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Perth apartment owners call for fund to repair apartment defects when developers bail out
Glass balconies blown in by the wind. A privacy screen falling from four stories onto a car. Unsealed windows letting in winter storms.
Key points:
- 26 apartment buildings in Perth need repairs but the developers have gone into receivership
- WA Apartment Advocacy calls on government to create a fund to cover building repairs
- Apartment buildings over three storeys are not covered by builders indemnity insurance
These are just some of the problems that have arisen in Bev Mainstone’s North Coogee apartment block since she bought it off the plan five years ago.
Her building consists of a ground floor car park with three levels of apartments above.
The car park is significant because it makes the building more than three storeys, the height at which…
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