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Building and renovating

  • Renovating your home
  • Building your own home

Building and renovating

  • Renovating your home
  • Building your own home

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  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Renovating your home

If you’re renovating, make sure you use licensed tradespeople and get consents where you need them.

Alterations and renovations

Planning, selecting tradespeople, insurance and consents.

What's involved when you're renovating


Ensure your building project is done legally. How the law protects you if things go wrong.

Rights and responsibilities when you build or renovate


Find out:

  • when you need building consent
  • what you can do yourself
  • what you need to hire a licensed builder to do.

What you can and can’t do yourself when you're renovating


It's easiest to install home sprinklers while you're already renovating or building.

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  • Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

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