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Category: Building Defects

Design & Building Practitioners Act 2020

Building Defects

Posted 17 June 2021

Introduction The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (“Act”) greatly improves the prospects of owners corporations and lot owners in buildings with defects, with some retrospective effec…

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Mad about Magnesite?

Strata, Building Defects

Posted 24 October 2024

What is Magnesite Flooring? Magnesite flooring was commonly installed in Australia throughout the 1960’s and up until the early 1980’s. It involved the mixing of magnesium oxychloride cement wi…

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Exploding Glass Panels – Building Defects

Building Defects

Posted 01 June 2021

The problem of nickel sulphide particles causing toughened glass panels to spontaneously shatter or explode without any mechanical damage being caused to them has been known about in expert glass arti…

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Be wary of any Combustible Cladding material in excess of 8% PE

Building Defects

Posted 04 May 2021

The NSW Government has created the Cladding Product Safety Panel to provide expert advice to the NSW Cladding Taskforce and the Cladding Support Unit on the suitability of cladding replacement product…

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Have you suffered loss over a pre-purchase inspection report?

Strata, Building Defects, Conveyancing

Posted 15 February 2021

It is extremely important for any prospective purchaser to undertake enquiries and due diligence prior to purchasing a property. Pre-purchase inspection reports are crucial to ascertain the condition …

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Building Defects: Who pays?

Building Defects

Posted 05 December 2024

A Major Management Issue of all Strata Owners In 2012, a major study by the University of New South Wales found that 85% of strata owners had to address costly building defects. Since then the prob…

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A New Duty of Care: Game Changing Protection for Property Owners

Building Defects

Posted 03 December 2020

A Response to Notoriously Defective Buildings The Design and Building Practitioners Act 2020 (NSW) is the major legislative response to public concerns regarding defective buildings in New South Wa…

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Should a Builder be given an opportunity to rectify its own defective work?

Building Defects

Posted 08 September 2020

In a recent case, Ippolito v Cesco [2020] NSWSC 561 (“Cesco”), the Supreme Court shed further light on this question.…

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