Property Management

Council tipped not to certify potential leaky homes

The Auckland City Council is expected to announce today that it will not certify hundreds of existing plaster-clad homes without a cavity to drain away water.

Thursday, December 04th 2003

Other councils are likely to follow, causing stress to thousands of people who have still to get their homes legally certified. This is likely to make these homes harder to sell.

Sources have told the Herald that the council will not issue a code of compliance certificate for any residential properties with a monolithic cladding system without a cavity.

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