I am selling a property, a 1990's hardiplank weatherboard house, one of the three bedroom 80sqm ones.
A prospective buyer banks with BNZ who told the buyer my house is listed as a leaky home.
I asked for clarification and the bank has come back with this:
I certainly haven’t had any problems in the 7 years I have had the place but it sounds like have a fairly loose criteria for loading houses into the database, such as being built in a certain era or someone in the neighborhood has had a leaky house.
My house isn't monolithic clad but I'm not sure if they are suggesting that or offering more information on leaky homes in general.
Has anyone encountered this before?
Do I have any rights or is my house guilty until proven innocent at the expense of a building inspector?
A prospective buyer banks with BNZ who told the buyer my house is listed as a leaky home.
I asked for clarification and the bank has come back with this:
For the leaky Home check, yes it is a database that only we internally have access to. We also use the certificate of title # to check on this, in this case it is : XXXXXXXXX.
This does not mean that the house is leaky but could mean that his house was either build in the leaky home era or there has been a house in the area that has been notified as leaky not necessarily this house.
If the home was build in the 1990's to 2000's and it has monolithic cladding it could possibly have some problems. It would be in the best interest for you to arrange a building inspector here in NZ, who has a moisture meter and he would go around the house and provide moisture levels to confirm that everything is okay and then they can provide you with a report for the same and we can keep that report on your file saying that this check has been done.
This does not mean that the house is leaky but could mean that his house was either build in the leaky home era or there has been a house in the area that has been notified as leaky not necessarily this house.
If the home was build in the 1990's to 2000's and it has monolithic cladding it could possibly have some problems. It would be in the best interest for you to arrange a building inspector here in NZ, who has a moisture meter and he would go around the house and provide moisture levels to confirm that everything is okay and then they can provide you with a report for the same and we can keep that report on your file saying that this check has been done.
I certainly haven’t had any problems in the 7 years I have had the place but it sounds like have a fairly loose criteria for loading houses into the database, such as being built in a certain era or someone in the neighborhood has had a leaky house.
My house isn't monolithic clad but I'm not sure if they are suggesting that or offering more information on leaky homes in general.
Has anyone encountered this before?
Do I have any rights or is my house guilty until proven innocent at the expense of a building inspector?
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