Articles related to ‘Property’
Thursday, 14 July, 2011 | Claire Coe
At Rainey Collins we can guide you through the home buying process. Take advantage of our FREE first home buyers seminar.
To register your attendance, enter your details below and submit or call Gillian Scanlon on (04) 473 6850… Continue reading
Thursday, 14 July, 2011 | Claire Coe
At Rainey Collins we can guide you through the home buying process. Take advantage of our FREE first home buyers seminar.
To register your attendance, enter your details below and submit or call Gillian Scanlon on (04) 473 6850… Continue reading
Tuesday, 5 July, 2011 | Claire Coe
Angela had the same tenants in her apartment for a couple of years. Recently when it came time to sign a new tenancy agreement, the tenants requested a copy of all Body Corporate rules that related to them as tenants as they had heard that this was now a requirement. Angela hadn’t realised that along with the recent changes in the law made to Unit Titled properties (referred to in… Continue reading
Monday, 27 June, 2011 | Claire Coe
Anna and Scott signed an Agreement for Sale and Purchase to buy their first property, which happened to be next to a river. They were ready to confirm the finance condition in their Agreement when their solicitor pointed out that the LIM report recorded that the property had been flooded three times in the last two years.
They hurriedly called their chosen insurance company to find out if they… Continue reading
Thursday, 2 June, 2011 | Claire Coe
Nick is looking to sell his apartment in central Wellington in the next couple of months. He hadn’t realised that from 20 June this year he will need to have a whole list of documents ready to show prospective purchasers (or buyers) before they will be able to sign an agreement to buy the apartment. Failure to do so would mean that the sale could not proceed!
Recent changes… Continue reading
Wednesday, 25 May, 2011 | Claire Coe
Derek owned a small shop in the suburbs of Wellington. Earlier this year, he found himself unable to pay creditors and had to close his business. He ended up being sued by creditors of the business who were able to claim part of the family home that he owned with his wife. If only he had protected their assets with a Trust, this could have been avoided.
Reasons to… Continue reading
Tuesday, 24 May, 2011 | Claire Coe
Natalie and Dan recently purchased a property. The builder who inspected the property had pointed out to them that the pipes in the house were made of a certain material which was known to have issues with bursting. They had got the property at a cheap price, so decided to buy the property as is and fix the pipes at a later date.
Months later, they returned from work… Continue reading
Monday, 23 May, 2011 | Ronette Druskovich
Regulations have just come out and the new Act commences on 20 June 2011. All bodies corporate must have a meeting with all owners before 20 December 2011.
- Do you understand what decisions your Body Corporate must consider?
- Do you know what will be needed when you want to sell your unit?
- Do you know which rules now apply to you?
Attend one of our… Continue reading
Friday, 20 May, 2011 | Claire Coe
When Jan and Mike purchased a property, their lawyer put to them multiple options for ownership of the property. They both had children with previous partners and wanted to make sure those children received part of the property if they passed away. If they chose to own as joint tenants, the property would pass to the survivor of them automatically if one partner died, leaving nothing for their respective children… Continue reading
Friday, 20 May, 2011 | Claire Coe
Jan and Ian owned a “cross leased” title property. There was a small deck on the side of the property, which they decided to close in and make a conservatory. When they came to sell the property they were shocked to hear that this made their title “defective” and would cost a lot of money to re-survey to correct.
There are various types of “title” to property. Some carry… Continue reading
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