3) What are the disclaimers in the building report? The Report is drafted to make the buyer to make an informed decision. The informed decision is general, and not specific.
4) The report is a comment on what needs to be done for maintenance and not necessary checking the roof is leaking or not. The roof needs a roofer to check if it is leaking or not. The roofer won't know if it is not raining. So, it is rather difficult to pinpoint on responsibility.
5) Disclosure by owner? The previous owner would have known if it is leaking because they are staying there. Unless it is tenanted. Maybe there is "as is where is clause" in the Agreement?
6) Maybe the house is discounted to take into the "as is and where is" condition of the house? who knows?
作者: NewLynnHse 时间: 2018-6-5 09:47:28
bungyjumping999 发表于 2018-6-5 08:43
Need more facts:
1) is it verbal building report?
these are the details I'm trying to find out 作者: 网络毛毛虫 时间: 2018-6-5 10:03:25
Yesterday rain would test a good roof or bad roof or problem roof / gutter.
If houses are leaking, this will be the best time to test.
If it is flat roof (old roof has slope problem), the roof can't catch up with the rainwater if it is an unusual amount of rain water.
If the building structure is fancy ( with a lot of curves), and have balconies and lack of maintenance, and have membranes issues, water will penetrate.
3-4 months in Auckland will be wet........ this is where the building/houses are subject to fair wear and tears. Even with garden, people hardly go out. But immigrants like big garden (for subdiivision, haha).
Identify potential issues is always a good practice when come to buy a house and not blinded by "fancy looking" structures. That is what happened to new immigrants (blinded by " 大氣")