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Nikki Preston
Gone in seven days: Young family snaps up off-grid home that sent locals into a frenzy
“When they saw it, their eyes lit up.”
Nikki Preston
‘People everywhere’: Off-grid home sends locals into a frenzy
Open home blows out from 30 minutes to an hour and a half.
Nikki Preston
Fake tiny home saga: Hamilton’s most controversial container beats council officials
Environment Court ruled container was public art.
Nikki Preston
Fight over fake tiny home heats up and heads to court
Hearing to determine what can be built on the tricky site is delayed again.
Catherine Smith
New Zealand’s flood devastation: Homeowners left to fend for themselves
Flood victims get more support in Australia.
Diana Clement
No bills, no grind, no debt: Off-grid homes in NZ’s hidden beauty spots
How to pull the plug and live the eco-dream for less than half-a-million dollars.
Nikki Preston
‘You can’t be here anymore’: Plea to start moving entire communities out of risk zones now
Industry experts call for action after extreme weather events leave trail of death and destruction.
Diana Clement
Are basements Auckland’s new leaky home problem?
Many of the city’s garages and basements haven’t been designed to cope with 100-year floods.
Catherine Masters
NZ's new rental crisis: Scramble to find a home after floods and cyclone damage
Pressure ramps up in an already competitive market.
Catherine Masters
Auckland flood damage: ‘If they try and hide it, they’re asking for trouble later on’
Sellers urged to be up-front with buyers and postpone campaigns if houses are smelly and damp.
Nikki Preston
The houses that will struggle to sell in 2023
It’s all about sellers making the effort this year, agents say.
Diana Clement
Rising sea levels, falling prices: NZ's multi-million-dollar waterfront homes at risk
Climate change threat to thousands of coastal homes.
Diana Clement
Entry-level homes thin on the ground but you can pick up a mansion for just over $1m
For first-home buyers on a budget, the housing market challenges are piling up in Gisborne.
Rupert Gough
Rupert Gough: How banks will deal with the New Zealand homes threatened by climate change
The first step will be to stop lending to some regions regardless of the localised risk of flooding.
Diana Clement
You can’t say you weren’t warned: Homeowners’ climate change nightmare
Insurance and house value woes will worsen as extreme weather events become more common.
Catherine Masters
Risk of panic-selling in NZ’s most flood-prone towns
“Weather-related disasters might in sum become as destructive to New Zealand as earthquakes.”
Catherine Masters
Warning: A lot of NZ's new homes are out of date and not fit for purpose
Pressure is on to future-proof country's housing stock.