Marty Sadlier has over 19 years experience in the building and construction industry, he is the co-founder of MCG Quantity Surveyors which is recognised as Australia’s fastest growing quantity surveying firm; working with big names in business like McDonalds, CBA and Westpac. In this episode Marty breaks the news to Australians about the widespread building defects, the unbelievable underinsurance across Australia and what property investors should be doing to safeguard their biggest asset.

Here’s what we covered:
How underinsured are Australians?
How to work out how much you should insure your house for?
Are online value calculators accurate?
How does extra costs such as demolish get lost in property owners calculations?
Can you insure depreciating buildings?
What is the difference between a valuer and a quantity surveyor?
Do apartment 5 year valuations increase their premiums?
How many buildings have flammable cladding?
Are things improving around building defects or is it getting worse?

RELEVANT EPISODES:Episode 138 | Simon KuestenmacherEpisode 121 | Bart MeadEpisode 113 | Dr. Nicole Johnston

GUEST LINKS:https://www.mcgqs.com.au/elephant/ Fire Cladding Blog Common building defects Blog Final NSW Government Report into Building Standards and Quality Blog

HOST LINKS:Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? www.gooddeeds.com.au Work with Veronica: https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan

Looking for a Mortgage Broker? www.wealthful.com.auWork with Chris: hello@wealthful.com.au

Send in your questions to: questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au

EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Please note that this has been transcribed by half-human-half-robot, so brace yourself for typos and the odd bit of weirdness…This episode was recorded in February 2021.

Marty Sadlier has over 19 years experience in the building and construction industry, he is the co-founder of MCG Quantity Surveyors which is recognised as Australia’s fastest growing quantity surveying firm; working with big names in business like McDonalds, CBA and Westpac. In this episode Marty breaks the news to Australians about the widespread building defects, the unbelievable underinsurance across Australia and what property investors should be doing to safeguard their biggest asset. Here’s what we covered: <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How underinsured are Australians?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How to work out how much you should insure your house for?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Are online value calculators accurate?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How does extra costs such as demolish get lost in property owners calculations?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Can you insure depreciating buildings?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">What is the difference between a valuer and a quantity surveyor?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Do apartment 5 year valuations increase their premiums?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">How many buildings have flammable cladding?</li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Are things improving around building defects or is it getting worse?</li> </ul> RELEVANT EPISODES:<a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/138">Episode 138 | Simon Kuestenmacher</a> <a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/121">Episode 121 | Bart Mead</a> <a href="https://www.theelephantintheroom.com.au/podcasts/113">Episode 113 | Dr. Nicole Johnston</a> GUEST LINKS:<a href="https://www.mcgqs.com.au/elephant/">https://www.mcgqs.com.au/elephant/</a> <a href="https://www.mcgqs.com.au/uncategorized/aluminium-composite-cladding-being-used-in-victoria/"> Fire Cladding Blog</a> <a href="https://www.mcgqs.com.au/property-investing/most-common-building-defects-in-residential-multi-owned-properties/"> Common building defects Blog</a> <a href="https://www.mcgqs.com.au/uncategorized/final-nsw-government-report-2/"> Final NSW Government Report into Building Standards and Quality Blog</a> HOST LINKS:Looking for a Sydney Buyers Agent? <a href="http://www.gooddeeds.com.au">www.gooddeeds.com.au</a> Work with Veronica: <a href="https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan">https://linktr.ee/veronicamorgan</a> Looking for a Mortgage Broker? <a href="https://www.wealthful.com.au/">www.wealthful.com.au</a>Work with Chris: <a href="mailto:hello@wealthful.com.au">hello@wealthful.com.au</a> Send in your questions to: <a href="mailto:questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au">questions@theelephantintheroom.com.au</a> EPISODE TRANSCRIPT: Please note that this has been transcribed by half-human-half-robot, so brace yourself for typos and the odd bit of weirdness…This episode was recorded in February 2021.

Who's really in control when you buy a property?

The Elephant In The Room is where the things that no one wants to talk about, actually get talked about.  

Veronica Morgan, real estate agent, buyers agent and co-host of Foxtel’s Location Location Location Australia & Chris Bates, financial planner, mortgage broker and wealth coach have joined forces to find out what’s really going on in the world of real estate.

Veronica and Chris talk to property owners and buyers every day in their respective lines of business. They’ve observed a wide spectrum of confidence in people’s decision making ability when buying and selling property, often to the detriment of the individuals concerned. They are both fascinated by consumer behaviour and together they’re going to uncover who’s really making the decisions when you buy a property.

In each episode they get into the psyche of buyers, agents, auctioneers and other industry experts to learn the truth about how buyers are influenced and why they do the things they do. In every episode you’ll learn from the mistakes of a “property dumbo” as well as Chris & Veronica’s “elephant rider bootcamp” training session.

The plan? This property podcast has been created to help us all make better property decisions!

We talk about the things no one wants to talk about in the Property Market

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