I remember when this building was constructed and I didn't like it much. The developer breached the height limit by over one metre above what was shown in the plans and was fined a small amount with the appropriate government minister Robert McClelland quite untroubled. He was a shocker of old school arrogant conservative politician. Shame on him, and he is still alive at the age of 91.This was at the time when evil Victorian Premier Kennet in the 1990s had privatised building inspectors roles, and it was signed off as ok, even though it clearly wasn't.
It is in a very dominant location at the corner of Commercial Road and Punt Road, South Yarra, and is called South Yarra Square.
I don't know of any other similar building in greater Melbourne being as bad as this. I feel so bad for the innocent and naive who may have bought into this building, and the original buyers. The apartments are clearly unsaleable, with them being only good for tenants, if tenants don't mind the fire risk and the risk of building collapse. The next time you hear anything about deregulation of building inspections, be afraid.
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It’s a sobering reminder of how lax oversight and political complacency can leave a lasting scar on a neighbourhood
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty disgusting. It makes me so angry that these people always seem to get away with such blatant corruption.
ReplyDeleteThat is disgraceful. Someone was earning a nice little backhander on that construction and it's always the tenants who suffer.
ReplyDeleteHow awful. Yesterday I watched a Youtube video on the 1975 Banqiao Dam failure in China. Hidden from foreigners and even unaffected Chinese peoples until 1995, it's a study in the Cultural Revolution's misguidance, corruption, and greed. Be well, my dear.
ReplyDeleteThat's awful for those poor people. I'm so thankful I'm done with my condo, one less thing to worry about.
ReplyDeleteMy god that's just awful. Such careless murderous intent when stuff like this is signed off. And you listed the risks. Grenfell was appalling as was Miami. And these wealthy arseholes live their unaccountable lives.
ReplyDeleteSickening.
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That is shocking! Now that the corruption is exposed, no action has been taken? Still?
ReplyDeleteThis is quite shocking. I didn't know things were so bad. Here it's not all that rare to see builders deviating on the sly from the approved plan. What is worse, the violation is condoned and "approved" or "regularised" with the payment of a fine. That's sort of an incentive to break the rule!
ReplyDeleteThe building inspector role was not all the Premier privatised. Gas, water, public transport, electricity, some prisons and some hospitals, all essential, were sold to whoever could afford to take them out of the community's hands :(
ReplyDeleteI like all the signs warning people! I think it should be demolished and have a safer nicer looking building constructed.
ReplyDeleteThat's just a disgrace. I fear most of the newer unit blocks in Sydney (and there are many) are probably dodgy. They certainly start looking shoddy in no time at all.
ReplyDeleteWhat a shame things were never done correctly and we can see what has happened now...
ReplyDeleteA lawsuit waiting to happen.
ReplyDeleteThere's no one to sue, and statute of limitations would be well past.
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