“The Property Council of Australia, which has advocated for faster environmental approvals and the adoption of AI in planning, welcomed the announcement.” www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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The Opal Tower - abandoned in 2018 due to structural faults; the Mascot Towers abandoned 2019, same reasons. Apparently fixed now, but I wouldn't buy in to either. Expect more of the same.
aug 23, 2025, 10:31 pm • 31 10 • view
All the builders are rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of workarounds and hacks when the AI run code compliance starts. So much shoddy building work done in the last 50 odd years and I'm sure this proposed red tape cutting will be another predictable disaster that no one saw coming.
aug 24, 2025, 11:32 am • 1 0 • view
Yep. I'm in a 2 story early 70's block of 6 units. Mould free, no cracks, no movement. By the mid 80's things were tailing down.
aug 24, 2025, 11:35 am • 4 0 • view
Were they compliant with the code?
aug 24, 2025, 8:51 am • 0 0 • view
You know what pisses me off? In Victoria you cannot find out which towers have the flammable materials on them. How can anyone purchase an apartment here, knowing that it might be in the building you're buying into?
aug 24, 2025, 5:38 am • 10 2 • view
Pretty reasonable question.
aug 24, 2025, 5:47 am • 0 0 • view
No list, I guess, but the banks want confirmation that they’re not affected before they’ll lend to you (source: until recently owned a Melbourne apartment and provided evidence several times while refinancing). The owners corp knows and the vendor can provide the required evidence.
aug 24, 2025, 8:54 am • 0 0 • view
A central list would be preferable, for sure.
aug 24, 2025, 8:54 am • 2 0 • view
I'm too old to get a loan. I'd hate to put my deposit down and get a nasty surprise.
aug 24, 2025, 9:03 am • 1 0 • view
I wouldn’t have the money to buy one without the loan, but you’d have a pretty good out if it wasn’t disclosed in the section 32 at this point.
aug 24, 2025, 9:25 am • 1 0 • view
I'm looking to downsize. Looking after my house is getting harder. But, I don't want to make a mistake.
aug 24, 2025, 10:10 am • 2 0 • view
Go for an older place then, any issues are likely to have come up. I lived in QV next to the state library for 11 years, it was fantastic (and no cladding problems), built circa 2025. But also the vendor should be able to provide something from the OC about cladding, specifically.
aug 24, 2025, 10:24 am • 3 0 • view
You can also get the minutes of the OC meetings, AGMs at least, and they’ll show what else is going on. Honestly you have a lot more transparency than when buying a house where there’s none of this.
aug 24, 2025, 10:24 am • 2 0 • view
I hadn't even thought of AGM minutes.
aug 24, 2025, 10:56 am • 1 0 • view
Many thanks El. I was thinking new but you've given me some things to think about. And questions to ask. I used to work close to the library. You were central to everything.
aug 24, 2025, 10:55 am • 1 0 • view
Yeah, but...GET BUILDERS ON SITE NOT FILLING IN FORMS.
aug 24, 2025, 1:47 am • 3 0 • view
lol.
aug 24, 2025, 2:15 am • 2 0 • view
Building regulations are not in their allocated powers. Regulations developed over time to improve quality, safety of purchasers and tradies, etc . Not to maximise profits of developers.
aug 23, 2025, 9:06 pm • 3 0 • view
The problem isn't the existence of environmental and building regulations - but to delays by government departments at all level in making decisions on applications. Without adequate regulations we risk more species extinctions and building faults such as flammable cladding!
aug 24, 2025, 2:03 pm • 0 0 • view
The Property Council has advocated for profit making at the expense of quality and the environment. What a surprise!
aug 23, 2025, 10:23 pm • 13 3 • view
We have regulations, standards and codes because we know without them there is no safety, quality or security. AI will be the next dot.com crisis.
aug 23, 2025, 9:07 pm • 3 1 • view
What could go wrong?
aug 24, 2025, 5:42 am • 0 0 • view
1) Labor sound like suckers who just believed a conman, and the conmen love it!! 2) Architects have sold themselves out to the builders, construction managers, developers and real estate agents over the last twenty years, they only have themselves to blame!
aug 24, 2025, 10:04 am • 0 0 • view
Which party did we elect again?
aug 23, 2025, 3:42 pm • 10 2 • view
"the cunt landlords"
aug 23, 2025, 5:18 pm • 2 0 • view
The Laboral Party (acting as a wholly owned subsidiary for Woodcide)
aug 24, 2025, 5:56 am • 2 2 • view
Remove barriers to superannuation investment….. ??????
aug 23, 2025, 7:26 pm • 1 0 • view
So there’ll be “plenty of new housing” built to “AI standards”- and will be probably unliveable in within 10 years🙄
aug 24, 2025, 6:52 am • 3 0 • view
Bloody environment keeps getting in the way of progress and expansion of human consumption.
aug 24, 2025, 3:01 am • 2 0 • view
Those pesky energy rating standards so hated by the property council...
aug 24, 2025, 4:36 am • 0 0 • view
Looks like Albo decided he can meet his environmental commitments or provide houses. At a time when Australia needs to lock in improvements to housing construction to avoid a climate calamity he decided to bend the knee to News Corp. #auspol #HousingCrisis #ClimateCrisis
aug 24, 2025, 9:38 am • 2 0 • view
There's no truth in reports that Albanese is about to appoint Gina as Housing Envoy. Frankly, however, I would not be surprised if he did.
aug 24, 2025, 10:22 am • 0 1 • view
🤣
aug 24, 2025, 10:23 am • 1 0 • view
Good
aug 23, 2025, 11:01 pm • 0 0 • view
There’ll be an “abundance” of housing.
aug 23, 2025, 8:47 pm • 1 0 • view
aug 24, 2025, 6:26 am • 0 0 • view
It's a short term gain and a little ng term expense to Someone Else; not Property Developers.
aug 24, 2025, 1:46 am • 3 0 • view
Still no talk about incentives and disincentives. Put it all on table - available skills, CGT discounts , -ve gearing, new home buyer bonuses. All that and you land on red tape. The lowest of the low fruit - which should be BAU improvements. Do the hard stuff first. #auspol
aug 24, 2025, 12:31 am • 5 2 • view
It's so lazy, isn't it.
aug 24, 2025, 4:37 am • 0 0 • view
'“If the national code is frozen it gives us a bit more time to get the interactions between national standards and state standards clear [...] it will give a lot of confidence to people who are looking to build right now.”' Only works if the states don't change theirs. QLD is considering it.
aug 23, 2025, 11:00 pm • 0 1 • view
People seem to regularly forget why that red tape exists in the first place. 😬
aug 23, 2025, 10:13 pm • 14 1 • view