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Update on building works Update: I ended up selling my property because it was becoming clear to me that there was one vocal (and particular hostile) committee member who was trying to delay the works and stage it over several years. At the end of this year, it would have been two years...

We would only sell to a developer if we couldn't save the building. But we should still think of the long term if the land was sold to a developer. Thanks for the warning and advice. You are always very helpful.

Like our building, the cost of getting another structural engineer report weighed against the estimated cost of the repairs is a very small amount. I can give you the details of a structural engineer. I will send you a PM. Knowledge is power. Our AGM was on Tuesday night. It was in no way a...

Hello Nibbles, Thanks for the update and the response to my PM. I'm sorry to hear that you have had family problems. It does certainly put the problems with your building into perspective. I hope everything is ok. Have you got a second opinion from a structural engineer or are you...

Hi Handy Andy, Oh yes, I don't think Energy Australia would ever admit fault and it wouldn't matter anyway as we are responsible for the attachment to the building - what a rort that is! I bet most people don't realise that. Altogether including moving the power line, the quote was...

Hello Handy Andy, Thank you for your detailed reply. Energy Australia has come to inspect the power lines. They don't believe the power lines are the cause of the crack (I think I might have mentioned this before). They have moved the power lines to the right hook and loosened the cables to...

Thank you Dave. That's very helpful. It's such a shame they painted the brickwork but I understand why they did it now ie to hide the imperfections.

Hello Andy, Thank you for your fast reply! The view is what got us in this problem in the first place :D We've had one quote for $20k to fix the crack. This includes moving the power line which was $7,000 alone. Energy Australia has come out to inspect the building but they don't believe that...

Hello Andy, I've sent the pictures of the building and the crack. I will take some more pictures of the property tomorrow. Cheers

I don't feel comfortable posting pictures of my building as it is quite distinctive looking. I have sent you photos.

Thank you for your interest. I have sent you links to three pictures.

Hello Andy, Thank you for the reply. I'm sorry I don't mean to hijack Nibbles55's post. There is a crack in the brick facade of the building and that's when we decided to get a structural engineer to inspect the building to find out the cause of the crack rather do a cosmetic fix. But we...

Hello, I have just joined the forum. We have just discovered a similar problem at our building and also had a structural engineer suggest we re-build our brick facade to the tune of $400k! I emailed the report to another structural engineer who suggested using this product -...