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The painter had not recorded the paint used and was unable to match it for the repairs.
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When Brisbane man Daniel Baker set about finding a contractor to paint the outside of his Queenslander, he thought it would be relatively straight forward get quotes, choose one, and hey presto. He painted the house and said, You ve got a 10 year warranty on any defects, contact me if anything happens, Mr Baker said.
Three months after the completion of the job, which took six months, and $23,000 later, the paint started peeling from the weatherboards.
me, there was a big fire on this exact block a few years ago. not knowing what caused it. you have a bigger issue with what you think is happening here. we don t want to make any assumptions here. tell me what you said in terms of how these buildings are taken care of. well, the way i got into the work i m doing is trying to advocate on these issues. genderfication is affecting this neighborhood. you have landlords that would prefer not to make the repairs. we were covering building complaints. there was a fire that affected the rent-controlled apartments. that situation never ended up getting resolved. so this idea of there being building complaints. this idea of their being unsafe conditions. these are 100-year-old buildings. you need to take care of them. when you take care of them, things like this will happen. it is unfortunate, it takes an