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PHOTO: The St Lukes Garden Apartments were built between 2003 and 2011, but serious building defects have made the complex a serious liability for its owners. Photo credit: Supplied / RNZ

A new documentary by building experts John Gray and Roger Levie has uncovered the shocking state of apartment buildings around New Zealand.

Entitled A Living Hell: Apartment Disasters, the programme reveals that even new builds are not immune to a glut of defections, which can cost millions to fix and cause huge problems for owners who thought they were taking a prudent step onto the property ladder.

Roger Levie, who founded HOBANZ (Home Owners and Buyers Association Inc.) with John Gray, told Sunday Morning the organisation had helped thousands of people address building issues since it was formed in 2007.

HOBANZ initially helped homeowners and body corporates with issues like leaking buildings, moisture getting in and rot – and Levie said the environment that created those leakage issues had led to many buildings not being fire compliant and having structural issues.

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