Well to answer the questions! In brief,
We purchased our current home before selling the previous one because I believed it was a bargain and still do! At the auction of the previous house we knew we had at most two definite bidders but nonone else. On auction day when bidding had got started and whilst our agent was bludging unbeknown to us (we…[Read more]

Good Luck!
I have seen and heard of so many cases of retail owners cooking the books as to their real sales. However I am aware of one effort by the Tax Office many years ago when a fish and chip shop owner did not seem to be getting much income and so paying little tax. They put an investigator outside the shop and counted the number of “parcels”…[Read more]

Thanks B.and to answer your assumed question:
Well we’ve had plenty of agents from different companies (3 !!)each bring their own squad and each group having highly different opinions since the house is unique because of its age (100+) and nothing similar to compare to!

Davidd

Dear Twin Peaks,
Based purely on Australian experience -in point form
1. Not living in NZ is really the problem!
2. Get A debt recovery agent in the students new location would be best but they’ll take their cut of the pie.
4. The use of any legal means if like Oz could be real slow and not worth it but a phone call to the local NZ solicitor would…[Read more]