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This website is dedicated to the recovery of St Albans and its city, Christchurch following a devastating series of earthquakes in 2010 and 2011. This service by the St Albans Residents’ Association (SARA) offers relevant local information. If you are from an organisation or a business and have essential information you would like to share with the community, then please get in touch by email to sara@stalbans.gen.nz and we will endeavour to publish it here.Translations
Category Archives: Housing
Insulation for those with high health needs
People with high health needs and living in a cold/damp house in Christchurch or Kaiapoi can get help with insulation through the Healthy Homes Project run through Pegasus Health.
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Three new units on drawing board for Berwick Court
The Christchurch City Council is to add three new one bedroom flats for the elderly at Berwick Courts and have them ready to occupy by the middle of 2014.
Posted in Housing, Older people
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Lack of demand cancels workcamp on Orion site
The company developing the Orion site in Madras Street as a temporary work camp for rebuilders has called the whole thing off.
Posted in Housing, Infrastructure
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Reality TV show to feature ChCh home repairs
Know someone in Christchurch who needs help to fix up their house? Habitat for Humanity has teamed up with a TV show to arrange for repairs and refurbishments on people’s homes.
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More housing design advice for Canterbury
The Government is funding a housing design advisory service in Canterbury to encourage rebuilders and renovators to design houses to deal with future disabilities. Senior Citizens Minister Jo Goodhew and Disability Issues Minister Tariana Turia announced the service recently.
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Rental costs in St Albans up 39 per cent in 30 months
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has issued a report on housing in Christchurch and found that shortage of accommodation consequent to the earthquakes is pushing up rental prices beyond those faced in Auckland. The highest increases have been … Continue reading
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BNZ now offers loans and insurance for new TC3 homes
The Bank of New Zealand now provides a full package of home loans and insurance for newly built homes in all Christchurch locations, except the red zone. This includes newly built TC3 homes.
Posted in Housing, Insurance, TC3 Land
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Median house price in St Albans tops $400,000
The median house price in St Albans rose 26 per cent in the year ending February 2013 passing the $400,000 mark.
Earthship house made from rubbish
Christchurch’s first ‘Earthship’ will be revealed at a public open day at Tussock Hill Vineyard from 10am to 1pm on March 16.
Posted in Environment, Housing, Sustainability
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Handling repairs with Fletchers
A former Fletchers employee is giving out advice on how to handle repairs on a blog set up to provide Christchurch residents with an inside view on earthquake information.
Posted in Earthquake Information, Housing
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Engineers design sustainable 21st century homes
A group of Christchurch engineers and planners have come up with an innovative plan for 21st century housing in Christchurch that could house up to 15,000 people in a walkable urban centre within five years.
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Renting out EQ damaged houses
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has produced two new information sheets to help those wanting to rent out, or to rent, homes damaged in the earthquakes. These sheets highlight the landlord’s obligations for renting out a property that’s … Continue reading
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