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Changes to Residential Insurance From 1 May 2013 the majority of insurance companies operating In New Zealand have changed residential building insurance from ‘full replacement’ to ‘sum insured’. Under the ‘full replacement’ system the insurer would fully replace the destroyed...

Leaky Buildings � The Perfect Storm A “perfect storm” is an expression that describes an event where a combination of circumstances will aggravate an otherwise benign situation. Our perfect storm involved the use of materials prone to rotting, cultural changes which...

Ensure That What you Spend on a Property Really Adds Value Valuers are often asked whether spending money on improvements will add a commensurate amount of value to an individual property. Clients are often disappointed when told that relatively expensive capital items might add...

A short decade or so ago, if you wanted to buy or sell a residential house in New Zealand you had limited choices available if you wanted to ascertain the market value. There was always the option of seeking out your own information and analysing the data yourself. In reality,...