Personally, I think there should be a ‘name and shame’ list (similiar to the Food Authorities list of dodgy restaurants) for the building trade.
Wouldn’t we all love to know who the builders & developers were in irishpaddy’s and ‘never again’s cases?
I have spent $600K on an ‘off the plan’ apartment (due for completion soon), why should I have to be up for thousands more, because our ‘brilliant new State Government’ has decided to jump into bed with these dodgy developers/builders? I am absolutely dumbstruck that this sort of thing can legally happen.
There needs to be a list somewhere of these rubbish builders/developers.
Knowing that you are dealing with a reputable builder/developer strikes me as somewhat more important than knowing where to avoid eating so as not to get a cockroach in your curry!
My only regret is that I didn’t find this forum until after I had exchanged contracts on my apartment.
I sold my house because I wanted something that I thought would be less maintenance and a little more stress free. Looks like I am about to find out what high maintenance & high stress are all about! 
I guess there is a reason why the ‘Why I love apartment living’ section of this forum only has 3 posts and all of them written by Jimmy T.