Shoddy Sydney
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Shoddy Sydney

Defects cost Sydney’s homeowners and taxpayers $700m annually. How did we get here and what is being done about it?

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Stuart Mclean and his waterlogged flat.

Stuart didn’t think much of a wet patch in his lounge room. Then he came home to a flooded flat

Defective buildings across Sydney are costing home owners and taxpayers $700 million a year. This is what is at stake as development accelerates.

  • byAnthony Segaert
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‘This is out of control’:The 750 tradies who bought fake qualifications from criminals

Building defects cost Sydney home owners and taxpayers $700 million a year. Some of the problem begins with who is engaged to do the work.

  • byHarriet Alexander andMax Maddison
Building defects across Sydney.

Search for buildings with defect notices across Sydney

Hundreds of orders for developers to fix defective homes in Sydney have been issued over the past four years. This is where they are.