Following on from E2's original documentary on the subject of leaky buildings in New Zealand (A Rotten Shame, produced in 2011), A Living Hell continues the theme but expands it to look at the more complex issues in defective apartment buildings.
Large apartment buildings that raise alarms due to water ingress are subjected to more intense scrutiny and more and more defects are exposed. The initial leak problems are merely the canary in the coalmine - pointing to often serious structural issues, fire hazards, and alarming safety issues.
Consumer advocates John Gray and Roger Levie launch an exhaustive investigation to uncover the reasons for these disasters, and what can be done to prevent things like this happening again