You would think this is rare and something that you need to go looking for but it is not abnormal in NZ
The windows of the North East Valley flat stay open all day – and night – just to clear the smell which lingers in the home.” “That smell is likely caused by the rising damp, which left the carpets sodden and mouldy, and which attracted worms.”
“The 44-unit Sirocco Apartments on Church St were built in the late 1990s for $7 million. The eleven-storey building has six levels of apartments atop five levels of parking. It has carpeted, open-walkways that connect two parts of the building. ” “Building surveyor Andrew Gray’s inspection of the building found 23 of the 44 apartments have documented leaks. Seventeen had been identified before Roberts registered his interest in buying an apartment
“An Opotiki tenant who lived in an apartment that was not meant to be inhabited, without heating, or windows that could open and no carpet has been awarded $4147 by the Tenancy Tribunal.” “While it was furnished, it had concrete floors, just two windows, one on either end of the apartment, and only skylights in the bedrooms, which continually dripped with condensation.” “Tony Koia, who is director and shareholder of