17 JANUARY 2024

People who bought into the Lachlan’s Line apartment complex in Sydney’s North were promised a “prestigious new community”. Now they’ve discovered the basement floors in all four blocks are at risk of collapse.

Karen Stiles, executive director of the advocacy group Owners Corporation Network welcomed the order which follows increased scrutiny of apartment developments.  The Macquarie Park apartment’s car parks on the basement level are at risk of collapse.

“The Owners Corporation Network is thrilled to see the fast-growing list of Building Commission NSW orders that are making developers responsible for serious defects. If this had been happening for the past 20 years we wouldn’t have had such a litany of owners evacuated and financially destroyed,” she said.

Read full article:>  https://www.afr.com/property/residential/chinese-developer-ordered-to-fix-defects-in-900-apartment-complex-20240117-p5ey1b

 

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