PHOTO: MATT SHAND/STUFF – Bella Vista Homes director Danny Cancian.

Bella Vista Homes was destined to fail, according to ex-workers from the failed Tauranga development and a detailed examination of its financial records.

Those involved in the collapsed subdivision say the numbers behind the Pyes Pa development never added up, leaving it short of critical infrastructure, such as retaining walls. They say that houses were sold for less than they cost to build.

Some properties in the development, which left the owners of 21 shoddy houses battling Tauranga City Council for compensation, had a build budget of $1550 a square metre and could never have turned a profit, former staff and contractors said.

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