An apartment is made up of many elements, some visible and some hidden. Buyers rarely have the professional knowledge needed to check that an apartment meets the planning and building standards (more than 8,000 clauses), and that the work actually matches what's in the specification and the plans.
Even a resident who manages to spot a construction defect often gets sent back and forth by the contractor, or finds the defect patched over only cosmetically. The resident believes the problem is fixed, but reality can catch up a few years later, once the contractor's warranty period for repairs has expired.
An inspection by an expert gives the resident a complete picture of the apartment's condition, and with it the tools to decide how to act on their rights. The report is admissible in court and constitutes a binding demand for the contractor to repair the defects found, and to pay compensation for whatever can't be repaired.
Filing an expert report lets the resident make full use of the Sale (Apartments) Law, which places full responsibility on the contractor for anything related to construction and design defects.
The engineers of Arad Bedek Bayit, led by building engineer Ron Arad, whom courts appoint as their own expert on construction defects. The company has been inspecting apartments and buildings since 2001. Engineer Ron Arad · More about the company