Defective Title

[Ram]

Hi Im just in the process of looking to update my flat plan title as I have done a consented extension of our house on a crosslease property.

Already have CCC and neighbor all good with it.
Now that the plan is defective, I'm planning to update it.

How much does updating...

[Peter Griffin]

Good Afternoon,

I'm looking at purchasing an old motel. It has a 3 bedroom 'stand alone' house at the front. At the rear of the 3 bedroom house are 6 one bedroom units. All concreteblock (circa late70's). All the units are seperated by firewalls, all have seperate stormwater. Each unit...

[lovethatview]

Hi All - hoping for some direction.

We are looking at purchasing a floor of an office building in Central Auckland (155 sqm held on a strata title). The building is 8 floors, each is owned separately and occupied by both offices and residential uses (unclear if the residential units...

[steeneveld]

I am currently working on getting permission to convert an unpermitted granny flat built in the 1980s into a second legal unit under AK Plan rule H4.6.3 for "The conversion of a principal dwelling into a maximum of two dwellings".

Preliminary discussions with Council planners...

[Parksie]

Hi, We are looking at converting one of our bedrooms to a bathroom. We haven't done any renovations to our property that require any kind of consent and I'm curious to know if anyone has gone through converting a non plumbed room to a plumbed one and if so what it might cost. Obviously depending on...

[Akl_New]

Recently bought a house where previous owners converted the lower level from a rumpus to a minor dwelling in 2004. (studio with bathroom and kitchen)

It ended up getting a CCC for the bathroom, but the consent application for minor unit ended up being retracted as there were structural...

[GayleDD]

I am looking to buy a commercial property (mixed use) for conversion to a family home. We work from home (office not manufacturing), so this situation is ideal for us.

Are there any pitfalls I should look out for?

For instance, one agent has a property I am viewing on Monday...

[mahogany]

Hi there we are wanting to convert our garage into a single room with a attached shower and toilet. Can some one please recommend a good and well priced builder and draughtsman.

Are you able to go to a one stop shop? Do places like mike greers etc do this type of work?

Can...

[EMScott]

Hi All,

This is my second go at this. I perhaps was a bit hopeful with my long list of questions last time. (I got no replies). I have scoured the forums and picked up little bits of advice but not specific to this situation.

Basically I have a consented old carport/shed combo...

[EMScott]

Hi All,

Ive searched high and low and found lots of great information already (THANKS!!!) but havent yet been able to get to the bottom of my specific situation. Id be really appreciative of any help you guys and gals can offer.

I currently have a consented but dilapidated...

[Curious]

Hi guys

I'm thinking of converting an existing "rumpus room + laundry" in my basement to a standalone studio with a small kitchenette and bathroom. Should be pretty easy as all the plumbing, electrical installations and external access is already there and no structural work needs...

[buxlo122]

I was reading in the NZ Property Investor magazine about Oliver Philips aka Mr Kitchen. He has converted the Kitchen into another bedroom and put an open plan kitchen in the living room. He is claiming after this conversion the property is now cash-flow positive.

Has anybody done this...