It’s only scheduled for a 2011 completion, but the $450 mil Elliot Tower is destined to accommodate some of the 2011 Rugby World Cup hordes. [...]
Massive downtown ‘next century landmark’ apartment tower planned
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Electronic monitoring technology provides a non-destructive method of protecting NZ homeowners from moisture, rot and financial ruin.
If you are one of many New Zealanders who own a home, apartment or ‘rental’ built from 1996 onwards, you have probably given some thought in recent days to the approach of the ‘10-year limitation-on-claims’ cut-off for [...]
Early warning “leaky” signs for home owners and developers in case your builder/architect/supplier has dumped you in it’
Some key factors to observe and to get right on any home:
• ‘Good boots’ and ground clearance. A well built and maintained house has all ground-water deflected away and cladding well clear of wet ground. As a [...]
MRE Property continues to “look on the bright side”
Ian Revell from MRE Property (ex Milford Real Estate MREINZ) is always one of those very positive property punters(PPPs) and he believes that there are a number of positive signs around, despite a tiny increase in [...]
Auckland’s ‘Tank Farm’ put on hold again
Surprise, surprise; the best site for an iconic super stadium, the Wynyard tank farm – thought to be the piece de resistance in the transformation of the city’s waterfront — has become a scramble almost in the [...]
There is still time for a “Canadian-type” solution to our leaky homes crisis – just.
Just what is New Zealand doing about its “rotting home scandal” which has yet to reach its peak – and when will Parliament, the representative of the people, face up to the fact that the problem is not going away and more and more people are suffering, while specialist lawyers and expert assessors bank the [...]
Was there ever a better time to be in the New Zealand property market? Our ‘safe haven’ status in a turbulent world keeps the market sizzling
Just what is New Zealand doing about its “rotting home scandal” which has yet to reach its peak – and when will Parliament, the representative of the people, face up to the fact that the problem is not going away and more and more people are suffering, while specialist lawyers and expert assessors bank the [...]
Leaky Buildings – Another View
The following is an excerpt of the June 2006 report: “Another view on New Zealand’s weathertightness or ‘leaky building’ crisis” – the report details the scope of the problem, and [...]
Manning-Magic means that Stillwater runs deep on the Lake Rotorua shore
It’s being hailed as one of the smarter property development calls in New Zealand. Timothy Manning’s innovative, investment-retirement development, Stillwater, on the Kawaha Point road, alongside a trout-spawning stream near Lake Rotorua, let’s you have your cake [...]
Do something different and be ahead of the pack
“You make a difference in property by doing something different and being ahead of the others. If you go with the pack you’re fighting to get ahead and it doesn’t work. For my whole life I’ve believed [...]
