In the media
Drybuild in the media
| Cashing in on leaky homes |
| What started as a quieter lifestyle choice and an alternative to owning motorbike shops has turned into a frantic franchising opportunity for the MacDonalds of west Auckland... Read the full article> |
| Roofing Wrangle |
| Richmond and Louise Stowers bought a home two years ago and decided to renovate it starting with the roof. At the time there was one leak by the flue inside the lounge... Read the full article> |
Leaky homes in the media
| Compensation plan for leaky homes deleted |
| EXCLUSIVE - An inquiry into the leaky building crisis has asked the Government to consider paying millions of dollars in compensation to affected homeowners... Read the full article> |
| Hunn to chair leaky homes mediation service |
| The Government has named the group of experts who will set up the mediation service for owners of leaky homes and says hearings are intended to start before Christmas... Read the full article> |
| Rot risk warnings ignored for years |
| The Building Industry Authority was warned for four years that New Zealand faced an epidemic of leaking and rotting homes - but took no effective action to solve the problem... Read the full article> |
| 'Leaks no longer just fault of cowboy builders' |
| Leaky buildings can no longer be blamed on "cowboy builders", the Building Research Association says... Read the full article> |
| Committee hears how rot set in |
| The man who gave a warning at least 2 1/2 years ago of a crisis of leaking, rotting buildings faced a parliamentary select committee yesterday and took a swipe at the Building Industry Authority... Read the full article> |
| Victory for leaky-building owners |
| Owners of the huge Sacramento housing complex in Botany Downs - where many units are rotten and face possible demolition - are claiming victory after the High Court upheld their right to sue the Government's former building agency... Read the full article> |
| Lessons our builders should have learned |
| Imagine finding out that you're pregnant one week, and that you're being assessed $15,000 for your leaky condo the next. Imagine sitting beside your premature baby's incubator six months later, watching him fighting to breathe, and thinking that things couldn't get much worse. Imagine then going home to find your building has complete envelope (cladding) failure, and your individual special assessment is now up to $40,000... Read the full article> |
| $1b 'down plughole' for leaky homes |
| A new Government report estimates 15,000 homes could suffer damage from leaks - 3000 more than the previous highest official estimate... Read the full article> |