The Defects Dilemma

Download our History Check Flyer on this link: After the horror of Champlain Tower which is shown briefly in the video below we can undertake a history check on your…

Multi-apartment towers are showing dangerous defects and some have historical causes. After the horrors of cases like Grenfell and Champlain Tower it is important to understand your tower’s history of…

The Building Regulatory Reform Summit (2018) was the only national review of the building defects issue prior to the new Design and Building Act legislations started in 2019. Weight was…

Repost of article on jondrane.net dated 4 April 2019 The ‘Defects Dilemma Initiative’ which helps bring peace of mind to high rise apartment owners due to fear of dangerous defects,…

The Developer Bond and The Invisible DeveloperDr Jonathan DraneHow effective will the developer bond be when the developer can remain invisible by creating phoenix schemes and entities to escape penalty.…

(Repost of part of previous article on Defects August 2016) The Griffith University Strata and Community Title 2015 focused on building defects in the multi-apartment tower sectors in Australia. Dr…

(Repost of article dated 1 August 2016) A little history of private property  development and its effect on defect levels in Australia. Defects have plagued buildings for decades if not…

Repost of Dr Drane article dated 21 September 2016 Image from Choice Article by, Jemma Castle, ‘Apartment Building Defects, What to look out for’  ( 15 September 2016) https://www.choice.com.au/money/property/buying/articles/apartment-building-defects This…

Welcome to our research web site The Defects Dilemma. The research project is undertaken by Dr Jonathan Drane through his Optimum Search City Research Centre. The web page provides updates…