PN ~ats~ QBCC

• Plaintiff’s Solicitor – Marc O’Donoghue, Construction Law MD

Issue

• 2013. Builder completed minor renos to house including installing concrete fibre sheets to exposed soffits.
• 2016. Owner complained to QBCC that the sheets were mouldy due to a leaky roof.
• 2016. QBCC sent builder a direction to rectify the roof.

Our case

• The builder informed the QBCC that he didn’t install the roof.
• QBCC stated the builder was still liable.
• 2022. Builder engaged Construction Law MD.
• This simple matter took many months and a lot of work, but…

Decision

• 2022. QBCC reversed the direction to rectify 👍