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It's 37 days (1.25 months) past since the builder refused to finish the defective work on 28/10. Fair Trading inspector spent three weeks calling to the builder trying to get them back to fix the issue. All that time the bathroom/shower couldn't be used midst 30+ degree heat. The builder started blaming the owner that it's the owner's fault that the work is unfinished. However all the evidence was against the builder. They also said they are not coming back and that other company should fix it. In the meantime the owner and strata decided to organise for other company to finish the work and reported that to the Fair Trading inspector. In a couple of days the builder called to strata manager and said they can come and finish the job! Long story short the builder came out on 21/11 and 22/11 and almost completed the work, but left some sealing unfinished and the floorboards removed. They also left the site without letting the owner know. The owner needed to take a ...

The builder started demolishing the bathroom and shower 07/10/2014 (three weeks ago) and then proceeded to do waterproofing, bedding, tiling etc. As appeared, from the words of tradesmen who worked on the site there was barely any waterproofing originally. This is a question to original sub-contractors and certifiers who did the original work - how that might have happened? Anyway until last week everything went well when I went to check the shower drain and found that the water stays there on one side and doesn't flow out completely. The builders closed it with the grate and were about to finish the whole job, but I pointed that problem to them and said it should be rectified before they finish everything. They started saying that "it's normal and the water will evaporate". Then they started saying that they couldn't do another drain and this is the only possible solution. The whole floor and shower walls were ripped off - why the hell didn't the...