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@Snowy yeah there is one that uses inverter type tech I think, and obviously as mentioned above, DVS and SmartVent I believe can have a heater attached.
@canefan they are asthma approved too, so must be some benefit? The filters are supposed to be the shizzle.
ONly time I have been sick in the past 6 or 7 years was when we were renting when we built, in a house that didnt have a ventilation system, probably a co-incidence, but who knows
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@canefan this is our indoor display
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@taniwharugby said in Housing hornets' nest:
@Snowy yeah there is one that uses inverter type tech I think, and obviously as mentioned above, DVS and SmartVent I believe can have a heater attached.
@canefan they are asthma approved too, so must be some benefit? The filters are supposed to be the shizzle.
ONly time I have been sick in the past 6 or 7 years was when we were renting when we built, in a house that didnt have a ventilation system, probably a co-incidence, but who knows
OSH is really cracking down on dust at work and the vacuums they insist we buy have those HEPA filters, they'd block anything coming into the house from the roof cavity (batts fibres etc).
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Cold morning in the little big city today, we got a typical amount of condensation, probably enough to soak up in a small bath towel, upstairs only. I wonder if a dehumidifier would eliminate most of the condensation, the upper floor is about 250 sq.m and we leave all of the doors open at night
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Hate reading stories like this, there's going to be more over the next few years too.
http://m.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11846345
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@taniwharugby materials and labour price increases due to high demand cutting margins on fixed priced contracts is a big part of it. Fletchers just took a $110 million hit and speculation is that a decent chunk of it is the Sky city convention centre.
Having said that this guy sounds like one of those people that shut down one day and open up under another the next and are a blight on the industry.
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@taniwharugby said in Housing hornets' nest:
@jegga obviously needed a big dodge ram or something as a work vehicle and the wife a bmw
Ski lodge at Turangi and shouted the boys a charter at the White Island to show them he's a good fluffybunny.
When I hear someone talking about this sort of stuff they are doing or their boss is doing it's like I can hear a clock ticking towards countdown in the background. Two or three years from now things will get tight and they'll be in the shit. I've been doing this 25 years now and been through it three times , it's like these guys have selective amnesia and "this time will be different ".
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@jegga said in Housing hornets' nest:
@taniwharugby said in Housing hornets' nest:
@jegga obviously needed a big dodge ram or something as a work vehicle and the wife a bmw
Ski lodge at Turangi and shouted the boys a charter at the White Island to show them he's a good fluffybunny.
When I hear someone talking about this sort of stuff they are doing or their boss is doing it's like I can hear a clock ticking towards countdown in the background. Two or three years from now things will get tight and they'll be in the shit. I've been doing this 25 years now and been through it three times , it's like these guys have selective amnesia and "this time will be different ".
Sure it will.Just like property price cycles. People think it will be different this time. I'm sitting waiting for the correction
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@jegga said in Housing hornets' nest:
@taniwharugby materials and labour price increases due to high demand cutting margins on fixed priced contracts is a big part of it. Fletchers just took a $110 million hit and speculation is that a decent chunk of it is the Sky city convention centre.
Most of the rest of it is the Justice precinct here in Christchurch apparently.
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something I found out recently, that I think may be a common mis-conception...
If you are on the grid with Solar in NZ and you have a power cut, you lose your power too...but a new system or adapter is coming to market soon which will mean your power will come back on shortly after the grid goes down.
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No hornets nest, but i pick the keys to my new palace up in half an hour. Some issues, but a mostly positive experience, and the house is amazing
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@mariner4life said in Housing hornets' nest:
No hornets nest, but i pick the keys to my new palace up in half an hour. Some issues, but a mostly positive experience, and the house is amazing
Congrats mate!
Photo's on facebook?
That means you move out from your inlaws place?
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something to take some of the heat out of the Housing Market??
Assume it will be double glazed and insulated as well??
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@taniwharugby said in Housing hornets' nest:
something to take some of the heat out of the Housing Market??
Assume it will be double glazed and insulated as well??
It would have to be double glazed and insulated to meet code. The price doesn't obviously include land and thats the real issue. Companies like classic builders buy up big hunks of land like an old golf course and carve it up into subdivisions , the money is in the land not the houses they build on them which I doubt they make much on.
A lot of subdivisions would let you build one of those places because it wouldn't meet the standards of their covenants. I'd be interested to know if the kit includes a floor, A1 homes used to advertise much the same sort of thing and it didn't include a floor which is a pretty significant cost especially on a sloping or engineered site. -
@jegga said in Housing hornets' nest:
@taniwharugby said in Housing hornets' nest:
something to take some of the heat out of the Housing Market??
Assume it will be double glazed and insulated as well??
It would have to be double glazed and insulated to meet code. The price doesn't obviously include land and thats the real issue. Companies like classic builders buy up big hunks of land like an old golf course and carve it up into subdivisions , the money is in the land not the houses they build on them which I doubt they make much on.
A lot of subdivisions would let you build one of those places because it wouldn't meet the standards of their covenants. I'd be interested to know if the kit includes a floor, A1 homes used to advertise much the same sort of thing and it didn't include a floor which is a pretty significant cost especially on a sloping or engineered site.According to the article, which I read. It is double glazed and the insulation is higher then the NI standard. It includes everything except the land, earthworks and the connections to services.
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