New Zealand’s pre-purchase building inspection industry faces calls for regulation
New Zealand's unregulated building inspection industry lacks qualifications, registers, or accountability mechanisms for inspectors.
Pre-purchase building inspections help prospective home buyers assess a property's condition before making a major financial commitment. However, New Zealand's inspection industry operates without regulation, meaning inspectors need no formal qualifications, must not join any register, and face no industry body to hold them accountable if they perform poorly.
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Pre-purchase building inspections: should NZ regulate the ‘wild west’?
A pre-purchase building inspection gives prospective buyers a visual assessment of a property’s condition before they commit to what is often the biggest financial investment they’ll make. But New Zealand’s industry is unregulated, requiring nothing from those who perform them.…