The hopes, dreams and futures of every homeowner in the Bella Vista debacle is in the hands of Tauranga City Council elected members.
Councillors will today decide what course of action they will take from a buyout, to remediation, to nothing at all.
The outcome could bring much relief to the 21 homeowners who were evicted from their properties on March 9, and have been locked out ever since -or it could spark the start of legal action.
The homeowners were evicted due to safety concerns over the properties as a storm approached
Subsequent investigations by council officers revealed shoddy workmanship in their properties with issues found with from the foundations to the roof in 21 properties in the Lakes Boulevard and Aneta Way development.
This was despite homes passing council inspections and four homes having full code of compliance sign off from council.
The failings at Bella Vista have raised questions about how council handles its role as a Building Consent Authority and how widespread the issue was.
While many blame still lay blame at Bella Vista's director Danny Cancian, many say it was the council that had the responsibility to ensure the houses were up to standard.
QC Paul Heath has been appointed by council to look into any failings council had and his report would be given to homeowners on Wednesday.
As Heath's report is prepared to be read, every property owner is now considering legal action against council.
All want to have their house bought out at full market value, before any defect, and some compensation for the stress of being left in limbo since March 9.
-Original reporting by Matt Shand/Stuff.co.nz
5 comments
full valuation lol
Posted on 06-06-2018 11:49 | By Capt_Kaveman
even if i was on council this would not happen, only compo would be losses, again council should not have the right to sign off buildings , councils job is planning, again council lack of knowing who to boot and i know many in council that need booting on the spot
Council incompetent?
Posted on 06-06-2018 12:15 | By jed
This is council failing at the most basic level. When people complain about the huge increase in council building fees and regulations, they say it is necessary to protect home owners. So, what happens when the council fails so badly despite the huge in increase in fees and regulation? Council will fork over other peoples money to fix the problem. Council for once, need to be held to account! This includes firing the people who are responsible including executive management.
How about
Posted on 06-06-2018 16:06 | By dbunk
Bella vista puts their hand in their pocket to assist the shoddy workmanship - oh thats right, they have shipped all the funds to another company and played the victim game aswell...
@ dbunk
Posted on 06-06-2018 16:43 | By Crash test dummies
Please catch up here, Council have already destroyed bella Vista, its in liquidation last year. The fact is bella Vista did not do the building, Council approved and license trades people did, these were contracted to Bella Vista (not employees) to build each home. So why have the trades involved not been names by TCC? perhaps it is becasue Councils beef is with Bella Vista alone. Many other things dont stack up either, most recitals about this saga have been well managed and censored by TCC so as to divert attention from itself. That seems to be changing as the other half of the story appears and so paints a very different picture.
@crashtestdummy
Posted on 06-06-2018 17:33 | By maildrop
I think you need to catch up. Bells Vista are responsible even if some work is sub contracted. Second, they liquidated the company due to owing heaps to Carters and IRD. Before liquidating one partner "bought out" the other by transfer of company cash and assets. That money, due to others, is in the bank account of "the partner". Neat. The liquidation stinks and has nothing at all to do with TCC.
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