Mindful Builder · Matthew Carland and Hamish White
Building code and building surveyor chats
August 31, 2025·59 min·5 clips
The hosts uncover a stalled 2018 Victorian government bill that would license all tradespeople, arguing it's the key to fixing building quality.
As heard by us
A blunt, useful discussion of permits, liability, and why builder-surveyor friction matters.
Building surveyors sit at the center of this discussion, which keeps returning to a familiar real-world tangle: permits, exclusions, insurance, and the question of who takes the call when a job turns messy.
Why you'd press play
When you need the messy truth about building surveys, owner-supplied materials, permits, and who gets blamed.
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