May 2012
Aka “Englishmen in New York Nelson.”
A question I am constantly asking myself is this one……….
…..why do “Poms” seem to not consider “future selling” money when they build a home in Nelson?
So, whether a UK resident moves to NZ or New York, their thought patterns should, to all intents and purposes just about remain the same, the only real difference being the physical distance.
If you want to move the family “lock, stock & barrels” out to the antipodes, then here’s two really important tips that will result in you “netting thousands” instead of losing them. (trust me on this, I’ve seen and experienced the heartfelt collateral damage side of this over the last decade…….at the very least, on about 11 ~ 12 occasions)
Ok this is from a UK TV Program...but let me tell you I have seen it locally...in Nelson
No.1
Do Not build a home with associated utility pipework on the outside…….yes yes I know it goes for ok back home……and again yes, yes, yes …I know you need it / have to have it, where else to put it, etc, etc….. but out here in New Zealand….well, we tend to have a bit more room/space around us……and frankly this ole habit just really needs a real good “Dan Carter” kick right out into the paddock.
Let me tell you right here & now…..what a Kiwi buyer thinks when they see this…….“cheap…cheap…cheap” – now, surely, that is not the first impression you want any prospective buyer of your property to have?
Extra rooms aren't always an advantage....
No.2
The fact that you want 3/4/5/14 reception rooms may very well appeal tremendously to you…..but from an antipodean perspective…let me tell you – its almost a “death knell.”
Out here, well……..we want/desire/live for “open plan” living, surely you might have noticed that when visiting the brand new showhome exhibitions……heck, space is what its all about way down here near the great Southern Ocean.
I hope you’ll view this for what it is – just a couple of hints from someone whose seen both sides of the story.
May 04 2012 | Buyers and General and Nelson and New Zealand and Sellers | No Comments »
Monday 9th April 2012
The NZ Property Report covering March 2012 was interesting reading last week. One thing it did highlight was that Queenstown / Central Otago Lakes still has NZ’s highest seasonally adjusted asking price for a residential property.
They were closely followed by…..no guesses here….. Auckland.
However sitting back, in so called bronze place was another town in NZ, with way less than even 10% of the population of Auckland, and that part of NZ was, my home.
Yes, the Nelson region it was.
March 2012 - NZ Asking Prices (CREDIT - www.realestate.co.nz)
As the chart above depicts, it sure does re-enforce the popularity of the region, and yet again confirms why this issue of Nelson region property pricing dominates local “headlines”, as depicted here in the media earlier this year?
Just to reassure, can there be other reasons?
Well possibly….
1] Are we a growing region?
2] With all this up/down motion, is there any stability in Nelson home prices?
3] Population wise, not being a capital city or so, what about the future for house prices in Nelson?
4] David, could there be any other reason to explain why Nelson is so popular?
5] Our main beach, Tahunanui Beach, is one of NZs most popular.
6] On the whole, Nelsonian residents live closer to the sea, than any other place in New Zealand!
You can view the complete NZ Property Report for the whole country online - HERE.
April 09 2012 | Buyers and Nelson and New Zealand and Sellers and Stats / Sales Data and The Market | No Comments »
March 12th, 2012
If you are not a local and are using the web to search for a property in Stoke, Nelson then you need to read this.
The good news is that this lesson it won’t take long at all.
First up, www.realestate.co.nz
...heres the realestate.co.nz search bar.......
if you select Nelson & Bays, then Nelson for the town…….
check all of these highlighted ones....
you’ll get a dropdown list like I’ve depicted above..
...and these too...
just make sure you search the highlighted suburbs, now www.summit.co.nz,
the Summit.co.nz site makes it quite easy actually...
…..to ensure you cover all the areas of Stoke.
www.nzrealtors.co.nz is there to help your search too
The NZ Realtors group to which Summit Real Estate belong also have a site you can use, and need to search just the four suburbs high-lighted above to conclude your search.
Trade-me also offers up a selection of suburbs again adding a few more to the mix, but obviously on account
some repeats here from above ... just check them all out
of some having zero listings, most people aren’t aware of them, you just need to check them all.
In case you are wondering where all these suburbs names are, hopefully this takeout of the Summit map will help.
March 12 2012 | Buyers and Nelson and The Market | No Comments »
Feb 28 2012
As I mentioned last week there’s ways, other than just reading here or my twitter feed, that you can keep up to date with happenings in the Nelson bays region of New Zealand.
First up its the paper that heralds itself on “only good news reporting”, perhaps a first in newspaper publishing?
The Nelson Weekly (click link below for latest edition)
The Nelson Weekly is delivered free to householder letterboxes each week.
Not forgetting our southern cousins, next up for free public consumption is the Waimea Weekly,
- The Waimea Weekly – click below for latest edition
actually a paper that was started before the Nelson Weekly….The Waimea Weekly was the original in the region that proudly proclaiming itself to be all about “good news.”
Enjoy your reading.
February 28 2012 | Buyers and General and Nelson and retirement and Sellers and The Market | No Comments »
Checking out the “flight-line” at Everett Field this past week, I noticed something unusual.
At first I thought who the heck, in this age of multi colour, would paint an airplane black.
(Real Estate relevance to this seemingly unrelated story – coming up…..)
Then after a couple of seconds it sunk in. ZK-OKQ sounds very much like a New Zealand rego.
PHOTO CREDIT : COLIN HUNTER
Remember these planes above from NZ’s recent Rugby World Cup. (click here to be taken to the site to see the FULL SIZE version of this “perfect timing” photo of each airlines tribute plane in this great shot from Colin Hunter)
After the very choreographed new Allblacks RWC2011 BLACK Airbus 320 (ZK-OAB) introduction some time back, it seems that another three Beech 1900D from Air New Zealand partner, link airline Eagle Air have also been painted to commemorate our winning rugby team.
But the trump card comes this week with the unveiling of the largest commercial airliner to date, that has been painted with over 700 lit ( 700 liters ) of black paint.
And according to past legends of NZ Rugby;
……(it) looked “sensational” and would “really turn heads” at airports around the world.
Expect the usual Air NZ treatment when she arrives, and I for one am hopeing for once, that TV1, 2, 3, 4 or someone decides to pick up the expected continuous live feed.
After all folks, even though Air New Zealand does have over 100 aircraft, including already 12 B777′s this is a $200 million dollar investment in New Zealand. And lets not forget Boeings latest incantation, the B777-300 (the cuddle class things) Air NZ has 4, and at an average age of less than 12 mths they are some the newest planes in the longhaul world. We need these big fellows to economically cover the sort of distances than NZ, being at the bottom of the world downunder demands.
Ooophs nearly forgot ~ the real estate relevance.
There are two really important demographics that an airline like Air NZ should correctly target. No. 1 are those from abroad for whom, but not always, after visiting Godsown….want to live here….and then there are returning Kiwis, for whom and lets not forget this small but significant point, the “ease of regular travel back home” is high on their list of desires.
On top of this there will be the aging ex-pat boomers who long for home (not forgetting NZ has the 2nd most highest ex-pat population in the World, behind Ireland)
And in case you are still wondering, as NZ’s sunshine capital, Nelson has more than just a little bit to benefit from this traffic.
Air New Zealand RELATED UPDATE 21-12-2011
Air New Zealand has just been granted type design approval for 330min extended operations (ETOPs) for its Boeing 777-300ER twinjets. This is also important because it could potentially mean even shorter trips on these planes over their longest ocean legs.
December 20 2011 | Buyers and General and Nelson and New Zealand and The Market | No Comments »
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