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A partly completed two storey home still under scaffold, photographed during a Site Inspections inspection

Liquidation August 19, 2026

Aliya Homes in liquidation: what owners can do now

Card reading 10 per cent, the share of a storey that decides whether a part gets its own building class. An office at 8 per cent of a factory leaves the whole building Class 8; at 12 per cent that office becomes Class 5.

Building Inspections August 18, 2026

Building classes explained: what class is your building?

Comparison card. Classified as incomplete work a claim is capped at 20 per cent of the original contract value. Classified as a defect the limit is the 300,000 dollar policy cap.

News August 18, 2026

Defect or incomplete work? It decides your payout

Zeher Khalil, Building Consultant and Chief Inspector at Site Inspections, wearing the black inspection vest and cap

Bio August 15, 2026

Zeher Khalil, Building Consultant and Chief Inspector

A subfloor space showing brick piers and dwarf walls carrying timber bearers and floor joists

Court Cases August 15, 2026

“Tradies love cash”: the builder who had to pay $50,000 back

A two storey brick home still under construction behind temporary site fencing, with a skip bin, bare earth and exposed insulation board at the balcony fascia

News August 15, 2026

Direction to Fix: the free power most homeowners never use

A folded sheet metal flashing junction where roof capping meets the barge, with fixings visible

News August 15, 2026

How to check a builder is registered in Australia

Site Inspections annotated survey plan of the deck showing measured dimensions and photographic callouts to defective connections

News August 15, 2026

Unregistered builder fined $70,000 over a dangerous deck

An inspector's blade opening a rendered surface to reveal the substrate beneath during a building inspection

News August 15, 2026

Fake builder Ha Thi Miki Nguyen fined $170,000, convicted twice

Site Inspections graphic recording the ASIC published notice for First Avenue Homes Pty Ltd, ACN 167 851 176, in liquidation, liquidator appointed 6 August 2026

Liquidation August 14, 2026

First Avenue Homes liquidation: what owners can claim

A crack running through a rendered element and opening wider towards the edge, with an inspection probe alongside for scale

Court Cases August 10, 2026

Builders Warranty Insurance Can Expire Before You Buy

Water pooling along a door threshold with staining tracking into the timber floor and the frame deteriorating at the base

News August 10, 2026

Home Warranty Victoria: What It Covers and for How Long

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