Directors Commentary – Healthy Homes Act
With the deadline extended from July 1 to December 1, 2020, Landlords have had a few extra months up their sleeves, to work towards providing a compliance statement for the Healthy Homes standards. The compliance statement is an addition to tenancy agreements and provides detailed information about how a property meets the Healthy Homes…
Read MoreHow to Make the Most out of Tenancy Changeovers
When you own a rental property, the dream of course is to have a stable long-term tenant who will happily stay there for as long as you’d let them. However that’s not the reality for most landlords – the average tenancy in New Zealand is 2 years and 3 months. So a tenant change-over is…
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Property Prices Set to Rise 5,000%
In 1980 my parents bought a property in Mt Eden for about $56,000. No, I didn’t miss a zero off the end. That is what houses were worth back then in central suburbs. It was a big deal for my parents – 5 kids to house and busting a gut to get into good school…
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