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(DIR) Post #AnbxA23w3HC7v8jy5Y by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-01T21:22:47Z
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In yet another example of NatACT First's determination to put foxes in charge of every henhouse in the country, Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk is overseeing a return to a system where builders certify their own work. Instead of having it signed off by an independent expert. https://www.rnz.co.nz/podcast/focusonpolitics?share=04dadcf1-6e70-4e3b-8fa3-54351c1eb8caThose with convenient cases of political amnesia may not remember that we moved away from this kind of system after the leaky buildings debacle.(1/?)#podcasts #RNZ #FocusOnPolitics
(DIR) Post #AnbxA7Buz1YDpLVuj2 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-01T21:22:47Z
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Penk talks about limiting this ability to self-certify to larger operators, with a proven track record and a strong enough financial "position". But he's either forgotten or never knew that builders used to create an off-the-shelf company for each build. Then wind up the company at the end of the build. So when people with leaky homes sought redress, they could shrug their shoulders and say 'that company wound up, I was just hired as a contractor,'.Or he's hoping you don't know that.(2/?)
(DIR) Post #AnbxA9248crHXMv4e8 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-01T21:22:47Z
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I note too that NatACT First are planning to remove laws that allow company directors to be held liable in those sorts of circumstances. Laws that may have been added to prevent a repeat of the leaky building debacle. Where insurance companies and councils ended up paying for people's repairs after lengthy court battles. Because they could seek redress from the directors of the wound-up building companies.Either Penk doesn't know about that, or he hopes you don't.(3/?)
(DIR) Post #AnbxqPy7Yk3UE8EQsq by aligorith@mastodon.nz
2024-11-01T21:30:28Z
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@strypey Yuck! That is really nastyThen again, even when you've got a developer who's still busy building new stuff AND you've got a building guarantee, getting them to actually respond can sometimes still be hard
(DIR) Post #AncLnSecvVWDI0BX7Y by rogerparkinson@mastodon.nz
2024-11-02T01:58:08Z
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@strypey this will lead to a kind of generation of badly built houses, as with the leaky buildings. There will be a set of years eg 2025-2028 and if you're buying a house you skip those ones unless they're really, really cheap, and expect to spend lots fixing them.
(DIR) Post #AncM15p8bf0iXIbMJs by Niall@mastodon.nz
2024-11-02T02:01:20Z
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@strypey as well as all the other bad things, this makes it harder for the smaller builders. Big does not equal trustworthy.
(DIR) Post #AncMc7ylYWxHw2lT5k by ThorsdaysChild@mastodon.nz
2024-11-02T02:08:03Z
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@strypey Some builders are still using the off-the-shelf set ups, unfortunately.
(DIR) Post #AngRyueSYAmtfEn3Oi by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-04T01:27:01Z
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@ThorsdaysChild> Some builders are still using the off-the-shelf set ups... which is why we don't allow them to self-certify, and have rules allowing company directors to be personally liable in cases of blatant shitfuckery.
(DIR) Post #AngTnugqGbXIVRmsmu by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
2024-11-04T01:47:26Z
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It's also convenient for cowboy builders that Fair Go has been defanged. Just one example of the execs at TVNZ feeding the walls of the house into the fire, in a futile attempt to stay warm.