builders report

A client phoned me today and complained that she recently spent over $2000 for removal of asbestos ceiling in the house she bought 10 month...

I carry out more risk by providing verbal consultation to my clients and not charging any extra for that service and that is why most in...

It is no doubt that flat roof incorporating internal gutters is regarded as a high risk design feature. The economic risk and return ...

First of all, common perception does not necessarily mean correct. Otherwise, there is no need to have any scientific study. It is actua...

Q: Have you found any major issues for houses being built within large developments such as houses built by U niversal Homes in Rodney or L...

Of course, not. Even under current NZ Building Code and related building standards, as long as design risk is low enough (simple plan...

Here are some perfect examples to show different results from good building practices vs. details in accordance with NZBC AS1 or NZS 4306. ...

A very common question is: the house is clad with xxxx, will it leak? In my past 6 years of inspection I never found any leaky house, w...

This question has been asked hundred times whenever a cladding defect or issue is shown up in an inspection report, specially in the backgro...

See the following new on Herald for some background: Leaky home owner has 'arguable case' against seller Can also see the case su...

We have carried out an inspection and issued a report during May 2013, in which moisture issues within converted ground floor space were rai...

We are doing building inspections in accordance with NZS4306, where it is clearly stated that a written report is to be issued as a part of ...

Leaking cladding materials are commonly used to describe some monolithic type of cladding materials, such as texture coated fibre cement, EI...

这个月批灰房在检测中的比重出奇的大，差不多有占检测总数的一半，这是历史上没有遇到过的情形。与以往多数买家采取完全回避的态度相比，这个月，客人对检测批灰房的需求原因主要是银行贷款需求。这令人不禁联想到，如果银行不要报告，很多这部分买家甚至不会找人检测。归纳起来对批灰房的检测趋势...

海外买家是有限的几种容易买到漏水房或其它问题房的人群之一。归结起来有以下几点原因： 对新西兰的房产状况不甚了解，按照对国内房产的审核方式来筛选这里的房产； 买房前缺乏独立的第三方的把关。在合同无条件之前不听取律师的建议，合同变成无条件后才交送到律师手里，已经没有回旋余地；...

Linea weatherboard 是水泥纤维材质的外墙版，模仿 bevel back weatherboard 的形状，成分中含有一定陶瓷类的东西，目的是为了减轻单位重量。特点是易打理，适合深色油漆，对油漆的粘合性好，不腐烂，抗水性好，不易变形。由于通风，渗水，挡雨等的物理...

背景资料参考一下天维网的帖子： 吐槽某个基督城的洋人房屋检测公司 http://bbs.skykiwi.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2539059&fromuid=200094 有四个问题需要分析： ...

See the following link for some background idea about this case: http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/court-settlement-reached-over-leaky-schoo...

Some legal advisers are taking a lot of care for their clients who are in the process of buying houses and keen to give some professional ad...

Timber moisture testing in building surveying can be divided into the following three categories: Destructive testing Invasive testi...

周二的这条新闻好像澳洲的反应要比新西兰的反应强烈，也可能是新西兰人目光这几天集中在同性恋婚姻合法化这一焦点，无暇顾及其他东西。参考以下新闻链接： http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/133036/ministry-sues-buildi...

原帖如下： 这里的托真不少啊 , 之前也曾被忽悠找他家做房检 , 可是都是做一些表面功夫 , 重要的如上房顶和钻地下看结构的活一概忽悠 , 当时我曾要求看房低下看看有没有结构的问题 , 谁知道他家男的以没买保险为由拒绝进去看 , 难道这也成理由吗 ? 具体回复...

Inspectors had not been the real target in the past when most leakers are within the "10 year frame". But what happens when leaker...

Before inspection Go through terms and conditions of a standard inspection (pre-purchase, pre-sale & maintenance inspections). Inspec...

参考以前我写的说明： http://houseinspection. blogspot.co.nz/2012/05/re- moisture-inspection-report. html 各种非侵犯性仪器的指数是不同的，我们常用的仪器有很多种， 每一种都是相对...