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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.

  • Anthony Segaert

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Minns government rental reforms.

The NSW housing shake-up that will change nearly 3 million lives

An end to no-grounds evictions has been promised by several Labor leaders. After much delay, the new rental reforms finally have a due date.

  • Frances Howe
Homeowners are left in the lurch when rectification orders are defied.

It’s time for the Building Commission to take a harder line on shoddy builders

Far too many Sydneysiders building and buying new homes are being left in the lurch.

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Homes with defective work are often not being rectified in an acceptable timeframe.

Home builders are defying the Building Commission’s orders at an alarming rate

Four in 10 rectification orders issued by the regulator this year have not been complied with but the new watchdog doesn’t think there’s a compliance problem.

  • Max Maddison
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No case to answer: Cosette cleared of claims it sold designer fakes

After more than 1000 complaints, the Australian retailer has been cleared of wrongdoing – but some unhappy customers are standing firm in their belief they were misled.

  • Melissa Singer
Madhuri Bakshi has paid her deposit and waited almost four years for her land to handed over.

Madhuri chose her land, paid a deposit and planned her dream home. Now her block is being sold again

More than 150 families bought into a north-western Sydney estate. Now they are heartbroken after a court ruled the land could be put back on the market.

  • Neil Breen
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Strata residents are being advised to cross-check maintenance and repair quotes to ensure they’re getting value for money.

Strata residents warned of inflated invoices for trades work

The Australian Consumers Insurance Lobby has warned maintenance quotes are being inflated by up to 120 per cent for people in strata units amid limited oversight by committees.

  • Amber Schultz
SMH: St Ives apartment owners Kristyn Haywood and Osman Topatan support laws improving transparency by strata agents. They allege their strata manager incorrectly recorded votes for a caretaker contract.

Strata law reform on the cards as NSW Fair Trading swamped with complaints

Reforms of the state’s strata laws are set to address poor behaviour by managing agents as sector advocates call for the commissioner to have greater powers.

  • Amber Schultz
The state government’s long-awaited rental reforms are being held up by disagreements over “no-grounds” evictions.

Thousands evicted without grounds as NSW rental reforms ‘drag’

A year into the Minns government renters can still be evicted on no grounds, or have their application refused because they have a pet.

  • Mary Ward
The foundation’s website says its lottery sales go towards funding families and hospitals.

Kids’ cancer charity uses lottery to fund ‘operating costs’ despite donation claims

Fair Trading is investigating the Kids with Cancer Foundation, which over the past nine years has spent 23 cents in the dollar on its charitable mission.

  • Max Maddison

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