Will relaxing standards make it easier to slap up buildings and not be held responsible for the consequences of rushed work? Big question
Will relaxing standards make it easier to slap up buildings and not be held responsible for the consequences of rushed work? Big question
Certification: Trust Me Bro. What a dumb idea.
Leaky Homes 2. This time the water comes from everywhere!
Well its been a long wait.. The Bolger National government passed the legislation to enable leaky homes in 1991. Why have we had to wait 34 years for the sequel?
We can deal with it later, learn nothing, and not hold anyone accountable for it or when they try or again on us.
Okay, judging by the quality of the barely two year old townhouse I live in (electrical issues, small voids below the very thin flooring, just generally very poorly designed and built) and this very tiny issue we had as a country with Leaky Homes... I think it’s gonna go great!
What could possibly go wrong
Unfortunately the group home builds are rushed as the builders get screwed on price.
The other major thing is that many new buildings have no eaves. As those homes age, maintenance is going to be significantly more important to keep on top of, and few people in the country do any preventative maintenance on anything they own
Self-certification? So like, I cant mark my own homework?
You can mark your own exam.
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"Self-certification". Jeeeeeesus.
Leaky building syndrome 2.0
Even worse, the people they decide can be trusted to self certify is limited to super large companies with deep pockets, because they can afford to pay if there are issues.... Anyone in the industry knows these are who you can least rely on, and this exact setup has gone badly in both Canada and Australia in the past. Ultimately all the recent changes are: scapegoating councils, moving liability to home owners and lowering standards. They are opening the door for substandard materials and methods to be used with all the risks and consequences falling on homeowners while mega building companies reap the rewards.
| limited to super large companies with deep pockets, because they can afford to pay... Fun fact: They can also afford to donate large amounts to National.
Had significant issues with a residential nationwide building in the passed, work was not carried out to code ( work signed off by engineering company they hired not council inspection) also risk taken by contators caused permanent damage to building made it unfit for purpose i was having it built for. Initially it was we will fix it when they found out the cost to fix their words where "our pockets are deeper than yours we will see you court" Only got a resolution once media got involved. I ended up selling the property once completed.
The only people winning out of this are the insurance company’s. With the cost getting passed onto the home owners.
In the short-term the builders will do quite nicely too. Client: “Why is building a house so expensive?” Builder: “It’s all the red tape maate!” \[Remove red tape\] Client: ”Why is building a house so expensive?”
A disaster in the making. Would you seriously want to build anything which is 'self certified'?
yeah lets build shit homes + do what failed in aus. good progress lads.
Worse, next question?
Let’s not do this.