Easements
In this article we explain the types of easements, their maintenance and repair, and your obligations, and what can happen if there are issues around costs and who pays.
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Commercial leasing and landlord consent
If you are a landlord owning commercial property, you may want to know how your tenant can make changes to the premises, or its use of the premises, without speaking to you about it first. If you are a tenant, you may want to know what you can do without being in contact with your landlord.
Property briefs
First Home Partner scheme: on pause; Council delays for property developers; Short-term accommodation – take care; Election impact on property issues
Alternative methods to sell your property
A more buoyant market means that sellers and their real estate agents will be looking to offer alternatives to advertised price, deadline sale or by negotiation methods. We give an overview on how the closed tender and auction processes works.
What happens if your builder goes bust?
Building a new home is an exciting process. It can, however, be quite daunting with risks of unexpected delays, cost increases and, in the worst scenario, your project going completely off the rails. In this article, we discuss how choosing your builder carefully can help to give you some peace of mind as you embark on your build.
Property briefs
Unit titles legislation updates; First Home Grants thresholds increase; Loan to value restrictions eased
Owning a heritage building
In this article, we outline some things you need to think about when owning or buying a heritage building.
Kāinga Ora First Home Partner scheme
In the Winter 2022 edition we discussed what to consider when co-owning a property with friends or family. Another co-ownership option to consider is the Kāinga Ora First Home Partner scheme.
Property briefs
In today’s property brief: Update on legislation; Changes to LIM information; Replacement of the Resource Management Act 1991.
Subdivision consents
In the Autumn 2022 edition of Property Speaking we discussed different types of resource consents. Since then, the government has released a new National Policy Statement for Highly Productive Land (NPS-HPL), which you can read here.