Ross Wensley's legacy continues to haunt Queenstown. Following the Oaks Shores, Oaks Club Resort & The Point, the Glebe is the fourth & latest Wensley complex to be declared hopelessly leaky.

Wensley set up a different company for each complex and liquidated them once the units were sold, so he's never paid a cent, while QT Council is up for hundreds of thousands.

It's shocking to see housing which hasn't lasted twenty years.

https://www.odt.co.nz/regions/queenstown/council-dodges-bullet

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Council dodges bullet

A fourth Queenstown apartment complex developed by Invercargill’s Ross Wensley is undergoing multi-million dollar repairs. But, unlike the last two...

Otago Daily Times Online News

The Hilton Queenstown has five million bucks worth of leaking bathrooms, so they're chasing Queenstown Council, as you do. The QLDC is becoming synonymous with massive payouts for leaky homes.

Also named is De-Geest Bathrooms from Oamaru.

https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/leaky-hilton-may-cost-qldc-ratepayers-over-5-million/

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Ross Wensley's leaky legacy continues to haunt Queenstown. The payout here is likely to be at least $200m. How much will ratepayers have to stump up? QLDC isn't saying.

https://crux.org.nz/crux-news/tangible-relief-for-owners-as-qldc-settles-on-leaky-oak-shores/

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'Tangible' relief for owners as QLDC settles on leaky Oak Shores

A deal's been made between the Queenstown Lakes District Council and owners of the Oak Shores' leaky apartments - but ratepayers don't know how much it's cost them.

Crux