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The Mascot Towers debacle in which apartment owners were forced to evacuate the building has led to a raft of legislative changes, yet the 132 unit owners say they have been left forgotten. Now many who were once "silent" have come forward, ahead of a vote to decide their future, as a last plea to the government.
Light-touch regulation keeps on failing homebuyers in faulty towers
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By Mike Steketee
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It is all too familiar: another developer of apartment towers facing questions over alleged defects in one of its buildings and the structural integrity of another.
After a whistleblower contacted state MPs and the ABC expressing concern about a tower building that is part of the 960-apartment Skyview development at Castle Hill, NSW Fair Trading found after an inspection “the existence of structural issues that would require specialist engineering advice” and NSW Building Commissioner David Chandler said he would refer the engineers involved to their peak body, Engineers Australia.