McBride, the nominee director of the company THEBUILDCO.COM.AUPty Ltd trading as InPlace, entered into a contract with the homeowner in 2023.
In late 2024 with the home still incomplete, the relevant building surveyor (RBS) issued McBride with a Direction to Fix order.
The 51-year-old appealed the order to the Building Appeals Board and then failed to turn up to the hearing.
The order was upheld but McBride still failed to rectify the work and refused the homeowner and the architect reasonable site access.
The defective and non-compliant work included an uneven slab, non-compliant paving, unauthorised structural alterations, missing weepholes, damaged door frames and windows, non-compliant garage doors, mismatched brickwork and multiple plumbing defects.
McBride also failed to respond to the BPC’s show cause notice, which outlined proposed disciplinary action, despite asking for two consecutive extensions.
InPlace entered into external administration soon after the BPC began disciplinary action against McBride.
The BPC has banned McBride from acting as a nominee director for two years and ordered him to complete two training courses within 12 months.
McBride has since failed to pay his registration fees, so he is unable to undertake registered building work and his company is now in liquidation.
The homeowner received a payout from the builder’s Domestic Building Insurance (DBI).
McBride has appealed the BPC’s decision to VCAT.
