Disturbingly, Rental Properties account for more than half of the P-Labs discovered in the last five years in NZ
More than 50% of P-Labs discovered in New Zealand have been in rental properties, how can this be you might ask?
Surely property managers are meant to be doing regular inspections of rental properties?
Yes, and in most cases they are, but by rights, tenants must be given 48 hours notice before any check of the property, which gives them more than enough time to move the lab to another location.
I have read that the gases have a sort of a tangy smell but being faint, I do not expect a property manager would not necessarily notice and am sure such a smell could be temporally masked by another, little wonder 'P' manufacture is running rampant in society.
So were do we go from here, and who is ultimately responsible for making sure all that can be done to eliminate the problem is being done?
This really is a serious matter, landlords of the affected properties not only face huge decontamination costs, but the law also requires police to report the property concerned to local councils. In the majority of instances a permanent public record of the 'P-Lab' and contamination is then made on the LIM and Property report so it is the landlord's best interests to do what they can..........
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