{"id":216090,"date":"2025-10-15T20:38:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/216090\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T20:38:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T20:38:10","slug":"neighbours-fighting-to-protect-future-homeowners-from-dodgy-builder-daniel-roberts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/216090\/","title":{"rendered":"Neighbours fighting to protect future homeowners from dodgy builder Daniel Roberts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bankrupt property developer Daniel Roberts has built quite the reputation for himself.<\/p>\n

The British expat and his business partner, Shashanth Shankar, are linked to a string of failed builds across the New South Wales Hunter region, leaving families and business owners millions of dollars in debt.<\/p>\n

David Todd lives in a previous build by Shankar and Roberts at Wallsend.<\/p>\n

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\"BankruptBankrupt property developer Daniel Roberts. (A Current Affair)<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old only moved in two years ago and the two-storey townhouse is riddled with defects.<\/p>\n

“We moved in thinking, well, look, I would like to retire,” he said. <\/p>\n

“We’ll get something small. We could have gotten something bigger elsewhere. Maybe I should have, but he was, he (Daniel) seemed to be fine to deal with.”<\/p>\n

An outdoor deck on the contracted plans was abandoned mid-build when David was told it may not be approved by strata.<\/p>\n

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\"DavidDavid Todd lives in a previous build by Shankar and Roberts at Wallsend. (A Current Affair)<\/p>\n

“I told them to cease construction, because they threw a whole stack of things at me, which indicated that I might have to tear it down anyway.”<\/p>\n

In June, Daniels and Shankar were ordered by the Civil and Administrative Tribunal to pay David $40,000 for the deck and exposed electrical work.<\/p>\n

A boarding house near the University of Newcastle sat unfinished for years after a breakdown between Roberts and a group of mum and dad investors.<\/p>\n

Roberts was taken to the Supreme Court, where a judge found him liable for $948,820.59 worth of defects and damage.<\/p>\n

Now, the Roberts and Shankar have teamed up again to construct a new set of townhouses at Mount Hutton in Lake Macquarie, and neighbours are fighting to ensure the build will be up to scratch.<\/p>\n

“There’s objections submitted by all the residents that are in proximity to this,” resident Stephen Kuzmik said.<\/p>\n

“Here we have probably first home buyers who put their hard-earned money into buying their first home, and what are they going to be faced with in years to come?”<\/p>\n

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