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Insurers say they are not required to lift homes above flood levels

Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Tue, 11 Mar 2014

Insurance companies are denying responsibility for lifting house foundations in Christchurch above flood levels in keeping with new building codes.

Floods last week in Christchurch starkly highlighted the problem – some just-repaired homes were inundated because of failure to account for the

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Chris Hutching for NBR NZ Property Investor
Tue, 11 Mar 2014
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