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Crack-up: What every apartment owner needs to know about defects

Crack-up: What every apartment owner needs to know about defects

Too few people are accountable for the quality of building work, say the professionals who assess the scale of problems.

Residents were forced to leave this building in Sydney's inner city suburb of Zetland because of building faults. Kate Geraghty

Brace yourself. Defect inspectors say the hundreds of apartment dwellers who were forced to evacuate three buildings in Sydney are just the beginning.

"All buildings across Australia have defects," says building inspector and facilities manager Lynda Kypriadakis.

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