t’s tidy, it’s clean and it’s only seven years old – but it failed the Wellington City Council’s new rental warrant of fitness test.

The house’s owner, one of the two Wellington landlords to test drive the standard, says the council’s own inspection needs a closer look.

Financial adviser Joseph Williams’ property failed, even though it passed a basic council inspection in 2011.

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Financial adviser and rental property owner Joseph Williams in his property which failed the new Wellington City Council rental warrant of fitness test.

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