housing commission homes or are tenants, and there homes look like they belong in the slums of india
@@omarjay6970 Im a machinist so I work with VERY fine tolerances all day long - this however isnt just about tolerances when its often showed that the entire structure is at risk for breaking because of shit workmanship.
We got waterdrainage that isnt working. Ventilation that WILL kill a house over years that isnt working properly. We got busted windows. Non complient use of A/B/C. Water coming in everywhere and exiting everywhere.
I live in my own brickhouse from the 30's in Denmark. I do all my work myself or get local trades to help with whatever I cant do myself. My house isnt even close to cost millions of dollars like these houses/apartments of this content creator - but I can assure you it will stand long after all these shite houses wouldve been in need for demolition.
At least their skills at avoiding responsibility are fully up to government standards.
LOL, the government standard in the USA to be president is you have to be a fraud, traitor and a felon.
If they get any better they should run for office 😂😂
Awesome content, awesome channel. Great work guys holding builders to account and getting to the truth. Professional skilled builders would have no issue with showing their work at any stage. If anything it would be a major endorsement and great advertising!
I worked on these lavish houses in Toorak etc for over 10 years. We were gardeners and did irrigation plumbing to the specs. Honestly there was not one job, not one without trade disputes being argued by these office jocks. Full of bs while everyone on site piles in and does their best.
Often it's the lack luster approach from these so called site managers that is to blame, and anyone who has ever held a hammer and nail on a rainy day while boss man is cruising out the front in the car on the phone. Ends up with poor workmanship. Elitist management, and don't they know how to do just that when it comes to excuses. Great work
7:36 "yeah see I took this job over..." 😂
No wonder why he doesn’t like the client showing you items of concern, she can show you and articulate everything pretty damn well! He should be concerned!
What's the point of the builder telling her she cannot point out and discuss faults with site inspector if he can't actually enforce anything? What can he do? Call the cops? go to court? Refuse to make repairs? It's just his point-of-view that he is expressing but he can't persist.
@@slevinlindsay3624 hmmm nah…
What a Shemozzle!
The Wizard of building Inspectors you know your job greetings from New Zealand BPNZ
YOU are the MAN ,no BS on point , good to see this attitude still exists today .
And the woman customer was f-ing awesome when confronted by the contractor.
the lebo inspector isn't on par being a inspector. real inspectors have authority to kick off blokes of the job.
@@PhilMacraken-kz9su Rubbish mate...
@@PhilMacraken-kz9su if an inspector told me to get off site id tell him to go and get fucked?
This is the stuff that needs to be on A Current Affair. A full parliamentary inquiry, in the meantime everyone suffers from this. Renters, owners, oh but not the builder or government bodies that are meant to hold up compliance. The building authorities should be ashamed!
You can turn up to site and see a safety concern with, say, a scaffold, it might mean you won't use the scaffold, it doesn't mean you have to immediately leave site because by that logic, anybody rectifying it would be unable to enter site.
Depend on the danger, but yeah basically
Builder doesn’t understand the independent inspector is just independent on them and engaged by the client, so he needs to keep his nose out.
Why should anything need fixing? It’s a new fucking house
Non compliance on certain things is found in a lot of builds, for instance a screw through the top of the downpipe I've been pulled up on before. I didn't install the downpipe obviously but now i religiously check after the plumbers done. Only little things, i can't understand structural failings, how can you call yourself a builder if the building is unsafe 🤷♂️
Question is:
Who the hell's paying how much for this? It’s a new fucking house 🤣
@bluj78 Its gonna be 7 figures
Please continue to share these vids, builders need to take more ownership of their mistakes and not rush off to the next job after the payment lands.
The way he put the white cards in the dirt to knowing it has to go back in someone's wallet, so rude.
Once the photo was shown of the floor & beam, the excuses from the project manager started & says we took over the project. So what, they didn’t assess what was completed before moving forward with construction.
Property developers being rude? No way, Not a chance!
phone too...
Unbelievaaaaaaaaable
I read that in the voice of the man himself 😂
The guy with the green t-shirt is permitted to be on site without a white card as he is under the inspectors direct supervision. Asking to show your white card is a desperate attempt to prevent closer inspection of a very dodgy project. Great work again
We need a million site inspectors like you! Need the trades to tighten up!!!
There was a time in Australia where houses were built like the coliseum in Italy,now there being built like the leaning tower of Pisa.
That's a stretch mate. There were solid houses built mid-century, solid houses were built all over the world mid-century.
We purchased a solid brick home built in 1969, a couple years ago. My partners a contractor and takes so much pride in his work. He comes home raging about the absolute state of new builds on a regular basis, there was no way, even with all the first time buyer incentives, we wouldn't touch them!
So in NSW you don't need a white card if you are being escorted/supervised, for a one-off visit, by someone who is inducted.
Exactly, the whole white card show was pointless Nazism.
its not a brothel mate
wrong…. i go onto sites all the time and you NEED a white card
@@Golden-dog88 not wrong mate it's NSW legislation. Perhaps you should read it.
Its really enjoyable to watch, awkward moments
I remember getting quotes from builders and asking that they provide a price, references and insurances. Only one complied with my request. I asked the others why and one well known local builder replied “that’s not the way it’s done”. Well, the one that did as I asked got the job.
Your client being told by their builder they can’t advise you of their concerns because the builder says “that’s not how it’s done” is an example of this.
I'd love to see a building company actually say hey Tiktok Inspector, come to one of our homes we are building! how much business would they get knowing you've walked through and ticked it off as above australian standards
Then he'd be called a sell-out
@@alfstewart22 lol in what way?
Conflict of interest maybe, especially since he doesn't do these things for free.
A lot of the standards are BS
Every building project will encounter some issues. Whether it's a sub who cuts some corners, or just a simple lack of knowledge on something. The sign of a great contractor is one who has a guy like this show up and rather than fighting him over the issues, uses it as a learning lesson. This independent inspector is actually a huge benefit to any GC or otherwise. Just take it on the chin and use it as a learning lesson!
Yep. The trick is to not take it personal
Good video thanks Zahir
If you build your stuff properly, then when an inspector comes shows up you simply say, "Welcome and have fun.". No drama, no tension, simple and easy.
I am hoping to start my home renovations this year. Finding a good builder is like a walk in a mine field. I am shit scared of getting a dodgy builder and ending up in a situation like this poor lady. I hope she gets it sorted. How bad would it be to hate your new house even before you've moved in!
I had the very much same experience with Rawson Homes. I hated the place already without moving in. Sadly I didn't come to know site inspections back in then.
..."I just took the job over" translation. Not my fault
He's going to use that excuse for everything they find im sure
yeah, not "i checked what was done first that needed rectifying before we went further"
Unfortunately it's still his responsibility
What an awesome job actually.. U get to help clients, point out other peoples mistakes all day and fly with drones. Badass!
They were getting shitty as a PCI inspection is a method of getting small stuff (not major) that is difficient past the home owner, hence why they did'nt want the real expert present as he would pick up more issues which they would be required to fix.
Exactly, they all say they're happy for independent inspection after handover, when they already have all the clients money and cant be forced to fix all their shoddy work through witholding final payment.
So now I want Independent stage inspections before signing any interim completions, lol...
Specifying non destructive tests (visual) only - indicates they know behind the plaster (and in the pocket door cavities) is a lot dodgy - that is for the courts and insurance companies to litigate later, it appears.
I’m about to start the process of building and I’m definitely getting an independent inspector.
In the first half, if a surveyor or inspector sees a defect, he prepares his report for and on behalf of the client who may not have a background in construction. Regardless of this builder's comments saying you can't say what could happen if something is missing, it is the surveyor's duty to his client in writing his report to highlight the defect, the cause of the defect, and the consequences of not correcting the defect. For example, if Dry rot was present it would be highlighted as a defect with the location and accompanying drawings, photos etc. The cause may be a leaking pipe, and the consequence of not undertaking the remedial repair which may be the rot could spread and cause a subsequent collapse of floors or structural timbers to be compromised. This builder seems to think the inspector is working for him telling him what he can and can't do, there is no contract between the inspector and the builder, he just needs to give him reasonable access to the site. TAt 15:24 this Builder is wrong in saying the client cant discuss issues with the inspector,
Yep, in fact they have to determine the severity level of the breach and which category it sits in, cosmetic or structural; the only way to do that is to predict the consequence and sharing that with the client that paid them to explain what a building breach is!
Of course an engineer's assesment following that report becomes the legally required fix, but there's no law on earth stopping an inspector from explaining why a small leak in a window frame can lead to the wall collapsing.
"I've never heard of your guys before" and "never dealt with you before". Champ will definitely know who Site Inspections are after this. I'm very curious what his acquaintances told him about SI.
poor lady, hasnt moved in yet and hates the place, I hope everything works out
What a strong lady! Well done to the home buyer.
Damn someone's got a guilty conscience . they stand there going oh no finally it's my turn im about to be exposed on my dodgy non-compliant work. That poor woman has had enough the stress and sleepless nights she must have gone through. building a home is not supposed to be this unpleasant
She's not building a home, she intends to flip it for a profit.
@@TravisHi_YTWho cares, she paid and she can do what she wants with it.
Jealous much?
@@TravisHi_YTand
@@TravisHi_YT So what? If things aren't up to code then she has every right to get them fixed. You salty for no reason my guy. Like Tazzy said, sounds like you are jealous.
@@TravisHi_YT Even more reason to make sure it was all built to code. She's still building a home even if it's only a trade for her, if it's all to code she gets good will with customers, an actual dollar value element to her business; if it's not to code she loses that and opens herself up to litigation and penalty.
if he is running the site, means he is responsible for all those mess. And he will be the one lost his liscense from it. 😂😂😂
Just admitting he never paid for the 2 - 3 hour thorough inspection he's supposed to do when you adopt a partly completed build.
oh yes, with hold all payments. lets gooooooo
He's going to learn to watch the internet after this upload 😅
'I'm not on the internet' said no one ever
Maybe he watches ACA
They sound like used car salesmen.
How is the lead up to 1st major non - compliance 7:11, was the longest gotcha moment -LOL>
Went straight to "well i took this job over" 😂😂😂😂
GOOD OLD LADDER SITTING IN THE PUBLIC WALKWAY 🤣
Feel sorry for this woman, she’s being screwed over by the builder, you can tell they don’t like that she wants a compliant house, unbelievable!
There’s more and more of this going on and is truly stressful for the owners.
I had a list of issues with minor things but I didn’t know the builder was adding 35k of “extras” on to the final payment. I refused this and asked for a copy of every invoice and also reminded him he could take this to VCAT.
I couldn’t find any “extras” and he gave up and fixed the final invoice less 35k.
Thank you Zehar for being so kind and supportive!!
♥️🙏
Fkn karen! Building for you would of been a nightmare, poor builder you aged him 10 years in that 2 year build... if you weren't such a knit picker maybe they would of done a better job.
Grr that second dodgy man is so nasty... Passive aggressive
So this sorry excuse for a builder took the job over but didn't bother to rectify the previous faults. Sack him.
Hurry ..come to Newcastle and Hunter Valley plenty of shit here.
Lol a dodgy builder telling an experience inspector how to do inspections.
"This is not how it's normally done". It's my house, if I want 17 independent inspections to scrutinise _your_ work, I'll do that. Quit trying to eavesdrop and interject. Some builders need to learn how to do their work properly to begin with and if there's problems, don't take it so personally. There shouldn't be problems, but there's always going to be something. Own it, fix it, move on.
20:11. I've never dealt with you guys before, so, I know people who have heard of you before, I actually don't know who you are, that's not trying to be silly, blah blah, I'm not on the internet. What absolute BS. I'd put a lazy $1000 on the fact that he knows exactly who he is.
lol, very safe bet. The entire spiel was pointless because she has every right to have an inspection done after lock-up stage by an independent inspector, whether they are internet-famous or not doesn't affect anything.
Why else try and interject every other second. The bastard was quaking in his boots. 100% knew.
He got calls telling him exactly who they were and after I left he got a selfie-save to say they know who site inspections are now
That bug was more chill than the builder 😂
"The contract allows them to move in without an OC" - red flag
(the local council doesn't... lol...)
Wow the building standards have dropped over the years
Because the trade schools are required to teach only to the AQF minimum. I knew of a TAFE teacher who taught brickwork and his students were doing advanced techniques. The teaching assessor noted it was above the AQF standard (even though the course assessment was to AQF level). The teacher was industry retired but wanted to give back to the kids. The students liked learning from him. The edict was to stop doing the extra stuff.
The industry is shite because it has has decades of learning the minimum.
The old “I ONLY JUST TOOK THIS JOB OVER “ line
I feel like Mr Site Inspector was being a very very devious and naughty man offering that rag!!!
🤣🤣🤣
"this is not the way this normally works", in the world where he got away for all the shoddy work...
The builder, knows he's job. He has quoted on a job from the engineers drawings. Here's the thing, 22:38 22:38 they accept the job, then they try to get the materials and workmanship well under what they fought it would cost them. Once you sign, your in for a ride.
Would be interesting to see the outcome for the customer. Did things get fixed or customer pay money or dispute with state building authority, interesting
I imagine his inspectors are very, very independent! ;D
Its wild that building company owners try to defend substandard work. They are basically scammers with nice cars.
Aha i might learn the regulations and become a site inspector myself
The first one appears to be the same Manly vale property you have done before
Quality camerwork :)
"We'll decide what we will and won't rectify" what a turd
Where's part 2?
First guy so used to getting his way with BS and lies. Gets absolutely outplayed. Bravo.
Man, passive aggressive bullies are the worst.
where was this site? Looks rural
You got a good lad on your team the moment that manager showed up he wasn't taking any BS at all. Interesting to see you take a bit of a backseat for a change 😆
Soo the site supervisor wants them to follow white card laws exactly, but don't think the builders have to follow any other laws/ regulations in actually building a property to spec
I'm literally thinking of not building a home now there is just way to many dodgy builders out there
“The bare minimum”…like I have been saying the problem is the so called Australian Standards…quality and hard work does not exist and the culture created by a convict mentality prevails…name and shame these criminals!
these site inspections SHOULD be done by workcover with the independent inspectors
PCI definition check the definition on the contract you will be surprised
That is a very exotic bird call
That got my attention too
It's a Whipbird. Great sound. They use that sound in movies a lot.
Doors stuck!
should offer her a job to be honest, good eye.
Thank you
man i feel sorry for her. new houses are poor quality
I thought my pc had issues with those trippy colours.
I finally twigged it was scene seguay effects, after smacking my monitor for 5 minutes. 😁
Private inspector is just another set of eyes who has in-depth construction/ regulatory knowledge. No difference to a client's friend/family who has the same capacity.
Where is the VBA
It would be helpful if you put on screen who is who and why the face block outs ?
Your client's face is clearly visible at 21.52 (in the mirror) and 21:56 (corner of the screen) when the blur glitches out
The owner has a very nice build…but the house seems to be lacking 😁
Your audio outside is NON COMPLIANT.
Couldnt really hear what was being said with all the wind
never building a house in this country
- or owner build - then you get to hire the subbies who will work for you, not Herr Shonkster...
Yea unfortunately it's a corrupt system benefitting "builders". These builders know nothing, have no common sense, and just make houses more expensive than they need to be.
might be the only way to go nowadays
Hmm what on earth could I have posted in this thread which would be sensored? Man, I'm really targeted badly now , it wouldn't even have been political 😂
@@hannesRSA- Same here. I get the most harmless stuff removed. They’re unbearable now.