Warrant of Fitness for rentals (including details)

[Perry]

Yes we will do all we can to make sure the area where we are working is secure but we cannot control the tenants. The rental is a work place and if the tenant remains living there they can become a hazard.

I do grasp that, but struggle with the descriptor that the tenants are a hazard. (Except financially)

The compound that's to be used is the hazard. The tenants need to be kept away from it, as it's hazardous to them. They are not a hazard to the compound.

Or am I missing something esoteric in all this?

[eri]

if they walk across newly poured concrete

a freshly varnished floor

or push sticks into a setting putty

they are a hazard to the compound

[Meehole]

I do grasp that, but struggle with the descriptor that the tenants are a hazard. (Except financially)

The compound that's to be used is the hazard. The tenants need to be kept away from it, as it's hazardous to them. They are not a hazard to the compound.

Or am I missing something esoteric in all this?

They can be a potential hazard because they live on the work site.

[sidinz]

It's semantics. A hazard is something that is highly probable to pose a risk to something else. Perry is right - the building site is a hazard to the tenants and not vice versa as what Meehole is describing is the possibility of the tenants getting hurt, rather than the property being damaged.

[heanme]

Advised by our property manager in Australia to have our OZ rental home (newish) professionally inspected to reveal potential hazards..Manager indicated that their assessment was not now good enough....Another tier of cost...

[north shore]

We recently experienced the new rules in action in our house. We have an infinity gas water system an internal one in our roof space, we now need to build a platform around it so that it is safe for the serviceman to service it and also we need to schedule a service in winter as it is too hot in summer for him to be in the roof space.

[artemis]

So, a DomPost journalist wants to write a balanced article about poor heating in rentals, and non action from their landlord.

Balanced... yeah nah.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Community/MessageBoard/Messages.aspx?id=1646245&topic=21

[Wayne]

We recently experienced the new rules in action in our house. We have an infinity gas water system an internal one in our roof space, we now need to build a platform around it so that it is safe for the serviceman to service it and also we need to schedule a service in winter as it is too hot in summer for him to be in the roof space.

Actually sounds fair to me.
You don't want the service person stepping through the ceiling do you?

[north shore]

No not all, we can build one, has never been an issue before, we have had the system serviced by the same company for 17 years at the same time of year.

[Meehole]

No not all, we can build one, has never been an issue before, we have had the system serviced by the same company for 17 years at the same time of year.

Yes the new Health & Safety legislation is going to affect everyone in one way or the other. Whether you are a contractor, tenant, landlord, Property Manager, there is a trickle down effect.
H & S compliance will increase pricing, and supplier costs to the builder are increasing 5 - 7% 1st August as well. The cost of maintaining our asset is increasing.

[Wayne]

and supplier costs to the builder are increasing 5 - 7% 1st August as well. The cost of maintaining our asset is increasing.

And they say there is no (or next to none) inflation?

[Meehole]

And they say there is no (or next to none) inflation?

Construction costs rose 2% last month, that is what was reported.
There is a building boom taking off, plus shortage of skilled tradies so increased wages to attract and maintain staff, plus material prices are going up, plus compliance costs rising.
Hang on cause its gonna take off.

[Wayne]

Construction costs rose 2% last month, that is what was reported.
There is a building boom taking off, plus shortage of skilled tradies so increased wages to attract and maintain staff, plus material prices are going up, plus compliance costs rising.
Hang on cause its gonna take off.

Yes - I was looking at my suppliers notification the other day.
Timber 5-7% etc
I wondered then, also, about the lack of inflation when clearly there is some.

[Meehole]

Cause of Inflation

3. Demand-Pull Effect

The demand-pull effect states that as wages increase within an economic system (often the case in a growing economy with low unemployment), people will have more money to spend on consumer goods. This increase in liquidity and demand for consumer goods results in an increase in demand for products. As a result of the increased demand, companies will raise prices to the level the consumer will bear in order to balance supply and demand.
An example would be a huge increase in consumer demand for a product or service that the public determines to be cheap. For instance, when hourly wages increase, many people may determine to undertake home improvement projects. This increased demand for home improvement goods and services will result in price increases by house-painters, electricians, and other general contractors in order to offset the increased demand. This will in turn drive up prices across the board.
That is happening at present, people have purchased in an area to raise a family or want to stay in their home but make changes instead of moving so the circle begins.

[Perry]

And they say there is no (or next to none) inflation?

Who are "they?"

This is a hoary old chestnut.

The 'official' figures that 'they' give out are a fantasy.

It's been discussed on PT in the past. That discussion resulted in an approximate formula being created.

Take the 'official' figure, double it, then add two. That will be the real rate of inflation, give or take a bit.

Therefore, if the 'official' [fantasy] rate promulgated is 2%, the real rate is 2 x 2 + 2 = 6%.