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Fast and furious bidding? ill bet at $239k less fees they have made a decent loss.

$239k each, what a bargain and in the city to on one of the most expensive streets.

These two townhouses are part of a larger complex. What about the other townhouses in the complex? How have they survived so long without a code of compliance?

Hmm. Who sold it to them, a real estate agent? What were they told or NOT told?

Actually it makes quite a difference to the meaning. There is no code of compliance, but there is a building code. A Code Compliance Certificate was originally (under the 1991 Building Act) a certificate which stated that the building complied with the building code. While it now (under the 2004 Building Act) states that the building work complies with the building consent, the building consent itself is granted on the basis that the building work proposed will, if properly constructed, comply with the building code. Thus the term is still appropriate.

If they got one.

There is not one single house in NZ that has a Code of Compliance. Such a thing doesnt exist and the words make no sense. In suspect the cadet reporter who wrote this is thinking of a Code Compliance Certificate, sometimes called a CCC.

Not only does a code of compliance not exist, you would; think that someone whos stock in trade is English would actually know some, and realise that the phrase code of compliance makes no sense.

Says something about doing due diligence, but youre right, that should have been disclosed. Makes you wonder if it was a private sale, because if there was an agent involved they really should be investigated for that.

Theyre not called âcode of compliance certificatesâ. Get your terminology right.

Damn, at that price they are practically free.

Moot point you make. Adding of hardly changes the meaning.

If the owner didnt know, then they certainly didnt let the agent know!

For that price Id crawl under th house and dig out more clearance with a teaspoon. Purchasers gonna do just fine.

100% guarantee your house doesnt have code of compliance. Mine doesnt

so why didnt you buy them? Youd just slap a coat of paint on it, get COA from Council, maybe loose $200-300k in process of doing so, maybe had to get them demolished ending up with empty piece of land for $479k...

The earlier article written when these were put on the market said that all other townhouses had got code compliance certificates.

code of compliance is not even English

Well the owners will be kicking themselves for selling that cheap. Sounds like a scam by Lowe & Co if you ask me. Just watch them get sold right on for ALOT more after a quick cheap fix up.