Mascot Tower apartment evacuation

Nice words but what about those who are already in need of assistance as their homes fall down around their ears?

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...ding-industry-is-failing-20190710-p52601.html

 

Although this article is centered on Victoria, the same concepts of State Governments abandoning regulatory requirements to private industry could also easily apply.

https://www.theage.com.au/politics/...g-industry-privatisation-20190717-p5287b.html

And not only building issues.

Wish I knew how to bring back the idea of centralisation as it is basically about the long and short term impact on people. Sadly I don't have a magic wand.

 

Here is another one but sightly different in nature - this time not about building but more with contiminated land underneath which is stopping people from moving in:
Building crisis: Fourth abandoned tower is 'one of many more to come'

The City of Sydney said in a statement the development approval for Erskineville’s Sugarcube Apartments and Honeycomb Terraces was conditional on the developer resolving issues about “heavy metals, hydrocarbons and asbestos” in the ground and “contaminated groundwater”.

Cheers,
David

 

Tears as Mascot Towers tell of ‘drowning’ in costs at inquiry


geez you got to feel for them

im still on the fence whether its bad luck, or some/large responsbility should fall on the government/industry

 

I think it's about time buying new property came backed with the same sort of guarantees as whitegoods.

This whole Russian roulette thing isn't working out so well....

 

So bad for the poor (in both senses) buggers.

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...can-t-afford-to-pay-levy-20190909-p52pno.html

About to return a kettle to a retailer to either get a replacement or my $17 back.

 

What a nightmare, couldnt think of a worse situation except those who have lost 70% on mining towns
damned if you do, damned if you dont

 

oh look another one.........what a surprise

Canberra developer defies emergency work order to prevent possible building collapse

 

The builders and planners have to be held accountable. Unfortunately, current law doesn't hold them to it.

 

b**** kmart kettles

 

Make the mortgages non-recourse then most of these types of developments would never happen

 

Awful. Saw some poor bugger bought an apartment in this complex a couple of months before everyone was evacuated.

What happened here prompted us to sell our unit. It had big problems, not nearly on the same level, but we decided to GTFO and so glad we did.

 

and imagine you had bought it for investment and now have a tenant that cant be evicted as well!

edit: $53 million, would bulldozing and starting again be more economically feasible?

 

I think that is what the plan is.

The lack of accountability for the builders here is mind boggling. You get a better warranty when purchasing a toaster...

 

Would it touch the sides?

 

For sure, back in the dark old days a builder got beheaded for building a crappy house or even a hamlet (one for the developers... Building ones home was important then and the same importance applies now. It is up to people to lobby their local member to close the loopholes and make Acts that leave the builders, planners and developers no way of getting out of poor workmanship. If we don't get developments improved well so be it. I cant understand why these large developments get through the system. Too many people talk about it but take no action until it happens to them. We all seem to know what the problem is.....

 

back in the dark old days in England a builder got sent to Australia for building a crappy house

 

Which one?

Sanitation wasn't invented yet so you couldn't build a crappy house