Builder Reduces waste to tip

[donna]

^^ and the gardeners!

[donna]

Found a feel good article by Diana Clement re builder doing the right thing and recycling new development waste.

It highlights how much building waste there is and so much that ends in a skip should be recycled.

I know when our house was rebuilt - we were amazed at what building...

[donna]

Who can we blame the price-to-rent ratio on? It's not trick question.

Cheers,

Donna...

[donna]

Interesting seeing a flatter line for the US - I wonder what Australia and the UK look like?

Plus if you don’t sell you don’t lose aye.

cheers
Donna...

[donna]

Maybe the police are now remote working.

[donna]

There are a few events happening in Auckland - see here and a lot of them are free. Hopefully, more are in the planning - especially from September onwards.

For Wellington - family-friendly events there are just 9 events between now and the end of the year (and only 5 if you exclude Matariki...

[donna]

^^ You and me both I guess - Gen X have been big travelers and keen to experience the buzz of activity and ambiance of multi-cultural environs. However, it's the millennials in charge!

The younger generations have travelled far less and they are skeptical or perhaps fearful of 'foreigners'....

[donna]

Hi All,

Have you noticed the decline of Auckland and Wellington city centres?

Tourists are coming back in a couple of months and neither city is in a good condition. Why are the councils and Government not doing anything to improve them?

Sources:

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[donna]

Hi everyone,

Keen to know if you’ve had a mortgage with Heartland bank and what was your experience?

There rates are much lower than the big banks.

I have a loan coming off fixed and need to look around for best deal.

cheers

Donna

[donna]

Thanks.

I heard the person who’d take over from Putin is worse! Could be goodbye Ukraine and who’s next!

Reading between the lines very rough times next decade - and a possibly global war to boot I suspect.

cheers

Donna...

[donna]

I’m intrigued to know your thoughts on when the big fail is going to happen Jeffa?

How do we prepare for it?

thanks

Donna

[donna]

Inflation running riot in the USA - interest rate rise coming?

Here's a question for you more learned and informed -

If everywhere is going through the same challenges with inflation, and rising costs, - then next is companies dumping staff i.e. redundancies - how can there...

[donna]

Our council are unhappy with the MDA. They’re saying it’s not all going to go the homeowners way as they will be signing off consent on the plans and they had better be good!

I’ll wait for them to get their ‘wins’ off other owners plans for a few years and then go at it once they’ve...