Do Your Due Diligence: New Homes Plagued by Defects as 86% Call Back Tradies

Do your due diligence: New homes plagued by defects as 86% call back tradies

Almost everyone who moves into a new house needs to call back a tradie to deal with a defect. Data in the new BRANZ Build Insights dashboard shows that after...

Builders on notice after inspection blitz finds shoddy construction work

Building Commission NSW fines Wagga and Riverina builders for violations. Inspection blitz reveals non-compliance and poor workmanship.

Builders put on notice after inspection blitz finds shoddy construction work

Albury and Murray builders fined for non-compliance in inspection blitz by Building Commission NSW, which found issues like electrical faults and unlicensed work.

'Compliance blitz': Regulator issues 29 rectification orders for substandard building work in Riverina/Murray

Non-compliant building work was found throughout the Riverina. Photo: Picasa 2.7/Flickr. File photo only. The Building Commission NSW has issued 29 rectification orders and 15 penalty notices relating to construction defects after a “compliance blitz” in the Riverina-Murray area this month. The State Government regulator inspected new builds at 41 sites in Wagga Wagga, Lake Albert, Gobbagombalin, Albury, Thurgoona, Ettamogah, Wirlinga, Corowa, H…