Property

Changes to building consent fees

The Thames-Coromandel District Council is advising locals that some building consent fees and charges have changed, as of July 1. Council has two key roles in building... Read More

Mount tornado’s $2m cost

The insurance aftermath of the tornado which wreaked havoc on a strip of Mount Maunganui has been valued at more than $2 million. Insurance Council of New Zealand... Read More

Driveway safety gains momentum

More than 350 Bay of Plenty households with children aged five or under now have improved driveway safety as Housing New Zealand looks to put the brakes on being... Read More

New Tauranga homes unveiled

Two special housing areas catering for 210 new homes in Tauranga have been approved by Cabinet. With Cabinet approval resource consent for housing in the Papamoa... Read More

Bay heating bills that bite

St Vincent De Paul's Tauranga op shop has a bunch of second-hand safety-tested heaters just waiting to warm up homes across the city this winter. But support person... Read More

Rates up 2.88% in 2015/16: TCDC

Over the next ten years the Thames-Coromandel District Council will spend $580 million on core infrastructure around the region. Rates for the next decade will... Read More

The rental home scramble

It was like a Queen Street sale. They counted down, the doors flew open and the stampede began. But they didn't have fistfuls of disposable dollars and they weren't... Read More

Report targets housing and obesity

New Zealand needs more housing for the poor, and less fat on the hips of the average Kiwi, according to a report from the OECD. The country should also look at road... Read More

May’s month of building highs

Building in the Bay of Plenty continues to hit the high notes, with more than $65million worth of work consented in the last month. Priority One figures for the... Read More

Building noise boils over

They say babies smile in their sleep because they're listening to the whispering of angels. Not in Tauranga they don't - and certainly not in Otumoetai. One Tauranga... Read More

Tauranga building firm folds

A Tauranga building company with some 26 Christchurch clients on their books has gone into receivership - joining a raft of similar firms going bust in Christchurch... Read More

TCDC sticking with 'staus quo'

A proposed $200 annual fee for anyone advertising to rent their home as short-term holiday accommodation will not be introduced this year. The decision was made... Read More