Kiri Gillespie: Bella Vista case finally ends but ratepayers left to clean up the mess
30 Apr, 2021 11:00 PM
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The now empty site where Bella Vista Homes were built at The Lakes. Photo / File
OPINION
This week, Judge Paul Mabey QC released his sentencing notes closing the final chapter of the Bella Vista Homes saga.
Finally. It has been more than three years since 21 homes in The Lakes were urgently evacuated amid safety concerns of the properties, built as part of the Bella Vista development. What followed has been, in my opinion, a tiresome, nit-picking, ugly three years of finger-pointing as to who was to blame.
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Bella Vista case: Judge hands out $150,000 in fines for Building Act breaches
28 Apr, 2021 04:55 AM
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Former director of Bella Vista Homes Ltd Danny Cancian. Photo / File
A judge has dealt out more than $150,000 in fines to parties found guilty of Building Act breaches linked to the failed Bella Vista development.
The sentencing comes more than a year since the District Court trial started and more than three years since 21 homes in the development were evacuated by the Tauranga City Council and the saga began.
In a decision released today, Judge Paul Mabey QC sentenced five parties involved in the development and found guilty of Building Act breaches after being prosecuted by the council.