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Three-day job took 22 weeks: Tenants win $5500 compo
Landlord Timothy Stewart said he was 'horrified' by the way the tenancy had been managed.
'Crude attempt' - Fletcher v Australian builder on leaky pipe problem
'Negotiations over the Perth pipe problems are confidential and have not yet concluded.'
110 Perth homes a month have exploding pipes: builder BGC
Full cost to put new pipes into a Perth place has been estimated at A$80,000 per home.
Property Insider: Quay Park leasehold fee spiral fear; Precinct Properties’ apartment push
CBD leasehold, Seascape, apartments, Mt Eden and Ikea: all covered in today's column.
Whai Rawa vs Parnell Terraces: Appeal Court rules for Māori leasehold landowner
Apartment owners' body corporate chairman expressed disappointment with the decision.
'Cover-up': Honours recipient told to pay nearly $1m for deceptive sale of rotting home
A judge described the case as "quite literally a cover up".
Whangārei Hospital leak
A patient at Whangārei Hospital captured this video of the ceiling leaking close to expensive scanning equipment, during light rainfall on Good Friday. Video / Denise Piper
$150m defective building: Harbour Oaks' owners get High Court decision
Hearing took five months and more than 55 expert witnesses presented evidence.
Property Insider: Heartbreak from The Ridge apartment purchase
From apartment hell to apartment opening: The Ridge and The Greenhouse span the spectrum.
'Living hell': Owners of The Ridge apartments try to sell entire building
Seven-level block with 60 car parks advertised 'as is': apartment owners try to exit.
'Tell us if you've been hurt' - WA regulators seek details of homes with Fletcher pipes
The Australian investigation wants information today.
Property Insider: Apartment ‘hell’ in new series; magic behind early highway fix; Chinese exodus
Owners spent about $15m trying to fix The Ridge apartments: it's stripped out, empty.
Mega $62m apartment repairs: Residents return to high-rise CBD block
Apartments are gradually being handed back by the head contractor, Teak Construction.
Christmas joy: $5.4m Parnell repairs, owners get keys back
Chubb New Zealand insured units where repairs were carried out by Tauranga’s Align Group.
Family endured months of leaks - which peaked during Cyclone Gabrielle
Scott Healey and his daughter were tenants in an unconsented building in the Napier suburb of Onekawa for months, experiencing leaks which peaked during Cyclone Gabrielle. Video / Scott Healey
Property Insider: What's happening with Herne Bay boatshed, Fletcher's plumbing problems
Will the owner of the $22 million waterfront mansion go ahead with the scheme?
Downer profit halves, named as co-defendant in leaky building claim
Revenue rises 26 per cent to $2.7 billion.
Māori land owner v Parnell townhouse owners in ground rent rise fight: Who won appeal case?
Annual ground rent shot from $740,000 to $1.3m, which townhouse owners decried.
'Is it going to take someone being electrocuted and killed?': Fletcher pipe crisis
"We believe this is an Australia-wide issue and that WA is simply the tip of the iceberg."
Insurer loses multi-million dollar legal stoush over leaky building clause in policy
Napier City Council will go back to High Court in pursuit of $4.4 million.
Retired house inspector faces $700k liability on decade-old report
A former house inspector could be liable for half of a $700,000 leaky home claim.