Just the incentive first time home buyers needed to build part two

Most of the home builders in NZ and not only wellington, are apprehensive of the proposed $5000 remission scheme. As they think this will not be able to make people want to build.

  Elaborating on this they said that the average first-home builder was looking at a minimum of $200,000 for a plot and $400,000 minimum for a build.

                     Most  of the time it is a case of under productivity as people will buy the land but when the builders will cost it for them, the costs will fly out of their budget plans. So, most of them have to say no to build in the budget that they are talking about.

                        Those who did pursue a first build had more money than the average. Mostly it’s the parents who are funding the new house.

     However, some of the builders were supportive of the rates remission, but also doubted whether it would boost the stock of inner-city homes.

                   But were of the opinion that it certainly wouldn't do any harm to try this. Even if this doesn’t work, the message that the council is giving out a rates rebate, that's a message that the council is supporting first-home builders. This could only encourage home buyers into home builders.

Just the incentive first time home buyers needed to build part one

The proposed $5000 rates remission to provide incentive to first time home buyers into getting their house built , has  received mixed feeling from builders here in Wellington. Most builders here believe that  this would do precious little for builders in wellington,  as they fear that this ia not enough to boost the supply of new homes in the city.

                       But after reading our two part series, you will definitely understand how this is benefitical not only for the city to grow horizontally, but vertically too. The wellington City Council has been vocal about increasing the stock of new housing, particularly of apartments.

                                      The rates remission initiative, which would have no impact; on rates, is aimed at New Zealand citizens or residents planning a new build as their first home working by giving back part of the cost of the house back to you.

   The deal is expected to be formally adopted by the council at a meeting on Wednesday, was a way to provide incentive to the construction of apartments. The construction of apartments was stressed more as the council wanted people to be able to afford to live in the central city. Hence wellington needed to grow up, not just out.Quite like other urban centers in NZ. 

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Good news for housing in Queenstown NZ

Housing affordability and supply pressures are set to be eased at the Queenstown Lakes District ,as the Council housing stock here is expected to grow by 5000 in the next 30 years, and the Council wants to extend its policies to the area to help with that growth.

 All this is set to be done according to the Housing Accord and Special Housing Areas Act. Special housing areas (SHA) and housing accords were established in 2013 by the Government and the council to help enhance housing affordability and help in land and housing supply.

                                                    One of the ways this could be achieved was by speeding up the process under the Resource Management Act. This could prove to be the most vital tool in addressing the housing issues of Queenstown Lakes district.

The district is going to double in size and there are two major players who take up about half of the building market coming on board, so this hopefully will encourage others to come on board quicker.

 The project  was also positive almost all of growth could take place inside the urban boundary of the district and is a huge sigh of relief for House builders in Queenstown NZ

Biggest mistake when buying a home

Buying a home is an intense process, especially so for first-timers. Since I have seen a lot of home buyers I  know the no. 1 mistake that they do—they don’t know what they want ?? buying my own home in July 2013, I’ve gotten a lot of questions about how to get the ball rolling, so the first thing to do when trying to buy a home is to have a wishlist.

                          Obviously, I know after watch enough house hunters that wish lists don’t line up with budgets most of the time, but it is still a good idea to have a rough idea with of what you are looking for.  The wish list also helps the agent find you homes best suited to your needs.

BUILDING YOUR WISHLIST

Everyone has a wish list for what they want in a home, whether you are currently looking, in a home already, or still renting and compiling a list of your “must haves” for the future. I’ve been making a  list in my head since I was ten, and even though I own a home currently, I still think about what features I’d like to have in the future.

Here’s a chart ,I used when I was house hunting

Wished feature

3br

2 baths

Laundry space

2 car garage

Drive way

Front porch

Front garden area

Now I didn’t get all of these features ,atleast I knew what I wanted from the start. And if you’re wondering what I got – I got more than the list above as I built my home in NewZealand with the help of trident homes.

House design essentials: insulations part two

                                    Keeping with our promise for doing a second post on  low cost insulation hacks here are our the hacks which have been carefully chosen by us @ housedesignnewzealand :

Immigrate to New Zealand:12th on “Good Country” index

                                                          Just another reason to immigrate to this great country .Also known as the land of kiwis ,New Zealand is one of the top countries outside EU to immigrate .

                                                                                   In fact only 8 of the 23 nations part of EU have outperformed New Zealand in the good country ranking .So, what is a good country well its quite simple ,it is a country serving the interests of its own people, but without harming - and preferably by helping - the interests of people in other countries too.(I don’t know about you, but I would definitely want to be in that type of country).Here are the different factors that decide the ranking:

popular 4 bedroom house design in New Zealand

Today I will be reviewing a very popular 4 bedroom house design by Trident homes,a popular house designer and builder here in New Zealand .According to a recent survey, Four bedroom house designs are the most preferred in New Zealand.

Four bedroom house designs are the most preferred