Primary school teacher, 28, faces a $108,000 bill to remove cladding from her ...

'Our building is covered in petrol': Primary school teacher, 28, faces a $100,000 bill to remove dangerous cladding from her Melbourne unit Blaire Warren-Smith purchased her apartment, approved by proper authorities The 28-year-old has been left helpless as she's slapped with a $100,000 bill Developers of her apartment have told her she needs to remove the cladding She has also been forced to immediately fork out $8,000 of emergency costs 

By Paula Ahillon For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 05:30 BST, 24 June 2019 | Updated: 05:30 BST, 24 June 2019

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A young primary school teacher will have to pay as much as $100,000 to remove dangerous cladding from her Melbourne apartment.

Blaire Warren-Smith, 28, bought the two-bedroom, inner-city apartment for $500,000 last year.

She had no idea the apartment - which was given the approval by authorities and fire engineers before she bought it - was covered in flammable cladding at the time. 

'Basically our building is covered in petrol,' she told 3AW's Neil Mitchell.  

Blaire Warren-Smith, 28, purchased an apartment (pictured) in inner-Melbourne which was given the tick of approval by authorities, including fire engineers over a year ago

Blaire Warren-Smith, 28, purchased an apartment (pictured) in inner-Melbourne which was given the tick of approval by authorities, including fire engineers over a year ago

The young teacher has already been made to pay $8,000 in emergency costs, including the removal of wooden items from outdoor areas. 

'It's very stressful. It's having a massive impact … It's money that I don't have and I can't just throw away,' the primary teacher told Today.

The 28-year-old said she didn't even have the

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