HOMEOWNERS DON'T BE FOOLED - This system is systematically broken and every homeowner is unaware, ill equipped & runs the gauntlet of risk; the risk of loosing your home, your money and your sanity! 

It's TIME TO START NAMING AND SHAMING and WHO is really running this SHI# SHOW...!

1 June 2026 – I have maintained my support for Queensland homeowners seeking meaningful reform of the QBCC and the regulatory framework within which it operates. My continued advocacy is directed toward achieving positive change and improving accountability, transparency, and fairness for consumers affected by building disputes and regulatory decisions.

In particular, I support efforts aimed at addressing systemic deficiencies that have, in my experience and the experience of many other homeowners, resulted in outcomes that disproportionately favour QBCC licensees, institutional interests, and the regulator's own position, rather than the consumers whom the scheme was established to protect.

I remain concerned that these issues extend to the manner in which complaints, investigations, decision-making processes, and litigation are conducted. It is my view that greater adherence to the principles of procedural fairness, transparency, accountability, and the Model Litigant Principles is necessary to restore public confidence in the regulatory framework and ensure homeowners are treated fairly and equitably.

My engagement in these matters is motivated by the public interest and a desire to contribute constructively to reforms that improve outcomes for present and future homeowners.  The following timeline is a guide to date and is void of all the additional administrative tasks associated in dealing with engineer's, certifier's, QCAT, Defective Works lists, Internal Review processes, External Review, researching legal and legislative documents, unlawful disclosure and breaches of privacy.

It's been 2 years and where are we now......

• July 2024 – Builder ceases work at site;
• July 2024 - Notice of Offence Provided to QBCC & Independent Inspection on building works completed;
• August 2024 - Early Dispute Resolution (EDR);
• August & September 2024 - 3 x Defective Works claims;
• August 2024 – 2 x Defective Works Claims wrongly closed by QBCC Inspector’s as EDR’s;
• August 2024 – Engaged Construction Lawyer;
• September 2024 – Homeowner’s husband has Aorta Tear and Open heart Surgery;
• September 2024 – Miracle Husband beats the medical odds and survives;
• October & November 2024 – QBCC Ethical Standards Complaint’s;
• December 2024 – 2 x QBCC Inspector’s attend site;
• December 2024 – Report Issued (7 structural defects and 2 non-structural) without a ‘Direction to Rectify’(DTR) under an EDR Report;
• December 2024 – QBCC Inspector closes Defective Works Claim WITHOUT Homeowner’s consent;
• January 2025 – Ministerial to Housing Minister Sam O’Connor…. No Response;
• January 2025 – Building Costs continually increase;
• January 2025 – QCAT Application Lodged;
• July 2024 to September 2025 – Builder refused to attend site, recommence contractual works; with contract terminated legally;
• July 2024 to September 2025 – construction cost continues to increase;
• April 2025 – QCAT Compulsory Conference & further proceeds to QCAT Direction Hearing;
• May 2025 – Homeowner appears in the Courier Mail;
• May 2025 - Bunnings Apply through District/Supreme Court for judgment against builder;
• June 2025 – Approached Local Member (Chris Whiting) for Assistance with QBCC and meeting with the QBCC Chairperson, Greg Chemello;
• June 2025 – Default Judgement in favour of Bunnings Issued against builder by District/Supreme Court;
• June 2025 to December 2025 – multiple (10+) other homeowners come forward as victims to the same builder;
• July 2025 – Emailed QBCC Chairperson Greg Chemello and QBCC Commissioner for QBCC Reform;
• July 2025 – Spoke with Greg Chemello;
• July 2025 – Builder puts residential home on the market for sale;
• August 2025 – Homeowner appears on A Current Affair with another homeowner;
• August 2025 – Second Independent inspection completed; 38 defects and demolition recommended;
• August 2025 met with QBCC Commissioner to help identify defects & offer rectification within the regulator’s sphere to help consumers;
• September 2025 – Builder contacts WorkSafe Qld & local council to be vexatious to homeowner.  Homeowner cleared of false allegations;
• September 2025 - Home Warranty Insurance (HWI) Claim made;
• October 2025 – 2 x QCAT Directions Hearing’s;
• October 2025 – Builder pursues homeowner through Magistrates Court for ‘Peace & Good Behaviour Order’ (PGBO);
• October 2025 – Builder lodges QCAT Application for damages of $2.625 million dollars;
• October 2025 – Homeowner meets with QBCC Commissioner reference the defective and demolish of works;
• November 2025 – Homeowner attends Court for PGBO with nothing to answer to. Vexatious allegations again by the builder;
• November 2025 – QBCC holds a Homeowner Forum with regard to the builder;
• November 2025 – QBCC send out the same Senior Inspector and engaged NJA Engineering for a site to independent inspection dated August 2025;
• November 2025 – Settlement for sale of the Builder’s residential home;
• December 2025 – QBCC Licensee’s licence suspended for “Not Fit & Proper”;
• December 2025 – QBCC Direction to Rectify Issued against the Builder & their Nominee on the QBCC cancelled licence;
• January 2026 – Builder travels overseas for cosmetic surgery;
• January 2026 - Scope of Works completed by QBCC and CRD Insurance on house;
• February 2026 – QCAT Directions Hearing (Builder refused to attend) but given another chance;
• April 2026 – QCAT Directions Hearing (Builder refused to attend again) but given another chance;
• April 2026 – QCAT Directions On-Papers decision decided and Builder goes into Liquidation;
• April 2026 – Homeowner puts in an Internal Review of Scope of Works from January 2026;
• May 2026 – Homeowner has to refer matters to the Office of Information Commission;
• May 2026 – Insurance Assessor and 4 Independent Builder’s Attend site to review and the cost assessment for the Defective Works and Incomplete Works by the QBCC Licensee’s;
• June 2026 – Independent Truss Engineer attends site for inspection;
• June 2026 – Homeowner having shoulder reconstruction surgery;

      The journey still continues……….