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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
Pre 1976 units face uncertain future
Apartments and other multiple unit buildings built before 1976 may face higher insurance costs, costly upgrades and possibly demolition as local councils attempt to make buildings more earthquake resilient (building code compliant).
Posted in Earthquake Information, Housing
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New housing quicker to market
The Government is moving to make new homes available on the market quicker. New homes in new subdivisions will require consent within six months.
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TC3 home rebuilds will be lighter weight
Houses rebuilt in TC3 areas will not only have more resilient foundations they will also need to use lightweight materials, such as timber, rather than brick and tile structures.The familiar single storey brick and tile homes are regarded as too … Continue reading
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Chippenham to be restored
In a city where demolitions of older buildings seem to be a daily occurrence comes this news reported in the Press of the planned restoration of Chippenhnam. Built in the 1860s, the two storey brick house has been owned by … Continue reading
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Some houses need a lift above flood plains
New buildings and extensions to older buildings may need to be built on higher ground to avoid floods according to information revealed by CCC/CERA. The message for St Albans is unclear. Parts of the map released by the council are … Continue reading
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Insurance silliness haunts St Albans complex
UPDATE: The insurance companies are talking to each other to come up with a solution Two insurance companies, four households, one building. One insurance company says repair and the other says demolish and rebuild. The two insurance companies insure alternating … Continue reading
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Checklist for TC3 home sales
Homeowners with TC3 properties can still sell their properties by providing information the buyers need. This checklist, provided by a real estate agent working out of Harcourts Parklands office, offers an overview of the process and the steps that need … Continue reading
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Demand for St Albans rentals pushes up prices
Low supply coupled with high demand for suitable rental properties in St Albans is pushing up asking prices as much as 25 per cent higher than a year ago. According to figures from Trade Me Property, rents rose 25 per … Continue reading
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Rents rise 10 per cent in St Albans
Rents for St Albans houses have risen 10 per cent in the past year according to figures from the Business, Innovation and Employment Ministry quoted on the TVNZ website.
Posted in Housing, Uncategorized
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LOST HERITAGE: 1 Eversleigh Street
The New Zealand Historic Places Trust has removed item 3722 from its register of heritage buildings in Christchurch because the house has been demolished following the earthquakes. The house at the corner of 82 Springfield Road and 1 Eversleigh Street, … Continue reading
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Insurance and Sales Of TC3 Homes
If you are thinking about selling that damaged house on TC3 land and moving on before the damage is repaired or the home rebuilt, think twice after reading stories in the Press in the last week.
Posted in Earthquake Information, Housing, Insurance, TC3 Land
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Lifting earthquake affected buildings
The Department of Labour has produced a comprehensive document on dealing with all the hazards that could be encountered by contractors lifting earthquake damaged buildings to replace their foundations. http://www.dol.govt.nz/quake/lifting-earthquake-affected-buildings-christchurch.asp
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