Hi guys,
I am absolutely desperate for help/advice and would be grateful to anyone who could help.
I recently bought an apartment as my first home in Auckland CBD, and was only able to afford it with the help of my mum who gave me a substantial deposit (this also being the reason I feel so bad about my decision to buy this apartment, as it was a large chunk of her own savings that she gifted me).
So before I went ahead with buying this apartment, I did as much research as I could, including many Google searches about the building, trawling through the various threads on this forum, going through news articles about Auckland CBD apartments etc. My biggest concern was really about it being a leaky building, and even though the bank didn't require it, I got an inspection from what I gathered to be an experienced and registered building inspector.
I thought I had found the perfect place - not impressive in size but not an absolute shoebox either (at least in my opinion), has pretty decent views, large windows, gets a lot of sun and had been repainted and re-carpeted by the previous owner. In hindsight, I think the "renovation" that was carried out by the previous owner should have been a red flag for me.
Anyway, just a few days ago in Auckland, there was kind of a storm i.e. really windy and pouring rain on-and-off for about 3 days. This was when I noticed that the bottom corner of the window was "leaking" (I am unsure if this is the proper term to be using), with water seeping through. Anyway I noticed this a day late, and when I had, some water had already collected on the window sill and I could see that the wall near it had already bubbled due to this.
So now, I am just wondering what I should do. Does this by definition make this apartment a leaky building? Or even if not, then should I be worried about the foundations of the structure of the rest of the building? And if it is, what should I do? Let the body corporate know? I have so many questions and so many concerns here it would take me a whole day to write them out. I feel like the previous owner must have had some idea about this (P.S. the Pre-Contract Disclosure had stated that there was no knowledge of any weather-tightness issues, and anyway I am not 100% sure as to the actual definition of weather-tightness or leaky, but I think that this issue would constitute as both of those, though I really really hope not) but I am not naive, so I'm pretty sure that I couldn't do anything against the building inspector or the previous owner.
Any idea as to my next actions, possible costs I am facing etc?
Please help.
Thanks.
I am absolutely desperate for help/advice and would be grateful to anyone who could help.
I recently bought an apartment as my first home in Auckland CBD, and was only able to afford it with the help of my mum who gave me a substantial deposit (this also being the reason I feel so bad about my decision to buy this apartment, as it was a large chunk of her own savings that she gifted me).
So before I went ahead with buying this apartment, I did as much research as I could, including many Google searches about the building, trawling through the various threads on this forum, going through news articles about Auckland CBD apartments etc. My biggest concern was really about it being a leaky building, and even though the bank didn't require it, I got an inspection from what I gathered to be an experienced and registered building inspector.
I thought I had found the perfect place - not impressive in size but not an absolute shoebox either (at least in my opinion), has pretty decent views, large windows, gets a lot of sun and had been repainted and re-carpeted by the previous owner. In hindsight, I think the "renovation" that was carried out by the previous owner should have been a red flag for me.
Anyway, just a few days ago in Auckland, there was kind of a storm i.e. really windy and pouring rain on-and-off for about 3 days. This was when I noticed that the bottom corner of the window was "leaking" (I am unsure if this is the proper term to be using), with water seeping through. Anyway I noticed this a day late, and when I had, some water had already collected on the window sill and I could see that the wall near it had already bubbled due to this.
So now, I am just wondering what I should do. Does this by definition make this apartment a leaky building? Or even if not, then should I be worried about the foundations of the structure of the rest of the building? And if it is, what should I do? Let the body corporate know? I have so many questions and so many concerns here it would take me a whole day to write them out. I feel like the previous owner must have had some idea about this (P.S. the Pre-Contract Disclosure had stated that there was no knowledge of any weather-tightness issues, and anyway I am not 100% sure as to the actual definition of weather-tightness or leaky, but I think that this issue would constitute as both of those, though I really really hope not) but I am not naive, so I'm pretty sure that I couldn't do anything against the building inspector or the previous owner.
Any idea as to my next actions, possible costs I am facing etc?
Please help.
Thanks.
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