Just 13 days before Christmas, 33 Melbourne apartment owners had their world turned upside down from a single email.
Their local council, Frankston City Council, issued them with an emergency works order as their homes posed a “danger to life arising out of the condition of building”.
“This is a case of hardworking Victorians not getting what they paid for and now having to live in unsafe homes.” The government body has identified eight buildings as “high-risk” where Mr Farag was listed as the builder and are eligible for funding for cladding removal and replacement under the government scheme.
That’s because the building’s owners corporation have taken out a $2.4 million loan to address other issues at the site but this comes with a hefty interest rate. At the end of March, the 64-year-old builder pleaded guilty to three offences carried out by a different company of his, E & M Farag Pty Ltd, of which he is also the sole director.
“The fine was due to administrative error of not providing a response to their order within the time allocated,” Mr Farag said.Indeed, the builder has previously been in hot water, fronting multiple court cases dating back to 1998, which is coincidentally the year he started 4S Constructions. Ms Ould is furious by this answer. “This is far from the case of ‘oops, sometimes we all make mistakes’,” she said.Residents say they have been financially ruined.
In response, Mr Farag said “All the waterproofing was done and certified by a reputable waterproofing company for all balconies and wet areas. We have construction photos to prove.”“Cladding, we have admitted that one of the buildings had been overlooked by us and the building surveyor and we have offered to change the cladding for that whole building,” Mr Farag added in his earlier response.
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