tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post5143669580882268080..comments2024-03-18T15:42:43.140+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Small fixes for ChristchurchEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-57528509320821289982012-06-24T23:59:01.699+12:002012-06-24T23:59:01.699+12:00The sword idea sounds good, provided you have it r...The sword idea sounds good, provided you have it registered, then there is the issue of getting a consent for a public gathering. <br />Also massacres are noisey affairs, thus are restricted between the hours of 10pm and 8am Mon-Fri or 11pm and 9am Sat&Sun. Also waste disposal of carcuses will need to be organised and a deposit on ancillary disposal fees paid.<br />Good LuckVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-42353592072910990882012-06-17T23:30:39.309+12:002012-06-17T23:30:39.309+12:00My flat (2 bedroom) is $195pw, the new house next ...My flat (2 bedroom) is $195pw, the new house next door (3 bedroom) is being advertised at $490. It may be new but is it worth (in proportion) about double the price. Although I 'spose they can't get insurance on it, LOL.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-7996366033006975712012-06-13T20:23:48.040+12:002012-06-13T20:23:48.040+12:00It's the bottom end of the market that's r...It's the bottom end of the market that's really failing to be served. That isn't the market John would be hitting, and it's not the market you're hitting. But it is a market reasonably served by splitting out a flat.Eric Cramptonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-60458396198409578592012-06-13T17:30:05.869+12:002012-06-13T17:30:05.869+12:00Your description of the terms and conditions to bu...Your description of the terms and conditions to build light weight flats is alarming Eric.<br />I think you and Hugh Pavletich should take sword in hands, gather followers and massacre entire Council with reality.<br />No survivors please Eric.<br />I dedided to be a price gouging landlord and we put our 3 bedroom place on trade me, along with about a thousand others.<br />Price $390 with some service, logburner and wood, place for dog, and guess what very little interest. <br />Our operating costs =$175 per week being $40 Rates, $35 insurance Repairs maintenance damage $40, wages $40 other $20<br />return with down time = $350 <br />Profit $175 <br />2.5 per cent return on $350,000 home.<br />The people, new tradespeople to Christchurch who did look, told me they had plenty of choice <br />and started bargaining the price down and the service up. They told me landlords were chasing them.<br />But they had so much choice they shagged us around, and we gave up.<br /><br />So we raised the stakes. Trade me Holiday homes, specifically for Earthquake refugees.<br />Now we have to provide internet and power, and extra tv sets, and dryers and a bed here and a place for the dog, <br />Where is the second bathroom they said.<br />I went to Thailand. We advertised super listing. I will be booked about half the time, but for analysis I say two thirds..<br />Costs now risen +Internet $30 week, +power $80 per week, agency fees $50 per week.<br />Total costs $350per week ,<br />Return $700 per week. Down time about 30% which means return $500 per week,<br />Total profit is $150 per week same as before<br />2% return on capital.<br /><br />There is no housing accommodation shortage, and I told this to Brownlee.<br />The people that come to us are fussy beyond your dreams. <br />What there is, is poverty,.<br />People with no money can not pay rent at $350 plus.<br />The only reason we are getting any clients at all is because insurance pay.peterquixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873112816453062068noreply@blogger.com