New laws require building owners in high-risk areas, such as Manawatū, Horowhenua and Wellington, to strengthen or demolish high priority buildings within seven-and-a-half years. One of those affected is Feilding [ … ]
Category: Houses
KiwiBuild ‘significant’ to city
The plans, announced last November by Housing Minister Phil Tywford, will see 68 homes built on Banks St and Discovery Pl in Marfell. Civil works at the site should be [ … ]
Do You Need Mortgage Insurance?
When it rains, it pours, or so the old saying goes. It seems like when something goes wrong with your life, a whole bunch of other things go wrong at [ … ]
Full house at Upper Hutt mall
Andy Bell, Ganson Group property and development manager, put the full house down to investment and improvements which allowed them to attract “better quality tennants”. The company had spent more [ … ]
Designer’s ‘unbuildable’ homes
The couples met David McLeod at the Nelson Home Show in 2016, and say they were impressed by his professionalism. However, after frustrating delays his company Project Architecture went into [ … ]
Are Open Plan Offices On Their Way Out?
Wikipedia defines ‘Open Plan Office’ as the generic term used in architectural and interior design for any floor plan which makes use of large, open spaces and minimizes the use [ … ]
City Life VS Country Life: What’s The Life For You?
At some point on our lives, we have to make a decision about where we’d like to live. For many of us, the decision to live in the country or [ … ]
Eco-home springing up
A home-grown Horowhenua building firm is looking to significantly ramp up production on its relocatable eco-homes, with a new factory.
Saying goodbye to their life’s work
A Golden Bay couple who built a hacienda-style mud brick inn with their bare hands 23 years ago are selling up and moving on.
Finding a housing fix
Ricky Pene, owner of First Property Consultancy, is launching an affordable social homes project which could see units sold for just $140,000.