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February 20, 2009
Tyrrells have launched a Plans and Approvals service. Tyrrells’ building consultants and designers can help you start your renovation, alteration or owner-builder project. A flow chart has been prepared to show you the various stages in the plans and approvals process, which can be found here.
January 30, 2008
Jerry Tyrrell (principal at Tyrrells) is frequently published in building magazines. His recent article “Who rules the rulers”, published in Building Connection, December 2007, reported on how the regulators and the building industry had gone in 2007. It received good feedback from the building industry. Jeff Walsh from JS and CJ Walsh, Builders, HOTONDO HOMES, [...]
July 27, 2004
Recently, Tyrrells were asked to inspect THE BLOCK — four units in Manly, which have been the subject of a ‘reality’ TV series on Channel 9. They found that the overall quality of the work was high, but there were a number of issues needing fixing or completion. “I thought the standard was really good. [...]
February 3, 2004
Many buyers think they do not need to arrange a property inspection for new or recently completed properties. This is certainly not our experience. Every year hundreds of thousands of a buildings are constructed or renovated without any professional quality assurance. This means you take a risk that the new work you are buying is [...]
December 3, 2003
Now you can do your own timber pest check and get a better understanding about environmentally friendly solutions. Since the ’50s we’ve been brainwashed about termites and other serious timber pests of timber in our buildings. If we find termites, we assume the building’s going to fall down. And worse, we spend thousands of dollars [...]
Let Tyrrells Property Inspections be part of your team. Increasingly, Tyrrells is advising Architects and Designers about how to prevent problems and how to troubleshoot them. A risk assessment of the documents by a ‘friendly’ set of eyes is insurance against unreasonable criticism by future contractors and the client. Besides, it is often better to [...]
April 11, 2003
Based on data collected from inspection of over 50,000 buildings we issue the following advice. Buying an apartment of acceptable building quality is not as easy as many people think. Rather, the quality of the 5,000 apartment complexes Tyrrells have inspected depends upon: developer’s budget, management team and building experience contractor’s quality assurance process and [...]
May 1, 2002
Based on data collected from inspection of over 50,000 buildings we issue the following advice. From the 2 April 2002 the Department of Fair Trading has made a number of changes to the Home Building Warranty Insurance. We have prepared a summary of the changes in the following Table. Issue Prior to 2.2.2002 After 2.2.2002 [...]
February 1, 2002
Based on data collected from inspection of over 48,000 buildings we issue the following advice. Hazards in buildings are a fact of life. They can be easily prevented if purchasers are properly advised about and owners identify these liabilities before an unnecessary accident occurs. Twenty years ago when Tyrrells were developing the best way to [...]
November 1, 2001
Based on data collected from inspection of over 45,000 buildings we issue the following advice. Tyrrells has assisted with over 5000 building disputes and claims against contractors, architects and consultants. The lessons learnt from these matters are not surprising. Win or lose, consumers are usually very unhappy with the process; say they will never be [...]
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