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I watched an amazing doc last night about the quake, so tragic. Even sadder to now hear they are building sh*t rebuilds. Given their weather extremes really bad news for the city. Like it doesn't have enough problems already.
Speights you looked to have not got my point of
tough building inspectors are a good thing and
more reason to invest in Christchurch.
Once again we have great weather no extremes
and are not signing off shite building because of
our inspectors.That domain belongs to Auckland
with lazy weak inspectors.
You are right about the weather Tulips- but as for the rebuild, alas even if the new work is to a high standard there are plenty of poorly repaired houses and there will be a second wave of fixing up houses that were poorly mended in the next decade or so- an Auckland leaky home syndrome all over again. I've also heard of issues in new subdivisions with new properties sinking and needing to be stabilised.
Meehole who posts here is an expert on foundations and piling.
She has predicted an upcoming crises in that area in ChCh very similar to the leaky building one.
She worked in ChCh in this area for some time after the quakes.
Sadly Courham given the liquefaction etc. you almost have to say they should shift the city. I know that can't happen but if underneath is jelly it's super risky isn't it?
Craig I look it from an investors point of view in
that a poorly repaired house I will pick up much
cheaper and use my quality tradies to repair
and still make a profit. Anyone accepting such
repairs is a fool like the folk building on soft
ground or employing cowboys.
Invest near the CBD for best capital gain,
not making anymore dirt where all the
action will be.
Liquifcation was only an issue in some parts. For example, I grew up in Burwood, as a kid the area we had as our backyard (between Travis swamp, QEII and and the river) was all sandhills and swamp. It was all built on in the mid 80s-mid 90s and once again large swathes are uninhabitable. The street I lived on before moving south (Kingsford St) in the Horseshoe Lake area is also now nothing but empty land (also former swamp land), further west the land is and much more stable. Rolleston, is only a few kms from the Greendale fault and that area, like Prebbleton and other western satellite towns, where the land (I assume) is built on the alluvial river shingles, are booming.
True Tulips, there is money to be made in repairs. There is also a reason the southern- western suburbs are still doing well, In fact is is like night and day as you move across the city. I still find it hard to comprehend going back to the areas and grew up and everything being gone.
It really is a city where you need to do your homework, more so than most I would think. I'm sure there is money to be made in property (lots of people have done very well out of their insurance claims, but many more haven't unfortunately and are still waiting) and it certainly is an interesting time in the rebirth of the city. I don't write it off as some do, its still a great place, just very different to when I lived there.
I look forward to watching its remergence. It could be our greatest, most modern and ecologically sustainable city, but it runs a risk of things being done half arsed and becoming a lemon.
It's biggest hurdle will be our memories. Enough immigration can fix that but otherwise it will take at least a generation to get over this.
True for families that lost loved ones and those injured but for
others broken building will soon be a distant memory when there
are so many new positives to focus on.
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