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Jing Zhang can’t legally move in until the water meter is installed. “This was annoying because when we bought it we were told that the area used to have a water connection issue, but it had since been resolved,” said Zhang. To confuse matters further, she had also been given conflicting information from evaluation reports. The August report outlined a water connection issue that wasn’t present in the second report in September, despite that being the reason given for the setback.
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The home is part of a Golden Harbor Developments subdivision. Following almost two months of “regular follow-ups” with Generation Homes, Zhang spoke to the water company, Veolia, in December.
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Russell Bone and his family decided to move into a tiny house to escape Auckland s pricey rental market.
Tiny home builders are reporting increased demand as soaring house prices and a new focus on self-reliance in the face of Covid-19 has Kiwis looking for alternative housing options. One builder told
Stuff the wait time for new builds had doubled, while another reported they had increased by 50 per cent compared to pre-Covid levels. Tiny House Builders and Build Tiny, which are both based in Katikati, are already almost fully booked for projects with a 2021 completion date. Auckland-based Russell Bone, his wife Sarah and their two daughters Kennedy and Reanna have chosen to live in a tiny house rather than compete in an overheated property market.