Picking the right soil for your plant can be overwhelming but knowing what kind of potting medium your plant needs will help take the guesswork out of choosing. Firstly, potting soil is a nutrient dense soil – the pro is …
Mimicking your plants natural climate and temperature is key to making sure it thrives. The majority of popular indoor plants will thrive in temperatures between 20 to 26 degrees. Any higher than that and they may wilt any lower and …
Sadly, plants can drown and many green thumbs agree that more plants are lost to overwatering than underwatering. The number one thing you need to remember to be a successful plant parent is do not let your plant get soggy …
Giving your plant the right amount of light is essential if you want to see it thrive. Your plant needs just the right amount of light. Too much and it will burn…and die. Too little and it will wilt…and die. …
In the last six months Australians have embraced some massive changes to the way they do things from business to leisure activities and even personal hygiene. Like most industries, real estate has not remained untouched by lockdown laws and this …
DESPITE restrictions in Victoria, August’s auction results have remained steady after a record July for Australasia’s largest real estate group. This week Victorians face the first full week of Stage Four restrictions in which online auctions from anywhere but the …
A rare offering in a tightly held art deco building called Macleay Regis in Potts Point has come up for sale as its owners are moving to Melbourne. Ray White Elizabeth Bay Agent Renee Cross and Principal Ian Campbell are …
WELL KNOWN Albany faces Darren Leslie and Tam Emin are bringing their wealth of real estate experience to the Ray White Group as new business owners of Ray White Albany. The real estate duo took ownership of the Ray White Albany …
AN exceptional four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in Casebrook, offered to the market for the first time in 33 years, has sold for a staggering NZ$2,850,000 under the hammer at 130 Styx Mill Road (pictured above), as the Christchurch auction market remained unstoppable. “Anyone …
A MODERNISED 1930’s bungalow has sold for NZ$472,500 after attracting a whopping 30 offers at 113 Randolph Street (above) in Woolston as the Christchurch market remained red-hot. Ray White Ferrymead Principal/Company Auctioneer Craig Prier said over the past few weeks his office had …
PREPARING TO VACATE YOUR RENTAL PROPERTY Moving out of your rental property involves more than just packing up your things and returning the keys. In order to pass your final inspection and complete the rental process properly, there are certain tasks you will need to take care of. Below is … Read more
The most important task we can do for a landlord is to find the “right” tenant, in the shortest timeframe, for the highest possible rent. To achieve this there are three key elements that we must get right – price, promotion and presentation. Whether your property is being marketed for … Read more
This year Ray White has introduced the NPS system across all offices. NPS stands for Net Promoter Score. Clients who have sold their properties through Ray White are contacted to give a rating between 1 and 10 as to whether they would “Given the same situation, use the same agent … Read more
Renting your property out privately sounds like a reasonable idea. You can save on the fees and it seems pretty easy. Almost everyone knows someone who does it themselves successfully, you may even do it yourself. Sounds great until something goes disastrously WRONG as it did for a client I … Read more
The median price for the City of Belmont in the last quarter of 2012 was $485,000 with 237 properties selling compared with $440,000 in the same quarter of 2011 with 215 properties selling. This represents a median gain of 10.22% year on year (Source: REIWA). The gains are attributable primarily … Read more
If you don’t know any agents in your area then sometimes the temptation is to find an easy way to compare agents when looking to sell. There are numerous and growing numbers of sites offering to find an agent for you or have the best 3 or so local agents … Read more
It’s a common belief among some owners that all agents are pretty much the same. Well I can tell you that this story proves very much otherwise. Sometimes it’s only when the statistics become publicly available that we discover the sometimes startling differences in sale prices for similar properties. When … Read more
If you ever wondered whether you should auction your property then click on the link to the video above for an insight into how we do auctions and whether it would be appropriate for you.
From time to time as an agent I am confronted with the idea of Feng Shui. Sometimes a house does not appeal to some because it apparently has bad Feng Shui. Drives me nuts! Other times it apparently has great Feng Shui . I have even had a buyer employ … Read more
Before you purchase a property feel free to take advantage of Andrew Huggins’ extensive knowledge of property particularly in the City of Belmont area. Andrew can smell a bargain and equally can smell a lemon. For a completely independent opinion of the merits of a property you are thinking … Read more