So you bought a meth lab....

**R650R** · 8th July 2017, 22:15

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**AllanB** · 8th July 2017, 22:35

All the more reason to shoot the fuckers who supply it.

So with all the scare mongering in the original post think about this: A expert on the above has been quoted as saying last week that he would rather have his family live in a ex meth house that a damp mould ridden house (ie a high percentage of NZ homes).

Super combo - a mouldy meth house.

And apples probably give you cancer.

Speed apparently kills.

Wanking damages your eyesight.

And cow piss/shit is destroying our rivers.

**caspernz** · 9th July 2017, 00:24

One of the funny things about meth testing in houses is that it's basically a cowboy industry. I know of one chap who does this as a sideline to his normal job and he reckons it's almost a license to print money. Uses a basic kit that tests for "trace elements" of meth use and whilst you have to do more testing to find out whether it's from a user or a cook, the initial basic test has an obscene profit margin. But then ask about the % fee charged by a real estate agent and that's even worse...

**Akzle** · 9th July 2017, 08:23

i lol all over this shit.

**Voltaire** · 9th July 2017, 08:37

Add Meth testing to the Cowboy list that already includes Real Estate Agents, Banks and Insurance Companies, all playing on

fear and FOMO.

**Laava** · 9th July 2017, 09:41

I have a mate who bought a meth positive house a while back, it had been on the markets but the real estate agents were being very skittery about how to go about selling it so he approached the owners directly and got it at a very reduced price compared to market value. Then he employed some p heads to strip the inside completely, all wall and ceilings! Then he sprayed all exposed timber with a couple of layers of pig sealer and had it tested. Nothing. Win!

**pritch** · 9th July 2017, 14:16

Only slightly relevant but hey it's Sunday and I'll be turning the TV on soon enough. A house across the road was vacant for a while before being renovated and new people moving in. Whether they're tenents or owners I wouldn't have a clue, nor am I interested. I had noticed that they seemed to get a lot of visitors who stayed just a few minutes, some even left their engines running.

I wasn't moved to start connecting dots about any of this, then one day another neighbour told me her son, who had been visiting over Christmas, considered that the unusual traffic pattern was evidence that it was a meth house. I thought about that briefly and came to the conclusion that he was probably eminently qualified to comment but thought no more about it. One day as I put the bin out I noticed three police vehicles including a dog van at the house and a team of cops in overalls going in and out. The cops seemed to leave on friendly terms but even so I don't think I'd buy that house. And I hope if they're going to have an explosion they keep it on their side of the road.

I remember reading about a meth lab in Auckland, there was an explosion following which a toddler was found crying in the middle of the street. The kid had been blown there when his dad's lab exploded. That was a while ago, the kid's probably got his own meth lab now.

**YellowDog** · 9th July 2017, 17:20

Have used a few meth testers. Most are 'Mickey Mouse' one man outfits.

We now use a firm run by a couple of ex-cops. They do a far more comprehensive job.

I guess that if you get shafted on buying a P-Lab, just keeping running a while and you'll end up getting your property for free

**george formby** · 9th July 2017, 17:35

The fear mongering, mis-information and lack of regulation with testing is bloody shocking. Having had tenants in our previous house prior to selling we have been through the hoops. At the banks demand we had the house tested, what a joke, and it was positive. $3000 and a bottle of sugar soap later we closed the sale. I notice the "safe" threshold has been raised since then, would have saved us a lot of crap.

I did a lot of research during this debacle and believe that the risk is over stated unless the house has been used as a lab or constant p party pad. Studies from overseas regard tobacco residue as being more toxic. And harder to clean.

A state house next door is currently boarded up after the white overalls removed a load of crap from it, hmmm, my tax dollars, thousands of them.

An $800'000 property not far away was recently pulled from auction when, after testing, a prospective bidder found out it had been used as a lab. The owner was recently cleared in court of any connection to meth dealing or production. A huge amount of resources and man power from the police went into building the case. Lack of evidence? WTF?

Whichever side of the industry your on it's a gold mine, summit reeks.

I would happily purchase a p positive house at bargain basement price and live in it after my experience. Lab, not so much. A question of scale on the toxicity measure. And I'm not that good at cleaning ceilings.

Actually, it would be smarter to invest the money in a lab to provide test results. They really have the market cornered.

**R650R** · 9th July 2017, 18:22

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**danchop** · 9th July 2017, 18:42

-What about 2nd hand cars?
-What about 2nd hand furniture?
-What about the hotel room youre planning of staying in?
-What about toilet blocks at your work?public places like sky city etc
Why is it only homes that are targeted??

Anyway a guy i know who owns an apartment in a building in auckland cbd,has moved because the whole building is being redone due to the leaky housing crisis.The company doing the work insisted drug testing in all apartments prior to work starting(safety of its workers i guess).This guys apartment tested positive and he told me he had to pay $16000 for decontamination,fucks sake the internal cladding etc was all to be replaced anyway?The funny thing he said to me was "Fuck i never even smoked the shit in here,it was all my mates over the years,i blast it, so no chance of any shit from my doing."

**EJK** · 9th July 2017, 19:14

Originally Posted by danchop

-What about 2nd hand cars?
-What about 2nd hand furniture?
-What about the hotel room youre planning of staying in?
-What about toilet blocks at your work?public places like sky city etc
Why is it only homes that are targeted??

Good point. But spotlight ain't shined upon because you don't normally sleep in your car/ office every day?

**HEsch** · 9th July 2017, 20:32

Having worked on a housing development, doing QA and Compliance for the client (ie, auditing the builders), based on site and getting to know the constructors - we had many a conversation over lunch or during the inspections.......... The construction industry is well known for drug use. I'm told painters are the worst. The client has a process that includes testing all houses prior to occupation - ie after completion of the building, when no one has moved in yet. Didn't happen on that project but has on others, houses needing to be stripped after that test.... Makes you wonder.
But I'm also told truckers are notorious users.

I wouldn't know, wouldn't touch the stuff with a barge pole, ever, so these comments are as good as what you paid for them (ie nothing).