Construction
Doing a home reno has been gruelling. This year that’s set to change
It will still be a challenge to find tradespeople, and material prices are not about to fall, but there are hopeful signs on the horizon.
- by Jim Malo
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Development outrage
The Building Commission said this block was ‘at risk of collapse’. No one will tell you how it’s being fixed
A year ago, the developer of these 900 units in northern Sydney was issued with a damning rectification order, but details of the plan to fix it are being hidden from the public. We found out anyway.
- by Anthony Segaert
Crunch in building approvals sounds warning for Australia’s housing crisis
The prime minister defended his plan to deliver more than a million houses, saying the overall trend in approvals was upward.
- by Millie Muroi
The suburbs at the coalface of Perth’s chronic housing shortfall
The housing crisis is intensifying, says a new paper, revealing a swathe of Perth suburbs where available housing is unable to keep pace with growing demand.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Editorial
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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NSW Fair Trading
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.
- by Max Maddison
The head-turning properties that Aussies loved the most in 2024
From a mansion on the water to the ultimate renovation project, these are the most popular homes that came up for sale this year.
- by Emily Power and Orana Durney-Benson
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Funding
Software start-up likened to Atlassian defies funding slump, raising $27.5 million
Australian start-up funding continues to tank, but not for this company, which wants to emulate the success of local tech billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar.
- by David Swan
From $1.6 million to $130 million, the best renovator’s dreams of 2024
Despite soaring construction costs, the appeal of the fixer-upper did not lose its shine in 2024. Here are our favourites.
- by Kristy Johnson
Hopes pinned on pre-fab homes as building pipeline hits $213 billion
A blowout in construction costs since the pandemic continues to weigh on building costs. The government hopes pre-fab homes might ease price pressures.
- by Shane Wright and David Crowe
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Victorian Parliament
‘Three years of sheer hell’: Owners of homes ravaged by defective plumbing fight for compensation
Lawyers and the plumbing industry have called for an inquiry into insurance companies denying plumbing compensation after the issue was raised in a damning report into the Victorian Building Authority.
- by Kieran Rooney
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