PHOTO: WARWICK SMITH/STUFFTim and Linda Brandon entered into a contract with Quickbuild and a local builder to build a home they could easily manage.
An elderly couple already out of pocket after a kitset build gone wrong must now stump up to repair their home.
Tim and Linda Brandon expected their kitset home to be a cheap downgrade to prolong their retirement in Marton, but their dreams were quickly shattered when the project ran $40,000 over budget and failed its code of compliance.
And, a determination released in November by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment confirmed the bearers that support the house are not legal.
In the report, determinations manager Katie Gordon ruled the galvanised beams, which attach to the foundations, would not last 50 years, as required in the Building Code.
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