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Posted 22 November 2016
Category: Strata, Building Defects, eBooks
Bannermans Lawyers’ construction team can provide tailored, commercial, effective legal advice to you in the management of building defect matters.
Protecting Your Asset
Often your home or investment property is one of your most important assets. Accordingly, you should consider consulting a legal practitioner who specialises in building and construction law for advice when determining the best course of action to take when:
A Targeted Strategy
Bannermans Lawyers can provide you with expert legal advice on the following in relation to building defect issues, and arm you with the information that you need to ensure the protection of your consumer rights:
Navigating the Home Building Act 1989 (NSW)
The statutory framework which sets out the consumer protections for the owners of residential dwellings in NSW is contained in Home Building Act 1989.
Since the commencement of the Home Building Act 1989 there have been numerous amendments to that act creating a potential minefield for consumers to work through without expert legal advice. Bannermans Lawyers can assist you to chart a clear course through this legislation.
Various Amendments Result in Different Statutory Warranty Periods
The Home Building Act 1989 requires that builders, sub-contractors and developers must provide statutory warranties in relation to building defects, however, it can be unclear to many home owners as to what their rights are given that amendments to the legislation at various points in time have resulted in there currently being three statutory warranty periods which may potentially apply to residential buildings in NSW:
The date of the building contract, the nature of the defect and the severity of the defect will determine which statutory warranty period applies.
Action Items for 2 Year Statutory Warranty Period
For example, if your building was constructed under a building contract dated 1 February 2012 the majority of building defects may well fall within a 2 year warranty period. Only major failures in major building elements that prevent the use of a building (or part of a building) for its intended purpose, destroy a building (or part of a building) or cause a threat of collapse of a building (or part of a building) may attract a 6 year warranty period. In the 2 year warranty period the following must occur:
With the 2 year warranty period commencing from the completion of a dwelling, there is very little time to carry out the above actions. If you are the second owner of a home there may be very little time left on a statutory warranty by the time you purchase the property. Often even the first owner of a strata apartment may have little time left on a 2 year warranty period when they purchase their apartment from the builder/developer. Home owners should carefully consider seeking expert legal advice in a timely manner to ensure that their rights are not lost.
The 2015 strata reform will not come to your aid for this construction cycle
Do not be misled into thinking that you will have access to 2% defect bonds, reports paid for by developers and no voting rights for developers on defects.
These benefits will only apply if:
When the law commences, owners in strata schemes can expect to see a motion to consider building defects and rectification at the first annual general meeting and subsequent annual general meetings, up until the warranty period for buildings of the strata scheme expire.
***The information contained in this article is general information only and not legal advice. The currency, accuracy and completeness of this article (and its contents) should be checked by obtaining independent legal advice before you take any action or otherwise rely upon its contents in any way.
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