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Did New Zealand’s 30-year obsession with cavity systems actually fix our leaky home crisis, or did it just introduce a whole new set of high-maintenance problems? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, thousands of New Zealand homes started rotting. The building industry panicked. The quick fix was simple: mandate a drained and ventilated cavity behind almost every cladding in the country. But after three decades, it is time to look at the actual follow-up research. I spent weeks

Before we begin, you can watch the video about this topic on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYEXk581n_k&t=1203s If you are thinking about adding extra accommodation to your property in New Zealand, there is a good chance you have heard about the new granny flat exemption rules. While there is a lot of buzz surrounding the ability to build larger minor dwellings without a building consent, the truth is that the traditional under-30-square-metre exemption rule remai