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Warrant of Fitness for rentals (including details)
Does new or retrofit double glazed ranch-sliders come with visibility stickers as standard?
Good point - I was thinking that new ones would be built with an extrusion down the middle.
Then I get home and ours aren't!
But they are safety glass.
It's amazing when you think about it how many "investors" were sucked into buying substandard properties at inflated prices. The WOF list should be everyones checklist when looking to buy a property whether as an investment or for yourself or family.
It's a nice way to test the water for this type of thing (WOF).
My/our predictions that it will drive up rents will be tested.
Testing the water, certainly. More likely the thin edge of the wedge to encourage other local authorities and as a step towards a compulsory scheme.
The University of Otago in Wellington is very involved in this, and are to receive data for ongoing research. Which appears to be publicly funded.
Set up costs will be interesting - paid for by Wellington ratepayers probably. Cost recovery from landlords @$250 might or might not recover actual ongoing costs. Though if the visit with a clipboard takes an hour, that's a lot of money for paperwork.
I hope that Wellington CC reports regularly on take up and outcomes. Or requests under the LGOIMA will be heading their way.
Chatting with a tenant, t'other day and her experience with a certain telco came up. The word used was "spit" but she may've meant Spirit. Anyways . . .
Seems it was a fixed contract for 2 years @ $200/year. (Or somesuch)
After a short time, a paper invoice charge appeared. The coy was contacted and reminded it was a fixed price contact.
Next was a non-direct-debit fee. The coy was contacted and reminded it was a fixed price contact.
Next was a dispute resolution fee. The coy was contacted and reminded it was a fixed price contact.
$250 for a test every 3 years. Sounds like another testing/inspection/overhead bonanza. Building products are designed to last a bit longer than that so why isn't a pass good for 10 years?
$250 for a test every 3 years. Sounds like another testing/inspection/overhead bonanza. Building products are designed to last a bit longer than that so why isn't a pass good for 10 years?
Things like ovens can go faulty, leaks develop etc.
You'd hope that these would be rectified during the tenancy but some LL aren't good at this.
A very blunt instrument for a specific issue - some LL are not good, most are good!
However, history shows many, many civilizations that have done just that - Egyptians, Romans, Khymer, British . .
Entrepreneurial enthusiasm eventually withers and dies in the face of rule-bound conservatism.
Last edited by Perry; 18-08-2017, 06:16 PM.
Reason: fixed typo
The good thing is it becomes a very justifiable charge to tenants so will increase rents. Of course it adds virtually no benefit to the tenant as the only ones in slums now are generally those who decent landlords won't rent to.
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