Home Warranty Insurance

Home warranty insurance needs to be provided by:

A builder or tradesperson before taking any money (including a deposit) from a home owner (including an owner-builder) under a residential building contract and before starting any work under that contract
A ‘spec’ builder before starting any residential building work on a property owned by the builder
A developer before entering into a contract for the sale of a property on which a builder is doing or has done residential building work for the developer
An owner-builder (ie. a home owner who did owner-builder work under an owner-builder permit) before entering into a contract for sale of the property on which residential building was done within the previous six years.

There are some exemptions from the requirement for Home Warranty Insurance. Details are outlined on the Department of Fair Trading web site.

City of Newcastle acknowledges that we operate on the grounds of the traditional country of the Awabakal and Worimi peoples.
We recognise and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs and continuing relationship with the land, and that they are the proud survivors of more than two hundred years of dispossession.
CN reiterates its commitment to address disadvantages and attain justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of this community.