It’s been a long, long time since I’ve had any sort of deep soul contentment. I’d forgotten what it felt like. I’d forgotten how damn good it feels – like the aftermath of passion but for longer and deeper. For the past two days since getting our property I’ve been feeling this and since meeting…
Category: Buying in NZ
To dream again…
Where do the dreamers inside of us go and how do we get them back? It’s a question I’ve been asking of myself today upon realising that the second property I’d discounted was actually all I dreamed of not too many years ago. Like many others, I was challenged and impacted by the lifestyle change…
Choices
When one moves countries, especially when one moves and has money to buy a house without a mortgage, decisions can be overwhelming. I’ve woken up the last few mornings and loved walking into town and doing half my 10k steps before going home to family. Life in town is quite appealing for many reasons, first…
Going, Going, GONE.
The worst thing about a Deadline sale is that there’s only one shot. Or at least, there was in our case. We heard this morning (after calling the agent to find out what had happened after the vendor’s saw the bids last night) that someone else had put in a great offer – and while…
Making an offer
Today is the day! It’s the close date on the Deadline Sale and we’re submitting our offer. There’s been a few things holding us up on submitting the offer early: Do you know that there’s an embargo on insurance companies insuring properties? You need to make sure you can get insurance before you make an…
Deadline/Negotiation/Multi-Offers/For Sale
Entering into the New Zealand property market can be a confusing business. We’ve been struck by how absurd things seem to us – a house with no price listed and the selling arrangement is by Deadline Sale. Which, for the uninitiated is basically a blind auction with a set date for all offers to be…
Perfect on Paper
Before coming to NZ we’ve had a year of thinking of what we might want to do. Accomodation, tourism, a place for people to relax, entertaining, room for animals and an orchard with vegetable gardens. We also hoped for something that Mr Incredible could branch out into a cycling enterprise and capitalising on new trails…
a life of less regrets 