I live in Christchurch and looking to buy a house here. There were so many dodgy repairs done after the quakes that there's a real risk of buying a lemon.

I have a friend where their foundations were repaired, turned out the builders had basically papered over the cracks. There are countless stories like this one.

I think the market in Christchurch is going to be very odd once the scale of these bad repairs comes out. New houses are definitely at a premium.