Rottenomics: The Story of New Zealand's Leaky Buildings Disaster

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Rottenomics: The Story of New Zealand's Leaky Buildings Disaster
Authors and Contributors      Other primary creator Peter Dyer
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 240,Width 160
Category/GenreEncyclopaedias and reference works
ISBN/Barcode 9781869539986
ClassificationsDewey:338.476240993
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher David Bateman Ltd
Imprint David Bateman Ltd
Publication Date 4 October 2019
Publication Country New Zealand

Description

For over a quarter century our building industry, economy and Government have failed to provide this basic guarantee: new buildings will not rot. Leaky buildings are the result of an unfortunate confluence of industrial, legislative, historical and cultural factors. Collectively, these elements stubbornly continue to defy a full and final resolution. Featuring personal stories of homeowners faced with insurmountable repair costs of hundreds of thousands to their `dream home', often leading to sickness, depression and financial loss. And revealed for the first time, a withheld government report from which the author extrapolates the total cost of leaky dwellings at over $47 billion. Rottenomics is an engaging expose into a national crisis that refuses to go away.

Author Biography

PETER DYER is a freelance journalist based in Wellington who has written for the Winters Express, ConsortiumNews.com, the Manawatu Standard and North & South.