I heard that cheap houses in New Zealand are all asbestos houses. Is it true?/You don't say.

That's true, so don't buy a house blindly and do your homework in advance. Asbestos was widely used in houses in New Zealand before 1983, and was not banned until 1984. New Zealand has to pay a lot of money to dismantle asbestos houses. New Zealand even has asbestos consultants to make asbestos, and there are many stone inspection and cotton removal and management companies. New Zealand's Health and Safety Work Act holds that owners must pay all kinds of asbestos pollution costs during renovation and demolition of houses. In fact, this thing that should be introduced by the government was all passed on to the homeowner. Many New Zealanders have transferred such houses to new immigrants from China. Asbestos has not been used in China for a long time. New immigrants from China have never heard of this thing. They think the house is good and cheap, so they buy it.

Of course, the essential reason is that the harm of asbestos is gradually recognized by people; The "prickly" old house containing asbestos has a history of several decades, in which asbestos has become more fragile and fragmented, and it is easily emitted into the air like dust and inhaled. Construction workers also know the harm of asbestos. If they see a large number of asbestos interlayers in the renovation of old houses, even if the owners pay a large price for them to dismantle them, no one may be willing to do it.

If you know that your old house is made of asbestos, deliberately concealing it when asking the construction team to carry out construction may have serious legal consequences, because New Zealand is very strict about the health protection of workers; Asbestos, a substance harmful to human health, must be treated harmlessly by a professional team; And "major" means "big price" in New Zealand.