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Amanda Owen at her home in Baulkham Hills last year.

The building commissioner doesn’t think Sydney has a defects crisis. Tell that to Amanda

What does NSW need to do to solve its defects crisis? It starts by acknowledging there’s a problem – then taking these seven steps.

  • Max Maddison and Anthony Segaert

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Maria and John Tsolakis bought an apartment in 2021 but it has had multiple defects which have resulted in multiple water leaks and mould issues in their Ettalong Bay townhouse.

Maria thought her townhouse was ‘perfect’. Then her bedroom ceiling began to drip

Defects are being kept out of strata reports and the building commission is removing defects notices from public view - all of which creates a trap for prospective buyers such as the Tsolakis family.

  • Anthony Segaert
Renders of Brisbane Place, a commercial tower proposed for the Stock Exchange Hotel site in the CBD.

‘Global city’: Corner pub set to become new Brisbane landmark

Plans have been lodged with Brisbane City Council for a 39-storey tower on a city block anchored by churches and heritage-listed buildings.

  • Sean Parnell
Tradies.

‘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.

  • Harriet Alexander and Max Maddison
An ibis, derisorily known as a “bin chicken”, in inner city Redfern.

From nuisance to mascot, the true history of Sydney’s bin chicken

The much-derided white ibis wasn’t always a city-slicker. But now it calls Sydney home, a rare case of a metropolis being the saviour of a threatened species.

  • Antone Martinho-Truswell
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.

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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
The XPT trains have been running since the early 1980s.

They should have been retired by now. Here’s why we’re stuck with XPTs

People who rely on trains to travel long distances in NSW and interstate are paying the price for troubled fleet replacement projects.

  • Matt O'Sullivan
A metro train runs through the new section of track between Campsie and Sydenham for the first time.

First metro train rolls along the final stage of Sydney’s $21.6b line

The first metro journey marks the start of more than 6500 hours of testing which will determine when the line opens to passengers next year. 

  • Matt O'Sullivan
New plans have been submitted for 47 Edward Street in Brisbane.

Heritage-listed Edward Street building to become four-level city pad

The Victorian warehouse, which has survived floods, a fire and changes to its use, is set to become a luxury apartment.

  • Sean Parnell

Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/topic/urban-development-63l