OCBA - Statutory warranties

Statutory warranties

By law, a contractor must provide certain warranties when they perform domestic building work. These cover issues such as:

the quality of materials and workmanship
compliance with plans, specifications and legal requirements
completing the work within a reasonable time
meeting the end result that was requested and
if constructing a house, the house must be reasonably fit for human habitation.

Claims against these warranties can be made up to five years after the building work was completed.

You are also liable for defective building work under the Development Act 1993 for ten years.

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