Browse Forums Building Standards; Getting It Right! 1 Nov 04, 2010 11:26 am Hi, I have a 2.5 years old Townhouse in Melbourne Northern suburb. In the last few months, cracks start to emerge everywhere inside the house. Also two doors can not be closed due to the moment of the house. Every since we got this townhouse we are experiencing problems after problems. For example we had a sinking front courtyard which the builder has to dig out and rebuilt. Now it looks like the problems start to get into the main building. I am very worried because the problems seem very big. What is the best approach to deal these sorts issues? I am afraid if I ask the builder to fix it and they may just do a band-aid solution without fixing the root cause. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated! Re: 2.5 years old Townhouse with Defects. What to do? 2Sep 19, 2014 5:05 pm Hi mingworld, Looks as though you were missed. Just joined a short while ago myself, but thought I would look over some earlier posts. Cracks are not usually good, but the size across the cracks is important. The Guide to Standards and Tolerances limits what you can claim. And you have up to 6.5 years to monitor the situation if you want to wait so long... if they are worsening for instance. You're right about the band-aiding rife in the new home maintenance industry at the moment. All they want is to get over the 6.5 years warranty line, so band-aiding a few times is still cheaper than fixing the underlying causes... the actual defects. More details and pics and don't forget the advice and you might get somewhere. Good luck and hole that gets you on the right track. Leonardo_23 It sounds as though you need a capable building consultant.. one who tries to get to the difficult-to-reach portions inside and on your roof and under the floor. Once you see things going wrong it is advisable to check the whole house not just those things you've noticed. Also the consultant should look at al roof plumbing. Good luck finding such a person, but they do exist if you look hard enough. Larger firms have issues with insuring their employees and so add several limiting disclaimers so beware that problem also. If they give an idea of price in their advertisement that is often a good sign that they will not rip you off. If you have roof tiles there are two expensive things to fix on most new roofs in my experience... so if you have already had a consultant advise you nothing was wrong with the roof tiles then think about checking up on that person I advise Joe, it depends on your certifier but we are noticing the ones we deal with are really cracking down. So i would recommend you follow your approved landscaping plans to… 4 10965 Building Standards; Getting It Right! Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place - Iām new to the property/building journey (trying to buy my first home) so not sure where/who to go with these sorts of… 0 19156 |