Publications

​Today we have published the Winter 2020 edition of Property Speaking.

Inside:

- Commercial leases post - COVID: Clause 27.5 & inability to access premises

- Residential tenancies post - COVID: Some temporary changes

- Property briefs: Health home standards compliance - Commercial landlord alert changes for non-payment of rent - Mortgages & loans for property owners

To talk further on any of these topics, or indeed any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

​Today we have published the Autumn edition of Property Speaking.

Inside:

- Adapting the agreements can help property developers; helps mitigate risk

- Agreement for Sale & Purchase of Real Estate; 10th edition contains significant changes for buyers & sellers

- Property Briefs: Update on Overseas Investment Act 2005 - Refresher on privacy rights for tenants - Proposed residential tenancy changes

To talk further on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the Winter 2019 edition of Property Speaking.

Inside you’ll find articles on:

- Property sale and purchase agreements: important to get the GST component right

- Looking for your first home? Help to get your foot in the door

- Property Briefs: Unit Titles Act 2010: are you complying? - Healthy Homes Standards: what you need to know - damage to your rental: who foots the bill?

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we publish the Summer 2018 edition of Property Speaking.

Inside you’ll find articles on:

- Changes affecting every buyer of residential land; Overseas Investment Amendment Act 2018 now in force

- Buying a cross lease property; quite different from a fee simple title

- Property Briefs: The agreement for sale and purchase - checking the conditions - the chattels - deciding on a settlement date; Letting fees are now defunct

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we publish the early Spring 2018 edition of Property Speaking.

Inside you’ll find articles on:

- Guiding your offspring into flatting

- The great lawyers fee debate

- Warmer homes for Kiwis

- Meth contamination - update

- Foreign residential investment

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the Autumn edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find this material interesting and useful.

Inside you’ll find the articles on:

- Is your rental safe and healty? Penalties for landlords dragging the chain

- Bright-line test period extended - the Minister of Revenue recently announced an extension to the bright-line test period from two to five years

- Keeping New Zealand safe from money launderers - more on AML and what it means for you

- Pre-purchase inspections - what you can object to and what you can’t

- Purchasing from a developer who isn’t a builder - what are the pitfalls?

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the Summer 2017 edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find this material both interesting & useful.

Inside you’ll find articles on:

- Speak with us before you sign the Agreement: Don’t be like John

- Being an Airbnb Host: - You have significant obligations to a number of parties

- Property Briefs: Current tenants selling their business - what it means for a landlord; ticking the boxes on Agreements for Sale & Purchase - be careful; “Joint tenants” or “tenants in common” when buying?

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the early 2017 Spring edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find this material both interesting and useful.

Inside you will find articles on:

- Making the most of your agreement to lease

- What are your rights when your tenants don’t pay up?

- Property briefs: buying a house - are you covered? - hidden titles - cross lease issues - warts and all clauses

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the Autumn/Winter 2017 edition of Property Speaking.

We hope you find this material both interesting and useful.

Inside you’ll find articles on:

- Sharing a driveway: know you rights and obligations

- Airbnb: key tax considerations

- Property briefs: Your kiwisaver funds - more flexible than you might think - more on multi offers - grants available to insulate rental properties.

To talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the Summer 2016 edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find the material both interesting and useful.

Inside you’ll find articles on:

Property owners Should Get All Their Ducks in a Row: Make sure you have a Will & Enduring Powers of Attorney

Don’t rush into signing an agreement for Sale & Purchase: Always wait to get legal advice

Property Briefs - Meth testing in a property from a vendors perspective - Multi offers on a property - Terminating a commercial lease for unpaid rent

To talk with us in any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us

Today we’ve published the Winter edition of Property Speaking -

Inside you will articles on:

- P- Contamination in residential property

- Looking at buying your first home? look into Kiwisaver

- Property briefs:

- The oven doesn’t work, what to do?

- Commercial CPI rent reviews

- Sections without connections

We’re happy to talk further with you on any of these topics, or indeed any other legal matter.

Today we’ve published the Autumn 2016 edition of Property Speaking:

Inside you’ll find articles on:

Legal Boundaries - Why titles matter

Test the depth before you jump in - Always do due diligence

Property briefs

Misrepresentations in property transactions - keep to the facts

When builders go into liquidation

To talk with on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

Today we’ve published the Spring/Summer edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find these property themed articles both interesting and useful.

Inside:

The Bright-line Test: new requirements for buyers & sellers of residential property

Look before you leap into a contract: Conditional property agreements can turn around to bite you…...

Property Briefs: Selling your property? Avoid payment of commission to more than one agent….... Contact us early on in the subdivision process, not right at the end

If you’d like to talk to us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

​Today we’ve published the Winter 2015 edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find the articles both interesting and useful.

Inside:

Doing up your house? Make sure you know what renovations need a building consent

Student Flats: Obligations of both landlords & tenants

Property Briefs: Look a little deeper….... taxing property gains: the proposed “bright line” test

If you’d like to talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

​Today we’ve published the Autumn 2015 edition of Property Speaking. We hope you find the articles both interesting and useful.

Inside: The Changing Course of a River Can Alter Your Boundaries: Accretion vs Avulsion

Get a Building Report when You’re Buying a New House

Property Briefs: Rent reviews and the value of a LIM report

If you’d like to talk with us on any of these topics, or indeed on any legal matter, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

The Summer 2014 edition includes

Residential Building Contracts: Homework Important when building

Facebook : Is this your personal property or not ?

Property briefs: Owning a cross lease, cross lease insurance, making alterations to your dwelling on a cross lease title.

All Trustees Must Sign when Dealing with Trust Assets: No short cuts when dealing with property. Paper Roads and Public Access: Now easier to find. Property Briefs: Joint tenancy v tenancy in common; Forcing a sale and property sharing agreements; Relationship property update - 30/70 asset split.

Kid Gloves Needed: GST schedule in Agreement for Sale and Purchase. Retirement Village Living: Best or worst investment? Property Briefs: Change on the way for taxation of property investment; P-lab testing; Cross leases.