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Classic style home 5 Walnut Avenue, Allenton Ever changing outlook overlooking the domain and Walnut Avenue. The sun follows the living area around all day. Heat pump and underfloor heating keep you snug and cosy. Double glazing in the living area. Three double bedrooms with easy access toilet and bathroom. Decor is beautifully coordinated throughout with quality furnishings, extra long double garage with shelving and workbench. A top property in a top location. Rateable Value $370,000. To access documents we hold for this property please visit www.propertyfiles.co.nz/walnutavenue
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Striking delphiniums Delphiniums are not the plant for every garden. If you have a small garden or like to grow things in pots, then delphiniums are probably not for you. But for the right garden they can look absolutely fantastic. And the right garden is one that can handle a bit of height. Delphiniums will grow to a whopping 180cm tall. They are beautiful and bold and look great in all sorts of different style gardens. Foxgloves and hollyhock are two other tall plants which look lovely grown with delphiniums. And they also make great cut flowers.
But don’t plant too far apart as they create a great visual effect if planted near each other and they will provide extra support. Delphiniums like a drink, so keep them well-watered and a bit of liquid fertiliser will help keep them blooming. If you notice the foliage start to yellow or the plant isn’t growing very well – it often means it needs more fertiliser.
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and add plenty of mulch to stop weeds forming and retain soil moisture. Pea straw, is a great mulch as it’s soft and will rot down over time and feed the soil.
Dig in a good quality compost and animal manure fertiliser, or garden galore,
Plant each delphinium around 50cm apart from the next to give a bit of space.
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In around late spring (depending on whether you planted seedlings or established plants) you can expect to see your tall flowers blossom. As they’re shortlived perennials they will flower every year for around three to four years. Dead head your flowers (remove the dead flower heads) and this will help them flower again in late summer, early autumn.
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Multi-offer process can confuse 2. When thinking about the offer, it’s worth considering how you would feel if you found out a higher offer had been accepted ahead of yours. If you think you would be prepared to pay more, then it’s better to make that decision at the start than when it’s too late.
Whether you’re buying or selling a property, it’s a good idea to learn as much as you can about the different methods used in New Zealand. One that confuses a lot of people is the multi-offer process, where all interested prospective buyers are encouraged to submit their best offer and the seller can choose whichever one looks most attractive. “This process is designed to give all potential buyers an equal shot,” explains Real Estate Agents Authority chief executive Kevin Lampen-Smith. “The process is not like an auction where an agreement is automatically formed with a successful bidder. The seller is not obliged or required to accept any particular offer in this situation; they may accept one offer, reject all offers, or choose to negotiate further with one particular party.” The actual form that a multi-offer process takes can differ from agency to agency – it’s not defined in law or set by the Real Estate Agents Authority (REAA). A multi-offer process can only be described as such when there is more than one offer in writing – a real estate agent is not allowed to pretend that there are genuine competing offers if they do not exist. “Agents are expected to clearly explain the process and any relevant paperwork to all prospective buyers and sellers,”
Lampen-Smith says. “If you’re unsure about anything, ask the agent to clarify it or seek advice from your lawyer. It’s far better to do this at the beginning than face confusion and disappointment further down the track.” All the offers are presented fairly in this process and a real estate agent must not favour one over another. All prospective buyers should know that they need to put their very best offer on the table, Lampen-Smith says. Some real estate agencies will hold on to the first offer they receive while they check for others, effectively creating a multi-offer process. “This may feel unfair if you think that your offer should ‘win’ because it was in first, but it’s worth remembering that the agent is working for the seller. Their primary responsibility is to get the seller
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the best outcome, considering both price and any conditions from buyers such as settlement date or being subject to finance.” If as a prospective buyer you are told that a sale is a multi-offer process but the situation later changes to a stand-alone offer, you must be told about this and get a chance to review your offer and submit a new one.
How to give a multi-offer process your best shot 1.
Do as much homework on a property as you can before making the offer so you minimise any risks. This is important for many reasons; not least because it may help you eliminate some conditions and help you determine what your ‘best’ offer will be.
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3. There is often confusion around timeframes in a multi-offer process, especially if a potential buyer thinks they are the only people who are interested. Talk to the real estate agent marketing the property to make sure you are clear about any deadlines and about the sale process as a whole. 4. Remember that the highest offer is not always the winner. If you were a seller, would you prefer a higher offer or one with fewer conditions? It’s impossible to guess what kind of offer will suit a seller’s particular circumstances, but it’s a good idea to eliminate as many barriers to a swift and easy sale as you can. 5. Want to get in early? Include an expiry time on your offer. This kind of sunset clause means the agent must present it to the seller so they can consider it before it expires. For independent advice on buying or selling property, check out reaa.govt.nz
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Living wall gardens Low cost and simple to install
Growing an organic living wall garden is weed-free, and easy to accomplish.
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A pretty wall garden can provide masses of organic flowers, food, and herbs for apartment dwellers and homeowners anywhere in the world.
Medium cost and DIY skills required
Living wall gardening has the fantastic benefit of being low maintenance and easy to access for harvesting and allow a gardener to plant edibles in a small floor space area by growing vertically. While well suited for urban gardeners with limited space, this technique is also amazingly accessible for small patio owners or home dwellers with tall fences surrounding their properties.
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Indirect greening: This is within the skills of most competent DIYers and requires the surface to be first clad with wires or trellis. Climbing plants are then grown against it
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Living wall systems: For smaller budgets, there are simple growbag-type products for walls or you can plant up one or more small panels that can be added to, depending on space and budget. These are available from garden centres. Introduce the plants at as small size as possible, ideally as plugs. Establishment is likely to be more successful at this stage of development
Build an organic living wall garden on fences, walls and gates. Gates, in particular, offer a unique growing area. Growing herbs, vegetables, and pollinator attracters are great living wall ideas for sunny areas, but it is also possible to grow vegetative plants of all types in the part-shade which is definitely a common condition for side gated areas on many homes. Finding the right living wall system and plants to fit your unique planting requirements will help you succeed at growing – you can make your own living wall or purchase a unit that will work for your garden. Leafy vegetables such as Swiss chard, lettuces, kale, arugula, beets, and vines do remarkably well on organic living walls even if planted in shade to part shade. Herbs work great as well. A living wall garden can contribute heavily to a family’s culinary needs and have the added benefit of being chemicalfree and weed-free.
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deflecting water away from the walls during heavy rain providing the building with an extra layer of insulation, so cutting down on energy loss and decreasing in heating requirements, even in modern, well-insulated homes helping to keep homes cool in summer. Unlike brick and concrete walls, green surfaces don’t store up
Direct greening: the simplest way of greening walls by planting climbers, wall shrubs or fruit trained as espaliers or fans
Higher cost, professional installations the sun’s energy in the daytime and release it as night-time in the same way •
offering great aesthetic benefits
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providing habitats for insects
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contributing to improvement of urban air quality
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contributing to reduced noise pollution
At the other extreme are engineered, planting systems (indirect greening and living wall systems). These often consist of modules fixed against a wall that contain soil or media for the plants to grow in. These often require irrigation systems and may need professional installation and maintenance. To be more precise, the types of green
Indirect greening: Large scale installations of wire, trellis or supports, such as covering the side of a house. It is the scale that makes this more expensive and needs professional installation.
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Living wall systems: can use plants grown in cells containing compost or other growing media, which are connected to drip irrigation. Harvested rainwater can be used with some systems. These are installed by specialist companies. Green walls can be installed indoors with additional artificial lighting
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Direct greening is a system where a self-attaching climber utilises the substrate of the façade for support and, sometimes, nutrition.
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Indirect greening includes some form of engineered solution, from trellises to wires for the climbers to use; thus providing a gap of insulating air between the building and the plant.
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Living wall systems (LWS), finally, are constructed with planter boxes or felt; these do not require the plants to be climbing, they often need to be irrigated and plants for intensive green roofs are frequently suitable for these systems.
Types of green walls At their most simple, green walls can just be a planting of wall shrubs and climbers (direct greening). Claddings made from plants such as pyracantha or ceanothus can provide many of the benefits offered by more complex systems.
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Choosing and constructing Decide how you wish to plant your green wall. There are various systems available, according to the size of your wall and budget.
Choosing plants If the wall you are about to add plants to receives less than half a day of sun in midsummer, choose plants for shade To simplify planting and watering needs, try to choose plants that have similar light and moisture requirements to the conditions on offer
When to plant green walls Spring is the best time to plant because plants are coming into active growth and will establish quickly.
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