Interesting article from The Age:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/natio...ot-repair-bills/2007/09/22/1189881828849.html
http://www.theage.com.au/news/natio...ot-repair-bills/2007/09/22/1189881828849.html
A THIRD of new apartments in Melbourne are so poorly built that buyers are being trapped into making costly repairs.
The director of Russell Street architects Benier Francis, Kim Francis, said the collapse of HIH Insurance in 2001 had forced the removal of insurance for apartment owners, allowing shady developers to get away with sloppy work.
The director of Russell Street architects Benier Francis, Kim Francis, said the collapse of HIH Insurance in 2001 had forced the removal of insurance for apartment owners, allowing shady developers to get away with sloppy work.