I find it easier to think of the remaining jobs we’ve got to do around the property as how many hours of work they’ll take. That and “what’s the most cost effective way of doing it?”. Thankfully we’re now back in our home after a period of absence following asbestos being discovered and needing to…
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oh for the options
I miss Sydney for the first time. While bright winter days where one can walk around in shorts are appealing, the actual thing I desire right now is options. Options for a variety of tap fittings, options for a ball gown (David Jones and Bianca Spender, I never thought I’d miss you so much), options…
Blessed beyond our dreams
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…
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…
NYD update
Another simple difference between Australia and New Zealand is the heat. Today has a peak of 25° and the dairy (what Aussies call a corner store) we visited after looking at a farm had a constant stream of people. People would roll up in their cars, get out, pay quite a reasonable price and hop…
Safe, sound and settling in
While my posts over the next few weeks are likely to jump forward and back through the chaos that has been the last month, today I simply want to share today. What a lovely day it has been – our first full day as a family in our new city. We viewed a couple of…
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 