A mum who moved into a townhouse built by collapsed Aussie construction giant Condev has described the horror living conditions inside the home, adding she wasn’t surprised the company had gone under.
Monique Cribb said the family moved into the rental in June 2020, but by Easter the next year leaks had sprung in the basement as well as cracks appearing in the walls, with a building inspector describing the walls as “100 per cent moisture”.
The gold coast-based construction company Condev Construction went into liquidation this week after its owners Steve and Tracy Marais were unable to secure a reported $25 million bailout from developers to deal with rising building costs, Covid delays and 60 weather events impacting multiple sites.
Ms Cribb was told the wall issues along with leaking pipes on the second floor of the house, would take a month to fix – but a year later nothing had been done.
“We were just living in a mouldy, dusty, messy construction site,” she told the Gold Coast Bulletin, which did not hear back from Condev about the allegations.
She claimed several other townhouses built by Condev had experienced similar issues and said it was “really sad” that the company’s collapse meant that homeowners were…
