Great way to start the weekend with some non-compliance.

None of this non compliant work is ever going to change until certifiers become more liable for passing/certifying non compliant work. Any non compliant work found after being certified should be rectified by the certifier at their cost... that will soon get them to be more diligent.

Imagine dropping 3mil on the build and the blokes are spot fixing your tiles in the bathroom 😂 Fuck me dead 💀

Hey mate, carpenter's apprentice here. Really appreciate your videos. Started researching all specifications related to what we do noting them down and its helped alot. Appreciate you

What a sad state the Australian building industry is in right now even for high end luxury builds as well.

Can you plese one day take us to a PERFECT coded house with no issues?. I wanna see what it should look like after 10 years

Anyone building a new house in Australia is nuts. Rolling the dice for your entire life's work.

All these flat roofs seem to be dependent on large amounts of silicone. Silicone does not last!! How is this an acceptable construction technique? Silicone. Polystyrene cladding. Box gutters and roof plumbing requiring complicated calculations that aren't taught at trade schools. Madness! Just because you can use a CAD program doesn't mean you should. Idiotic house designs everywhere!

those HVL trusses are weathered so badly that I would not pay another penny till replaced. the delamination means structural integrity is gone.

Bet there’s a whole bunch of tradies that are owed money on this job. ☹️that site looks like it’s been closed up for at least a year.

I knew the outlet was supposed to be 90mm just from watching your vids. I'm a bus driver 😂. You had the tape on it showing 60mm and i'm like...its supposed to be 90mm isn't it...lol. Then you said 90mm and i'm like "yes!"

I've been tiling for nearly 20 years unfortunately.... spot fixing vs notching walls has got me in a few arguments over the years . When I started spot fixing was acceptable as tiles were generally a 200x200mm tile and didn't weigh that much , tiles and methods of fixing tiles have changed, large format tiles are a pain in the ass to lay properly and achieve 90%+ coverage. Spot fixing is heaps easier and quicker but at the end of the day it's dodgy, it doesn't comply with the standards. The tiling game has gone to shit if we can't even get the basics right. U cant hang 30 plus kilos of tile on a wall with a few dots and hope for the best

Neighbours must be real happy having that monstrosity built next to them

@ site inspections You guys do fantastic work. You guys checked our garage roof works along with kitchen, bathroom, toilet, and laundry and found 45 non compliant issues. We passed on the reports on and have gotten all rectified. Tradies are taking notice

I would say this building company has either had a change in management and sourced cheaper contractors without the skill set, or have never taken on a build of this size and complexity. Absolutely devastating for the owners.

This need a follow up video upon the home owner and the length needed to rectify and proceedings to get it all fixed and sorted.

I have worked in the building construction industry all my working life and this is all pretty typical so nothing here surprised me except the 10amp power cable wired to the fence and scaffold in 2023, wait till worksafe sees that! In the UK and Europe this building would have a "clerk of works" in essence a building inspector working direct for the developer/owner separate to the builder that comes onsite and checks each section of work for compliance and tolerance as they are constructed and as per the drawings so the mistakes cannot multiply and revisions can be made to suit. A typical 3x2 or 4x2 cottage is not a huge problem to fix but multi million dollar developments and houses are usually over complicated to build in very condensed spaces so corners are cut by the trades not necessarily the builder and builder may miss many mistakes until its too late. If the client had enough money to build a 7 million dollar home they should have forked out the money to hire a building inspector from project start to finish because cases like this one only ever end in misery! When it goes to court both builder and owner will lose plus the owner has to live with the knowledge their 7 million dollar home was only ever "Fixed up" to a standard and was never built to an original excellent standard expected.

Just stay away from box gutters. Obviously too hard to get right and nightmare to maintain

I would love to see some builders/designers/engineers ( whatever the hell you wanna call yourselves ) chime in and explain why they think they can just ignore the f**king building diagrams. That is not aimed at the builders and all that that actually know the regulations and follow them like you are supposed to. You lot rock, keep up the good work.

I feel sorry for the rich guy owner and I’m broke as hell

Every time I watch your vids the thing that impresses me most is your recall of the standards. Even if you're looking them up beforehand, it's still impressive 👍

There is no better education on correct house building than there videos of yours. Your doing your Aussie mates a very valuable service. Thank You Mate !

Jesus the level of incompetence of these dodgy habibi builders

They had a whole management team on site in that basement office who should have been able to get every detail correct. I wonder what they were doing all day. The lack of quality control is just mind boggling. Exposed rusted rebar is one of the most visible and foundational mistakes that is impossible to miss. At 42:48 minutes there are even additional exposed rusted reinforcement bars on the side of the basement drain. I also wonder about the choice of design with so many inside gutters that are hard to get right and hard to maintain. Additionally, with such a high budget, why did they choose wood framing rather than masonry walls (bricks, AAC, etc) ? The poor waterproofing everywhere (roof, bathrooms, windows, balconies, etc.) in combination with the wood-framing will lead to lots of trouble. I would expect masonry walls and outside gutters to be much more durable and easier to maintain than the chosen design.

This makes me feel sick, not even the pool getting built first!! How are these builders getting away with this shit!

I am simply flabbergasted with your findings

From my experience in a pool company, it's preferable to get the excavation done early while plant equipment has access. An experienced team can even peg out, excavate and drop a fibreglass shell or build the concrete shell before the pad goes down. All you have to do after is temp-fence around it and put scaffolding in the shell. That's going to be a $10,000 hole to dig unless there's site access I can't see... Shovels, wheelbarrows and jackhammers if there's big rock.

If were a builder in Australia I'd quit building the parapet walls that require the sump gutter. No no gets them right.

So glad im in a house built tough in the 70s built properly

Your channel is the best demonstration that you can pay somebody to do a job, but you cannot pay them to care about it. Astounding that the homeowner has paid so much but gotten so little

The homeowner works very hard to have this built and the builder is very disrespectful, I feel so sorry for the owner, just not fair! They pay big $$$ for rubbish. I hope it works out in the end at no extra cost.

Could you ever show us a house thats got everything doing good and everything approved?

This is the real reason why no one wants to build right now and hence the housing shortage. We can not trust builders when they can just get away with dodgy building. There is no consequences. I would love to build a new house but ...no way would I trust any builders right now, I would rather buy an old house and do my own reno educated by KZfaq.

At 38:17 - there is a spray bottle of Exit mould. On the whiteboard under "labour list" it has "EXIT MOULD PLASTER" circled. What's going on there? Are they attempting to remove mould that has started on the gyprock / plaster??

Makes it obvious why the main problem people seem to have with their houses/apartments is water leakage. The quote for fixing and finishing this will be huge.

I’ve literally seen effluent coming out of every sink/toilet/shower tray in a 27k square foot mansion in Fernhurst,West Sussex. It was 4 days before hand over..

This has turned me right off building a new home. Just shows that the saying "You get what you pay for" has no standing in the construction industry. I'd be suing the builder, nevermind letting them attempt to fix the work.

This video kinda made me want to become a home builder, seeing just how cozy those guys made that basement for themselves. Working there must be a riot.

So sorry for the owner , keep keeping the bastards honest , love your work

Am feeling so sorry for those people who got that built 😢😢

read an article where a 'house build' was insured for $500K. Builder went bust & had done such a crap job that not even a full insurance payout would've covered the repairs !!

Thank you poor owner at least with your help he knows what’s required.

I'm in the US, don't know construction outside of little diy projects, but I must say I love your vids and commend you for really making a change! So much dang corruption and incompetence everywhere!

Regarding that big ass roof,You would think that builders would be mindfull when the rain buckets down and that water has to be directed somewhere very quickly so using a small outlet would not help out all,unless they want a pool on the roof ,The reinforcement bars on top of the concrete at the balcony will expand in time due to moisture and water intrusion causing the concrete to crack along with the tiles ,Like that building in florida that came down due to high corrosion in the rebars in the concrete !!

How the hell can a live cable be left open like that on wire and a fence? Surely worksafe needs to get involved?

You are a true professional someone has to be accountable wheres the council inspectors this is criminal expose these builders keep up your great work thank u for cariing

So even if I spend $3million on a house it's still going to be crap quality... 🤦‍♂

hard to judge home construction practices here in USA, some of the large builders do some awful work, but you Aussies have taken it to another level. Honest inspectors need to watch their backs.

That rebar sitting on top of the pour... WTF? That's below apprentice level sort of screwup. For those that don't understand that means the rebar is going to get lots of moisture exposure, it's going to rust and thus expand and crack the concrete. Hence why it needs a minimum level of cover. This is the primary way that reinforced concrete fails.

Non compliant Non compliant great name for a TV show. It would be an instant success. Just brilliant work mate.

The rich and poor equally take the hits in the building industry, it doesnt' discriminate in Australia. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Thank the state governments for self regulation its clearly working.

Plumbing aside up top, love the barn siding screws topside of the flashing with the rubber washers. Nothing like a flat fastener on a flat surface with a random-failure mode to make your future interesting.

The more you spend the worse it gets. It could be a beautiful home if done right.

I've seen a suggestion in many of these videos, "force inspection at each building stage/" Can't see it making a difference in most instances, after all, how many times do we hear the words "and this has been passed by the inspector, unbelievable...".

Imagine all of the other homes that haven’t met this scrutiny… probably on the market due to all their issues… buyer beware… great video mate

Just cover the re-bar in 30mm silicone. It's fine.

I've just recently started watching but I love it when he says non compliant.

These videos have given me the confidence to build my own hempcrete home. I was on the fence with doing a traditional build using a builder. Thank you for your good work sir!

Easy fix for all these problems is to allow homeowners to claim through the builders insurance to rectify all these problems. That way dodgy builders will simply get knocked back from insurance companies and wont be aloud to build anymore. I'm sure all the builders will start cleaning up their act then.

I find it weird how in my opinion there is always so much to be completed but the solar panels have been installed, i think that should be the last thing.

I think building design has become complicated. The old Queenslander on stumps was simple and effective.

I am blown away man that is just insane great work brother keep exposing this stuff

wow - am learning heaps. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏

This is awesome! Keep up the good work!

1. Australian Standards should be readily available in full for free, not behind paywall. 2. Big house with big flat roof = lots of potential leakage, even if correctly built. No one needs such a big house. 3. Each stage of work should be photographed and certified along the way, do it once and do it well. 4. Unrealistic expectations of owners to live in mini resorts gives rise to poor design which compounds problems ie ffl of ground floor dug out at back, better to raise the building if possible. That site is drainage nightmare. Great work by you btw, so much dodgy building around.

Always excellent information and specific details. Again, outstanding video. Another 40 minutes of worthwhile viewing.

Honestly, if I was going to build a new home, I'd do it as an owner builder. At least that way I know exactly what I'm getting into and not getting jerked around. If a tradesman attends site, so do I to make sure the work is done at a high standard. If they don't like me looking over their shoulder they can bugger off!

Good from far, Far from good! love it!

I would love to see what a true pro builders site looks like.

As a structural engineer, I doubt 100mm of extra height nor the gap between the web of the UC post and panels will really be an issue. Certainly not enough to make it fall over. Also could pretty easily pour mass concrete into the gap if the owner was concerned about aesthetics. The wall installer really should’ve checked to see beforehand though.

I love the passion you have for your job. Having watched your videos I would never have a new home built! Thank you for sharing your amazing knowledge.

Keep up the good work. Always entertaining.

If I was going to spend this sort of money I'd make sure there was the best building inspector overseeing the whole project, start to handover. Everything checked every step of the way.

Good work man we need more inspector like you, we'll done keep up your great work.

These videos are bloody fascinating

Wouldn't it be quicker to just point out what is complaint?

just found your content and i find it incredibly interesting and i wonder if you could show us a building where you would say "this is good workmanship, thats how you do it" but i guess they dont call you to inspect good/exceptional stuff

Great work sir!

Wow, the home owner would be mortified. Your inspections are so thorough and informative. Would like to see a future post about this home and whether the repairs get rectified at the cost of the builder.

At 34:25, you measure the centre to centre of the H / I beams for the retaining wall. I notice that you hooked the tape measure on the end of the sleeper, and forgot to measure that end gap between the beam and the end of the sleeper. So, in reality, the post centres may well be at 1840 mm. The sleepers are 1800 mm sleepers. Now, a silly question: What thickness were the bottom 2 sleepers in the wall? If the wall is built properly, the bottom 2 sleepers in each bay should be minimum 100 mm thick. The designer / engineer should know that the sleepers are 1800 mm, so therefore, their calculations are up the duff, as it is impossible to get 1800 mm centres with an 1800 mm sleeper! The other thing to bear in mind is that the installers, depending on the method of installation, can either install by sling / grab hooks held by pressure, if they have machine access, or, by hand. From the measurements, my guess that this wall has been installed by hand, as what the installers do is to lay one end of the sleeper in the channel, then lift the other end into position. The extra gap that they allow is enough to get the sleeper into position without damaging the ends of the sleeper. They then try to leave an equal distance gap at each end, so the sleeper is catching the H / I beam flange equally. To get the sleepers against the face flange, they use wedges of wood behind the sleeper and the other flange before backfilling. Just hope that they used mixed gravel, not soil / clay backfill! And, put a drain pipe in to remove the water soakage!!!

Your assessment inside was good

First time watching anything from your channel. You’re doing fantastic work in an industry that does require meticulous inspection after the building workmanship of late that ranges from shoddy to downright criminal.

"Take a look at this view" BLURS HALF THE SCREEN xD

I have to say, if there are any builders looking to relocate to North Queensland you are in for a rude shock, first thing is we don’t have council or building associations who do inspections, we have private certifiers who are liable if it’s approved and something fails, anything structural needs an engineers signature or he will get out the X-ray gear and check every weld and fixing and count the nails and screws. The other thing is as a builder you are at the bottom of the professional trade ranking, people will listen to the woman working in the local baker shop before they listen to you, they believe that the silicone installer is more experienced then you, therefor you should do their work for fuck all because your just the builder. They will pay a drug fucked tiler $90 an hr and expect you to work for $40………but!!!!! If you are a project builder building hundreds of shit boxes,then you must be a professional

Always learn something from these videos👍

A great building inspector is one that you want to inspect a house you want to buy but don't want to inspect your house if you want to sell.

It would be interesting seeing the other side of your job like including what sort of details you have to mention on the reports and how payment is made to you and from who ? Love the vids mate

That abandoned basement/office has those Chernobyl vibes

Oh my, my heart completely sunk, for the client of this build. When i you revealed the state of the slab.. 🤯

I feel for the home owner, it’s just incredibly sad that all this time and money has been used to create an unliveable home, my heart breaks for them

I'm only half way through and it's too depressing to watch. The whole house needs to be rebuilt!

Have you ever found a house that's actually compliant? How do you ensure a builder is actually doing the right thing through the whole process?

Great video man, it shows that even Expensive houses can get Totally screwed up by bad Workmanship, or not knowing what the Manufacturers intend with their Processes. ie: Waterproofing. Inside and Outside were done wrong.

It’s appalling that any part of this building is being approved by a building surveyor. Corruption has truly eaten away most of the building industry

I'm addicted to your videos. On my morning walks, I now find myself checking out enclosed balconies on new builds. I've yet to see one that has any visible overflow outlet. Of course, they may be hidden from street view, but I still wonder 🤔

That X-ray device you have is a builder’s nightmare. Keep up the great work brother. 👍🏼👍🏼💪🏼💪🏼👊🏼👊🏼

What is with the tin roof systems used in so many homes? They are like roofs used on backyard garden toolsheds.

If builders did things properly, their razor thin margins would diminish. The industry as a whole is virtually non-viable unless you're an elite builder.

ex apprenctice tiler: we used sillicone aswell as bandage with that waterproofing (maybe to stop cracking like that). if you want to check if the tiles have prpper glue coverage you can knock on them if they sound hollow then they arent covered if they dont make much noise they good.

Makes me wish you were in Perth to come have a look at my place - paranoid I am going to have a huge number of issues now.