A Specially Designed Westmere Home

In the suburb of Westmere stands a specially designed home where the layout portrays a ‘modern meets classic’ concept. In related news We, at Measure and Draw, have completed many projects in the Westmere/Ponsonby area consisting of traditional and modern...

Renovating for sale

In renovating a residential property, one constantly aims for three important factors; visual, viability and value. Visual – is it what you envisioned? Is it more appealing now (post renovations)? Viability – is it spacious, comfortable and habitable to your liking?...

Construction Products

Following the leaky home saga New Zealand has fallen in love with wood again. But there are alternatives. One product is Flashclad, a powder-coated, pre-finished horizontal weatherboard aluminium cladding that according to the manufacturers has been tested to cyclone...

Banking Ombudsman Reminder

Selling a house or switching mortgages to another bank early could get unwary home-owners into significant financial peril. In one case a man was asked to pay a total of $11,000 when he sold his house and paid off his mortgage earlier than expected. As a result the...

New-build reality

Why the difference between the number of building consents and the actual increase in the housing stock? There are three reasons. As our population increases, building enough houses is an ongoing challenge. One common measure of that building pace is the number of...

Auckland Building Cost Rise

Auckland building costs rose 17 per cent in the past year compared only 7 per cent nationally, a trend Labour’s Andrew Little says illustrates a dire situation. Using Statistics NZ material, Little said Auckland building consent costs rose from $1846/sq m in the...