抄録
The objective of the study reported herein is to examine the characteristics of the liability system and inspection one in the National House-Building Council scheme which is the most antipodal to the French system reported previously. The principal characteristics of the NHBC scheme are summarised as follows; 1) On the liability system, a) the guarantee of a vendor continues during the initial guarantee preiod (two years from the date of the Certificate)against defects of dwilling and during one year against defects of installations and machines. b) the guarantee of NHBC continues during eight years after the initial guarantee period against the major structural defects. c) the guarantee of NHBC covers also the vendor's liability in the case of the bankrupcy or liquidation, etc.. d) the benefit of the guarantee can be assigned to the subsequent purchaser. e) the purchaser's common law rights to defects is also preserved. 2) On the inspection system, a) the quality of dwellings is controled under the technical requirements for the design and construction which are compiled by the NHBC. b) the NHBC inspectors make the spot check in the process of construction of dwellings. c) the inspectors amount to a majority of the members of the NHBC.
