Hamish Crego-Bourne (CB25201)
The Board has chosen to publish these details due to the LBP not being fit to practise at the time of the offending. The Respondent has previous offences that, while they don’t pertain to the building work in question, raise issues with his continued fitness to practise.
Mr Crego-Bourne was hired to complete some building work at the Complainant’s home. The Complainant alleged that Mr Crego-Bourne had incorrectly installed a new roof and that they had to hire another contractor to refit this as it leaked. The Complainant provided evidence which showed that some of the roof had been installed without roofing underlay. There were also several other issues that were raised during Council inspections that needed to be fixed.
A statement provided by Mr Crego-Bourne at the hearing stated that the Complainant did not question the quality of the workmanship during the build, and, that if there was an issue with the roof, this should have been raised with the roofing contractor.
The Complainant was trying to resolve matters with Mr Crego-Bourne but a confrontation between the Complainant, her sister, and Mr Crego-Bourne broke out. Mr Crego-Bourne continued to carry out abusive and threatening behaviour towards them. The Complainant had to involve the police because of the level of harassment they were receiving from Mr Crego-Bourne.
Mr Crego-Bourne had wiped some of the remaining building debt to resolve the issues that Complainant had raised, but he refused to provide the Record of Work which he said the Complainant would need to provide for another contractor to finish the work.
Mr Crego-Bourne has an extensive history of criminal behaviour and provided evidence at the hearing advising that he had made ‘silly mistakes’ in the past and the stress of running a business resulted in his poor behaviour.
The Board found Mr Crego-Bourne guilty due to not providing a Record of Work as well as behavioural issues. He is also required to pay costs of $2,000 towards the costs of the inquiry.
The Board determined that he was bringing licensed building practitioners into disrepute which lead to the suspension of his licence for a period of 12 months.
What can we learn from this decision?
Mr Crego-Bourne carried out faulty work and withheld the record of work. When confronted about it by his client, he handled it in an unprofessional manner.
The main contractor is ultimately responsible for all work on a building project, whether carried out by themselves or their subcontractors.
This decision and other past decisions can be read in full on the LBP website