Garage of unit with seepage through slab above garages, of a unit complex in St Lucia, West of Brisbane, Seepage above unit garage, identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Photos of a recent inspection to a common area of a multi-storey unit complex [...]
Building construction fault to Yeronga Unit Complex. by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Poor construction: Here are photos of what an unprofessional construction looks like. Since the building was constructed the soil has eroded away exposing the lack of proper support below the footings [...]
Movement of unit complex in Hamilton, a North East suburb of Brisbane, carried out by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Undulation to exterior of this unit building caused by movement. Any building inspector that is not prepared to look at the building exterior would miss [...]
Apartment balconies with concrete cancer, in St Lucia, South of Brisbane. Balconies with concrete cancer. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Common causes: Seepage through the concrete to the steel reinforcing causing concrete cancer (spalling). Reinforcing being too close to concrete surface or [...]
Townhouses with movement of their foundations, How foundation movement in townhouses can be overlooked by building inspectors, if they are not prepared to look at the building exterior. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Here is movement of a brick pier was taken [...]
Garage of an apartment, flooding. Flooding of an apartment garage. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Inadequate drainage: The sub-floor level of this unit building was below the ground levels on all four sides also below the flood level in the area, making [...]
Illegal bedroom in a new apartment. In New Farm, an inner City suburb of Brisbane. New apartment with illegal bedroom. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Ceiling height being too low and not complying with building code requirements. No fixed ventilation from exterior [...]
Seepage through slabs to ceilings of units below, in Coorparoo, an Eastern suburb of Brisbane, Seepage through slab above units. Identified By Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Seepage problems: Seepage has occurred through the balcony slab above these units to ceilings of the unit interiors [...]
Apartment that was non-compliant for living use, in Clayfield, a northern suburb of Brisbane Non-compliant apartment. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. This unit was advertised as having a self contained unit below it. The seller and agent failed to mention the following in [...]
Water entry from balcony to an apartment, in Toowong, a Western suburb of Brisbane. Water entry to apartment from balcony. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Inadequate relief: Reliefs fitted to brick walls of this balcony were insufficient in their size to allow [...]
Defects with balcony of an apartment, in St Lucia, a South West suburb of Brisbane, Defects with apartment balcony. Inspected by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Poor design defect: The balcony slab height is higher than the apartment interior slab which will allow direct water [...]
Footing movement with apartments, in Bulimba Apartments with footing movement. Identified by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Cracks to back wall of this block of units from footing movement. Other inspectors don't look at the exterior of an apartment building or common property, even [...]
Rising damp & seepage to an new apartment, in Sherwood, a western suburb of Brisbane Rising damp & seepage in a apartment. Inspected by Peter Weddell, owner/operator of Qld Home Buyers Inspection Service and Queensland Building Inspection Service, QBIS. Problem: High moisture meter readings to a lower living area of this new apartment built [...]
