Home Owners & Buyers Association of New Zealand

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We represent the interests of New Zealand’s current and future home owners and residents. You can rely on us for independent information and guidance on buying, selling, maintaining and owning your home.

Our objective is to create a fair and ethical community where people are accountable for their actions and where the focus is on long term outcomes as opposed to short term gain.

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Our Services

We provide independent information and support on all matters related to homes and housing.

Buying and Selling

Advice on sale and purchase agreements and building inspections.

Planning and executing building projects

Assistance with new builds, remediation of leaky buildings and renovations.

Body Corporates

Body corporate governance and management advice.

Leaky and defective home repairs and claims

Support and guidance for leaky home owners and residents.

Dispute resolution

Assistance with dispute resolution and tradesmen you can trust.

Great Support

Representing the interests of individuals, families and communities.

Latest News

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Christmas Closure 2014

Thank you for supporting HOBANZ! It is incredible to see another year come to a close with the growth of our HOBANZ family. We are excited to have this wonderful group of people working hard to...

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We are Hiring! (Applications Closed)

Help build solutions to housing problems - join our team! We are seeking a fulltime, permanent Project Manager to work in our Auckland offices from January 2015. It is an exciting time of...

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New Auckland CVs - Be Wary of Council Values

Auckland Council's website especially developed to deliver the new valuations of homes for Aucklanders crashed on the morning of release on 10th November. The three-yearly update of...

If only we had become aware of HOBANZ at the beginning of our “Leaky Home” journey, we would saved so much time, money and gained earlier peace of mind. Their professionalism and knowledge ensured that we obtained a full review of our home, which resulted in a substantial change to a total reclad to resolve the original building problems. This took 4 years to reach the mediation process, along with considerable expense by way of inspection reports and legal fees. All this would have been substantially reduced if we had the support of HOBANZ from the early stages of our claim. We cannot thank Roger and his team enough for their support, guidance and compassion during this stressful time in our lives.

Ngawai & Jon, 2014
We were all totally ignorant of our situation and where to start. Once we got HOBANZ on board, the situation was explained to us, as daunting as what it was!! From here, we were guided, supported and given crucial information every step of the way.They were instrumental in bringing on board the Project Manager, the Architect, the Builder and our day in Court, and were involved in every way, including dealing with the Council. Not only were we supported with the rebuild, they were also fundamental is assisting some of our owners in liaising with the banks, to raise the finance required. For some this saved them from having to sell their homes. The end result, just brilliant. I couldn’t thank the HOBANZ team enough.

Toni, Body Corporate Member, 2014
Roger, it is impossible to put into words the appreciation of your efforts on our behalf these past years (we’ve lost count!). Your knowledge and experience along with the wisdom of years of such cases has kept us together! We know that it has taken many long hours outside of ‘work’ and appreciate how difficult that is to maintain. We will be forever grateful for you care and concern, your sense of humour in tough times and your ability to make the mountains seem possible to climb. Thank you for picking us up and gluing the pieces together, maintaining perspective and getting us to this point.

Chic, Merv and Tracey, 2014
John, this has been an amazing, frustrating, worrying, stimulating, harrowing, fulfilling and relieving experience since we embarked upon this marathon in late 2006. We have all learned so much and have reason to be immensely grateful to you and your team. You have been supportive and encouraging right from the word go and none of us have any doubt whatsoever that we would have struggled and most likely failed without the experience you and Roger and your team brought to our table. The team you helped assemble for our Body Corp assistance & High Court case were just the right people in the right place with the right experience at the right time.

Paul, Body Corporate Chairperson, 2014

Home Owners & Buyers Association of New Zealand

Welcome

About

Become a Member

Make a Donation

Our Services

Buying and Selling

Planning and executing building projects

Body Corporates

Leaky and defective home repairs and claims

Dispute resolution

Great Support

Latest News

Christmas Closure 2014

We are Hiring! (Applications Closed)

New Auckland CVs - Be Wary of Council Values

Words of Appreciation