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September 7, 2017

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Great big family home 54 Kelvin Crescent, Allenton This is a great opportunity to purchase this terrific family home.

Three bedrooms and an office or fourth bedroom.

Featuring two living areas, open plan kitchen dining area and a sunny conservatory.

Some clever landscaping here with a really neat BBQ area which flows directly from the living area.

This home is kept cosy via underfloor heating, a heat pump, gas fire and a log burner.

Spacious bedrooms, the master is huge.

The 250m² home is set on an 832m² fully fenced section.

Double garage with internal access completes the picture of this well-presented family home.

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Honesty is the best policy When you’ve lived in a property for a while it’s easy to forget some of its quirks. You might be used to the fact that the front gate doesn’t shut properly, or that the bathroom windows need fixing.

Any potential buyers will be able to spot issues like this when they inspect the property – and can choose to fix them if they purchase it. But it’s a lot harder for them to identify other things you might have forgotten about, like the fact that you didn’t bother getting the appropriate consents from the council when you built the deck 25 years ago.

You might think the deck is fine, but you need to front up about the consent issue, not least because it’s the decent thing to do.

“When you’re selling a property you are legally obliged to share all the relevant information about it,” says Kevin LampenSmith, chief executive of the Real Estate Agents Authority (REAA).

“If work has been done on the property during your ownership, either by you or someone else, the standard terms of the sale and purchase agreement require the seller to warrant that any legally required permits or consents were obtained.

“If you knowingly fail to disclose unconsented works, you are in breach of contract.

This means there is a risk that the sale could fall over or that you could run into problems prior to settlement. Even worse, the buyer could take you to court for breach of warranty.”

Your first step should be to discuss the issue with your licensed real estate agent and your lawyer, Lampen-Smith says. They are likely to advise that you are better off to disclose anything unconsented, or to strike out the applicable vendor warranties clause in the sale and purchase agreement.

“Once the real estate agent is aware of the situation, they are bound by their Code of Conduct to disclose it to any prospective buyers. If you tell them about the deck or any other issues to do with the property, but ask them not to tell anyone, they are required to stop working for you.”

Similar disclosure issues can arise over more sensitive matters. Some sellers worry about whether or not to tell an agent or prospective buyers about an issue that doesn’t relate to the physical state of the property – such as it being the scene of a murder, suicide or violent crime.

Here, deciding what to disclose is less

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“The REAA advises agents to take a cautious approach and to consider each situation on its facts, while recognising the individual circumstances.”

The High Court has said that a more recent event, especially one that might have gained some notoriety in the local neighbourhood, may have more bearing on a prospective buyer’s view of the property than a historic one.

The location of the event (whether it took place in the grounds of the property or inside the house) and whether the property has been lived in since it happened, as well as the likely reaction of potential buyers, should also be taken into account.

The death of someone from natural causes at the property does not need to be disclosed, as this is considered an everyday occurrence.

“If you are in this situation as a seller, it’s best to discuss what to do with your real estate agent,” Lampen-Smith says.

“They cannot tell prospective buyers without your consent – and if they decide that a sensitive issue should be disclosed but you don’t agree, then they must cease to act for you.”

Whatever the situation, whether it’s unconsented work or a tragic event, honesty

is the best policy. Talk to your agent about how the disclosure will be handled. There is no need to advertise the information or tell everyone who wanders along to an open home, but potential buyers who have indicated an interest in making an offer must be told.

For independent advice on buying or selling property, check out www.reaa.govt.nz.

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Savills are pleased to bring to the market 45 Princess Street. A well-established property in the expanding office and business district of Addington.

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Offers Closing 4:00pm Wednesday 27th September 2017 (unless sold prior)

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How to control leaf curl Leaf curl (Taphrina deformans) is a common fungal disease that affects peach, nectarine, peachcott, and peacherine etc trees. It causes the leaves (and some times the fruit) of the infected tree to become puckered, curled and much thicker than normal. If left untreated the problem will get worse year-after-year and reduce the tree’s ability to produce lots of fruit.

Over winter the fungal spores take up residence in different parts of the tree, but mainly in the buds. When the cool wet weather of spring and summer arrives many leaf curl spores are produced and are then splashed or blown from tree to tree. Because this is also the time the trees are breaking bud and forming new leaves, the new growth is easily reinfected with leaf curl.

Controlling leaf curl isn’t easy but good orchard hygiene habits, which should be repeated each year, will give you the best chance.

First of all, plant your trees where they will get adequate air movement – this will help minimise fungal problems. If you haven’t got your fruit trees yet for this year, there’s still time. Visit ediblegarden. nz and download our 2017 catalogue of heritage fruit and nut trees and a range of berries which can all be delivered straight to your garden. But do it quick as now’s the perfect time to plant.

Next, in spring apply a light dressing of a quick acting fertiliser such as sulphate of ammonia to encourage new leaf growth.

At the same time, I also recommend applying a seaweed fertiliser, such as Seasol and Comfrey spray, to help the tree’s immunity to leaf curl.

If you do get leaf curl, during spring is when you will notice it in your trees. Once you notice the symptoms of leaf curl in your leaves it is too late to control the disease in those leaves but there is lots you can to do try and stop the fungus from spreading.

The first step is to remove and destroy as many infected leaves as practical. But don’t compost these as it will spread the infection.

In autumn and early winter clean up around the base of any peach, nectarine etc trees and removing as many leaves as

possible. Because these types of trees are susceptible to leaf curl, I suggest doing this regardless of whether they’ve shown any signs of disease. And, again remember – don’t compost the leaves.

trees. A copper-based fungicide will help stop leaf curl on peach and nectarine trees but it will also treat fungal problems on other fruit trees – like black spot on apple trees.

Next, you should spray your deciduous trees (the trees that lose their leaves every year) with lime sulphur.

I also recommend mixing in the copper fungicide with a spreader/sticker, like RainGard, both of which you can get from your local garden centre. RainGard works a bit like soap. Combined with the fungicide, it will make the whole area you spray wet and then when it dries it sticks to the area so you get good coverage that sticks or stays on the tree for a long time.

The lime sulphur acts by burning off the over wintering fungi and pests, including mites. It’s very important you do this for gooseberry bushes because they are prone to catching mites which can eat out the flower buds, meaning your bush ends up with no fruit. Luckily, the lime sulphur will get rid of those mites.

But I don’t recommend applying it to your apricot trees because they can be sensitive to lime, so it’s best just to avoid it.

Around now, in late winter/spring (and don’t worry if you haven’t done any of the other steps yet – just start now), apply a copper-based fungicide to all your deciduous fruit trees – not just peach

The copper fungicide (and spreader/ sticker) should be applied while the leaf and flower buds are still closed – right before the buds burst. Spray thoroughly as you need to create a surface barrier to protect against the fungus. Then follow this up with another spray 10 to 14 days later – particularly if you’ve had lots of wet weather. This will ensure the trees get the coverage they need.

Once you have flower buds showing it’s

really important not to spray copper, as it’s very toxic to bees when it’s wet – though fine once it’s dried. And it’s also past the point of the copper being effective as the idea of the copper is to add a protectant layer over the buds, before they burst.

And that’s it for the year. Now, you just have to go back to the beginning of the process and repeat all of the steps – except for applying copper fungicide.

Because copper is a heavy metal it can build up in the soil. It’s also very toxic to bees when wet so should only be used when necessary. If in the past year your trees showed no signs of disease just skip the copper step the following year.

But, if they are newly planted trees; or were affected by fungus or disease; or you had a wet winter; or you didn’t spray with lime sulphur, then you should still apply copper fungicide.

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