@n_dimension @nick_rogers Just today in the SMH, there was an article about a guy named Zeher Khalil.

Zeher is a private building inspector who's made a name for himself by posting the worst building jobs he comes across on social media: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/defect-busting-or-just-in-it-for-clicks-the-rise-of-social-media-building-inspectors-20260205-p5nztl.html

His channel on YouTube is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCizZ9-GkRyYXXCrYJJIOOew

Brand new home with water leaking inside already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SDi9MN4Doc

Here's another one he looked at with a balcony, seven metres off the ground, held in place with one screw on each side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMyLU993wbk

And even a $50 million penthouse where giant marble slabs were held on with three blobs if silica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjixRChH9fw

Also, I'm not a builder, but how on Earth is polystyrene allowed as a building material?!

@aj The crazy thing is, we once had very good Building Standards many of which were adopted by other countries in Asia and the Middle East.

In the late 80s and through the 90s, Construction Certification was removed from Local Government Authorities and privatized by State Governments, the benchmark of Construction Standards, State Government Public Works Departments were dismantled, and the Australian Standards organization, which set the construction rules was also privatised.

Pure folly.

@n_dimension @nick_rogers Just today in the SMH, there was an article about a guy named Zeher Khalil.

Zeher is a private building inspector who's made a name for himself by posting the worst building jobs he comes across on social media: https://www.smh.com.au/property/news/defect-busting-or-just-in-it-for-clicks-the-rise-of-social-media-building-inspectors-20260205-p5nztl.html

His channel on YouTube is here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCizZ9-GkRyYXXCrYJJIOOew

Brand new home with water leaking inside already: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SDi9MN4Doc

Here's another one he looked at with a balcony, seven metres off the ground, held in place with one screw on each side: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMyLU993wbk

And even a $50 million penthouse where giant marble slabs were held on with three blobs if silica: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjixRChH9fw

Also, I'm not a builder, but how on Earth is polystyrene allowed as a building material?!

@aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers

Good on him ...
No way would I even rent a modern house after seeing a young couple's problems after only a few months in ... their living room fan and light was left hanging 2 ft from the ceiling after rain made the slab shift ...

There's a bloke on Xitter who does the same sort of thing on shitty rentals ...
Goes by the ID of Purplepingers ... Real name Jordan van den Lamb ... shitty landlords are afraid to take him on once they find out he's also a lawyer ...
He has a website too ...

@MyView @aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers
Jordan is always good value. He was one of the hosts of The Radical Online Leftist Pipeline Podcast.
https://www.greataustralianpods.com/the-radical-online-leftist-pipeline/

@cheryanne @aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers

I didn't know that ... will have a look ... only saw him on Xitter and being a renter was interested ...

I think I read on Xitter that he is going to run as a candidate for a Socialist Party ... know nothing about it so will have to look into that too

@MyView I remember him announcing he will run as a candidate

@aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers

@MyView I remember him announcing he will run as a candidate

@aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers

@cheryanne @MyView @n_dimension @nick_rogers It looks like he also posts his videos to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXkGbOuuzFdcwr6dGqFrZHg

So you don't have to engage with the dodgy car and rocket salesman's app to see his videos on dodgy houses

@MyView I remember him announcing he will run as a candidate

@aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers

@aj @cheryanne @n_dimension @nick_rogers

I'm familiar with dodgy houses ... but being handy with tools (both types) managed to make them habitable

@MyView @aj @n_dimension @nick_rogers
many decades ago we bought our first microwave (with convection oven) - it was incredibly expensive at the time -but the oven in the rental didn't work properly and it was uphill battle (and many months) to get the real estate agent to replace it.