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I can say with 100% certainty that 2 bdr units in Mt Wellington have gone up by around $20 per week in the last 12 months, we are now starting to see units for $370 per week, infact there were two...

Who is taking ASB's special olympic 5.99% for 5 years fixed rate?
http://www.interest.co.nz/borrowing/mortgages

Stuff.co.nz says you must have at least 80% LVR....

I live in the same circumstances. Mortgage interest deductibility is based on ratio of floor areas. The accountant was quite adamant that the IRD would frown upon the allocation of the deposit to the...

A big advantage is that the tenant pays the costs when they break the FTT which are quite a bit now Veda and Trademe put their price up. I have had 100% occupancy across 6 tenancies for the last ...

Its possible the property was hydraulicked - the dates being at the height of the property boom certainly make it a possibility.

If you don't like the look of aluminium joinery on bungalows and villas etc, you can get uPVC joinery in the same style as the traditional wooden ones. I think it performs better as it doesn't...

I am interested in the answer to this - I know it is more expensive per m2 for two storey but why should this be? There is a much smaller building foundation and also a smaller roof. I think we are...

Section 48 talks about the landlords right of entry to the premises - but subsection 7 states that the definition of premises excludes "land and facilities" As far as I can tell this means there is...

I feel for you. I was going to say that she can't demand this but is it possible that showing the flat next door breaches her right to quiet enjoyment? I doubt it. Good call on the 90 day notice, at...

I think it's unreasonable to expect to be notified of a viewing next door. I say put the rent up too.

You can go direct to the manufacturer eg HPM on Target rd in Glenfield, but most electrical wholesalers will do it for free.

If the faceplates are UV damaged (yellowing) HPM and PDL will change them for free, not sure about other brands like clipsal etc. I have done this several times and it makes a huge difference to the...

If you haven't tried using ceramic cooktop cleaner and a razor, you need to do this as like Suse said, it comes up new unless there are chips in the glass.

Actually I can think of another way to go if the rust is not too bad you can sand/wire brush and spray with zinc-it, this is a good way to go if you like a galvanised finish as you won't need to...

All you need to do is go over it with a wire brush and apply rust converter. This converts the rust into an inert form and it acts a a primer, so you can go ahead and finish it with enamel spray...

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This is factually incorrect. The zinc coating does not protect against corrosion by coating the steel, it acts as a sacrificial anode. This means that scratches etc where the bare...

Can anyone else confirm this? If is true I will have to put my rents up by around $6 per week immediately to compensate for this alone ?

Apparently money does buy happiness up to a point, an income of USD$ 75k according this article in Cosmos.

http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/

I plastered over all the exposed cinder block walls in my flats, you can't tell the difference between those walls and the gib walls. One problem though is that since the plaster is quite thick, when...

I recently had eastern bays locksmiths (no affiliation at all) come out to my block of 4 flats (each with a front and back door) to set up a master system on existing 6 pin tumbler locks. Interlock...

They sometimes buy/steal car doors so they can work out how to break into a particular model of car and hone their skills.

I have buy and holds, and I not only use the internet for trademe, banking, communicating with tenants etc, I have all my spreadsheets i.e. water billing, rent summaries, scanned tenancy agreements...

I'll keep you posted, I hope they don't leave!

Incidentally the reason the wife isn't on the TA is because she was overseas for the first few months of the tenancy. It would be good to get her...

Thank you all for your thoughts, Paul you are absolutely right. As much as I hate having to find new tenants, the very last thing I need at the moment is to be party to benefit fraud.

I texted...

Hi there,

I received the following text message today from a tenant:

"Hi brent how u?is it ok if v change the tenancy agreement on my wife's name?Is ther any cost bhind it?WINZ is asking for...