I just found the article and feel nervous, I want to confirm:
1. does it only affect(or mostly) houses built during 2009? My friend told me there used to be 45000 money back at that moment so people were rushing and the quality was not good.
2. is there any way to complain, either to builder or government?
Thanks!
Source:
http://theage.domain.com.au/home-owning-tips/owners-find-homes-are-cracking-under-pressure-20111221-1p5or.html
1. does it only affect(or mostly) houses built during 2009? My friend told me there used to be 45000 money back at that moment so people were rushing and the quality was not good.
2. is there any way to complain, either to builder or government?
Thanks!
Source:
http://theage.domain.com.au/home-owning-tips/owners-find-homes-are-cracking-under-pressure-20111221-1p5or.html
Owners find homes are cracking under pressure
Adam Carey
December 22, 2011
Cracks in a house at Brookfield [near Melton]. Up to a thousand western suburbs homes have experienced cracking which is believed to be as a result of heavy rains following the long years of drought.
Jayme Mylan shows a crack inside her Brookfield house.
HEAVY rainfall after a decade of drought is thought to have caused cracking in the walls of hundreds of new homes in Melbourne's west, sparking calls for an overhaul of building standards from within the housing industry.
The Housing Industry Association has estimated that more than 1000 houses could be damaged due to a problem called ''slab heave'' - an upward movement in the concrete slab foundation that creates unsightly cracks in the plaster of a house's internal walls.
The association says the problem has been caused by unforeseen movements in the soil after unusually heavy drought-breaking rains. It says the homes have all been built according to Australian standards and the Building Code.
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