Helpful property tips
Residential
Want to add value without breaking the bank through a fresh home renovation? Make sure you factor in these commonly forgotten costs before you bring out the sledgehammer.
Residential
Big or small, some renovations will need council approval before you break out the toolbox—but not all of them. Come with us into the confusing realm of local council bureaucracy and renovation consents, and let us be your guide.
Residential
The cold and damp weather of New Zealand has a lot of ways to encroach into your home. Unused chimneys, drafts around windows and doors, rising damp, failed sealants, missing roof tiles—and those are just the most obvious culprits.