Should you invest with friends?
Are you considering investing in property with friends? In today’s escalating property market it is becoming more common. Good legal advice can help you manage the risk.
Interpreting repair and maintenance covenants in leases entered after 1 Jan 2008
Repair and maintenance obligations in commercial leases have featured in a number of recent cases. Denise Marsden takes a close look at one…
Report from the Property Council AlexanderDorrington Regatta
On Thursday15th March 2018, the sold-out event returned to Auckland’s Waitamata Harbour in its best form yet.
Settling SugarTree – a large apartment sell down
Time lapse video of our office on settlement day. Bonnie Warburton’s behind the scenes glimpse at five crazy days. Attempting to settle 270 apartments on one day is no easy task and not for the faint hearted. Whilst the pressure of the SugarTree settlement at times was enormous, the satisfaction at the end…
Three consecutive days of settlements for major property developments sets a new company record
On Monday 16th October our team handled settlements for close to 250 apartments and 30 carparks. This huge piece of work was undertaken for property development client, SugarTree. It is the second stage of a three phase development which bridges the suburbs of Ponsonby, Grey Lynn and Freemans Bay with the hub of the inner…
Designation notice improves the management structure options for communal facilities
What’s not to love about modern user-friendly legislation? Nearly a year ago the need to set up Incorporated Societies in order to manage communal facilities on a property development, became a thing of the past. Incorporated Societies have their place but they require a minimum of 15 members, a common seal and are governed…