The Leading Building Surveyor Company in the Bay of Plenty
Combining 25 Years’ Experience with Forensic Expertise
Forensic Building Surveyor Collaboration
When you require a Building Surveyor for the most complex compliance, weathertightness, and dispute resolution cases, The House Inspector partners with Registered Surveyor Philip Browne. This collaboration combines Philip’s specialised forensic expertise with Jason Nicholls’ 25 years of industry experience and 2800+ comprehensive home inspections.
Advanced Expertise for Complex Challenges
Forensic Weathertightness Assessments
Deep, invasive investigation into latent and complex leaky building syndrome, structural defects, and water ingress sources for insurance or legal claims.
Dispute & Legal Support
Providing independent, expert witness reports for litigation, mediation, and arbitration through his affiliation with AMINZ.
Building Compliance & Remediation
Guidance on complex Building Code compliance issues, council requirements, and full scope management of remediation projects.
Philip Browne: Our Registered Specialist Building Surveyor
Registered Specialist Building Surveyor
Expertise & Qualifications: Philip is an industry leader with over 40 years of construction sector experience, including 20 years as a Registered Building Surveyor. He specialises as an expert witness for property defects, ensuring complex building issues—from leaky homes to compliance failures—are handled with the formal scrutiny required for courts and tribunals.
– Registered Building Surveyor (NZIBS)
– Fellow Member, NZ Institute of Quantity Surveyors (FNZIQS)
– Diploma in Law (DipLaw)
– Associate, Arbitrators & Mediators Institute of NZ (AAMINZ)
Specialist Services
– Remediation & Compliance: Guidance on complex Building Code compliance and management of remediation projects for leaky or defective buildings.
– Dispute Resolution: Expert witness reports for litigation, mediation, and adjudication arbitration.
– Forensic Quantity Surveying: Forensic review of cost estimates and analysis of financial discrepancies in building disputes.
– Council Recommended: Trusted referral by Tauranga City and Western Bay of Plenty District Councils for complex compliance matters.
– Government Trusted: Philip currently serves on the Ministry of Education Weathertightness Review Panel and the MBIE Weathertight and Tenancy Services Panel.
Collaborating with The House Inspector
This specialist service is a collaboration between Jason Nicholls (Founder of The House Inspector) and Philip Browne. Jason draws on 25 years of industry experience to identify key defects, seamlessly partnering with Philip for high-level forensic diagnostics and legal reporting.
Know When to Engage the Specialist
For complex needs beyond a standard report – including litigation, remediation, or forensic quantity surveying – Philip delivers the specialist expertise needed for resolution.