This is not news to me. We've been trying to dealing with Watersun since our house was handed over incomplete a year ago and they stopped returning calls 6 months…

Another Builder gone bust.
How does this happen?
As mentioned above traddies get screwed and at this stage the home owners have got nothing but a mortgage on a partially finished house…

Anyone planning to build with either United or Aspire should read the thread below.
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ha ha ... well said

Lets hope builders start to realise the 'power of the internet' and sites like this one to highlight poor performances.
Publising shody workmanship on thses sites you would think can wipe…

someone got out of bed on the wrong side?

The more I read your posts Zerogravity, the more angry I get.
It's a terrrible situation you've been put in at a time that you should be getting excited about moving…

Any news on the 'announcement' from NEW DIMENSION HOMES / ICON HOMES?

Anyone building with either of these 2 Melbourne Builders should read an earlier post regarding some recent news.

Hi zerogravity
Very sorry to read your post about NDH failure as it will mean heartache for you and many more.
Unfortunately it comes as no surprise to me that NDH has…

It's a ridiculous situation we now have where we have to consider whether the items remaining are worth fighting over.
We now have 2 of our 3 showers useable but the…

Can anyone recommend a solicitor in Melbournes S / SE suburbs (Oakleigh or near by) to help us with a building dispute between us and our builder.
We've exhausted Consumer Affairs…

Thanks for your replies.
We continue to have issues with our builder who have broken another appointment this morning (which means my wife looses another days pay).
I'm not allowed to mention…

Hi Mydreamhome.
We are in Vic and have lodged a complaint with our equivalent of Fair Trading, Consumer Affairs and have been quite disappointed.
As it turns out they claim to have…

Has anyone had experience with Consumer Affairs Victoria?
After our experience I'm not sure why they exist?
We've been trying for 2 1/2 years to get a number of things finished or…

Thanks for your advise CA3105
I have checked with Consumer Affairs Victoria who have a particular form / procedure for dealing with domestic building comlpaints.
Our builder is not refusing to do…

We've been in our new home since October 2009 and for the most of it are happy but...
After 3 months we had a list of a dozen or so defects,…

Here's and idea. We are Melb SE suburbs (easy digging) and we burried a 7000 litre concrete tank in our front yard and hence harvest all our roof runoff.
I had…

2 years with tank water thru Asco washing machine with no probs.
Tip. Install a little 1/4 turn valve on each of the tank water outlet and the drinking water outlet…

We put 2 m/h's in for conveinance. I don't think I want to say where as I'm scared now.
Bars on the windows, breaking down the weather boards... I'm sure it's…

Never a truer word spoken, especially with building contracts.
It pays to be suspicious with everything. The TV points was only a minor thing - easily fixed but it's typical of…

We just had a TV antenna man come in and add some new TV points to our house. It wasn't till after he'd left I noticed that the face plates…

I plan to object to my rates valuation.
We purchased a vacant block and built a house (using a volume builder).
My new rates valuation has the Site Value as the price…

I'm not sure you'll find any plumbed tank installation to be 'cost effective' with water at it current rate.
The benifits are that you can water the garden, wash the…

That sounds like a good price.
Other considerations are a submersable pump and rainsaver switch (option).
The pumps usually have a limited distance to their control unit (10m in my case) so…

I'm not sure if my 'handy hints' relate just to our builder or not, but here goes.
Establish an email link with you salesperson so you can confirm all promises in…

BTW trepidman, good luck with your build, you seem to be well prepared.

Thanks Trepidman.
You're right in that this is a result of slack office staff, which has been a common theme.
We found that we are forced to comprimise everytime a mistake is…

Thanks for you replies.
We deliberately did not sign the variation and made it clear that we were not aware that a variation was warranted.
I guess because of our other…

We have a dilemma and would like some advise.
Before starting our house our builder asked where we wanted the draws in the kitchen and bathroom cabinets, which we sketched and…