Victoria's building regulator hasn't set aside contingency funds for an unprecedented class action lawsuit launched against it by 36 disgruntled homeowners last May, its annual report shows.
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The Hinchliffe-Princeton Legal led class-action arose from an alleged failure to protect homeowners from dangerous and inferior building work.
"It is not possible to estimate amounts of any eventual payments that may or may not be required in relation to these claims," the Victorian Building Authority said.
The authority's total income rose to $56.1 million, up by $2.3 million from the previous year, most generated from building permit levies and plumbing compliance certificates.
The organisation spent $650,000 on consultancy fees, the bulk - $200,000 - on restructuring and insolvency specialists PPB Advisory for forensic investigations and consultancy services.
Another $124,800 was spent on upgrading occupational health and safety systems.
Complaints against builders and plumbers shot up by 30 per cent from the previous reporting period.
The authority increased the number of its executives paid more than $100,000, the annual report shows.
Chief executive Prue Digby was paid annual salary around $350,000. Five other executives were paid between $180,000 and $220,000.
Ms Digby said the city-wide audit of flammable aluminium cladding on buildings following the Lacrosse tower blaze had chewed up "significant resources" in the previous financial year.
