有没有人买了房子以后出问题找做Builder's Report的负责的？麻烦吗？

NewLynnHse

昨天听说有人买了套房子，住进去以后发现下雨就“漏水”，之前做Builder's Report说房子没有问题。
我想知道的是，如果买房子之前找人做的Builder's Report说没事，买完了才发现有一些问题，如果是大问题的话，那个做Builder's Report的公司/人会不会负责？

bungyjumping999

Need more facts:

1) is it verbal building report?

2) is it written building report?

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?

NewLynnHse

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

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ruima

bungyjumping999 发表于 2018-6-5 08:43
Need more facts:

1) is it verbal building report?

那是不是只有在雨天看屋顶才能看出问题？其他时间没有必要？
有明显漏水痕迹的情况除外。

Lease

ruima 发表于 2018-6-5 09:06
那是不是只有在雨天看屋顶才能看出问题？其他时间没有必要？
有明显漏水痕迹的情况除外。 ...

湿度计读数高的就应该警觉。

另外如果inspector 使用诸如红外线探测仪等设备的话， 应该可以看到屋顶有没有漏水情况。 当然， 使用那种仪器的检测价格也比较贵一点。

bungyjumping999

ruima 发表于 2018-6-5 09:06
那是不是只有在雨天看屋顶才能看出问题？其他时间没有必要？
有明显漏水痕迹的情况除外。 ...

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).

lianlian88

我家的屋子也是有过类似的问题的，所以墙面检测时没有任何问题，但是有一次下超级大雨时，房间的屋顶和卫生间就漏水了。屋顶漏水，找人来看就是说我家房间的屋顶不够斜，铁皮顶在屋顶最高处有一块铁皮和另外一块铁皮之间有缝隙，雨大了就会倒灌，如果屋顶够斜雨水就不容易倒灌了。我们找人过来打了发泡胶进去就不再漏了。
卫生间漏水是外面的木板变形造成的。这些问题其实builder在report里都会写，说老房子总有潜在问题的，这应该就是所谓的disclaimer了吧。

感觉weatherboard就算有漏的问题也很多是木板变形，屋顶变形造成的，和plaster那种整堵墙一起湿度增高性质不一样，而且我感觉木板的房子通风其实很好，所以就算湿了，一吹风一晒太阳又干了，所以很多时候检测不到湿度高可能就是这个原因，尤其是那种阳光超级好的房子，所以当时检测数据都OK。

bungyjumping999

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")