Nelson Weekly Locally Owned and Operated
tuesday 27 September 2016
Slow going for whitebaiters
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RE-OPENING 2Nd OCTOBER Page 19-21 Spring challenge
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$50k to clean P from rental Kate Russell
A local landlord has spent almost $50,000 on fixing up their rental property after a previous tenant had contaminated it with methamphetamine, and is now warning others landlords to tread carefully. The Richmond property had
been managed by a local rental agency, and the landlord, who did not want to be named, says the contamination levels in the house were so high that “everything had to go”. They have already spent $21,000 in the clean up, decontamination and testing to meet government safety standards, and another
$24,000 so far for the replacement of disposed contaminated materials, including wall coverings, carpets, flooring, drapes, basins and the heat pump. “The sad and frustrating part is that the same management company who recommended and placed this tenant in our rental home, knowing what they have
done, has leased another rental property to them in Richmond”, the landlord told Nelson Weekly. Houses contaminated through the cooking or smoking of methamphetamine is a growing issue in the Nelson region, resulting in a growing number of businesses that specialise in detecting it. Just one session smoking the
Class A drug, also known as P, could be enough to produce a positive test result. Steve Williams, General Manager of the Drug Detection Agency for Nelson and Marlborough, says they have seen a steady growth in business over the past six months,
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Daffodil Mini back in Nelson
Andrew Board
Nelson’s rather large Mini fascination has been piqued again with news the region’s famous Daffodil Mini is back in town.
The Daffodil Mini was fully restored by the Caffeine Crew of Wakefield and businesses that they were able to rope in to help. The Mini was raffled off in early 2014 with $110,000
raised and donated to the Nelson Cancer Society. The Mini became a community project and was wheeled throughout town so people
Daffodil Mini’s new owner Jo Johnston is loving her car. Photo: Andrew Board.
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