You are not alone.

just checked..that fat bastard hatred...

the export was tom gould ....a NZ talent..he made and directed the action bronson video about seeing shit that doesn't exist...fuck these wavy comments from bank bitches...

Huh? Please tell me I'm not the only one completely confused by this element of the thread...

the export was tom gould ....a NZ talent..he made and directed the action bronson video about seeing shit that doesn't exist...fuck these wavy comments from bank bitches...

Thank you Sofie, today is Parihaka day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwmQSTN8KHg

nah – other side. Were on the hill to the south of the railway tracks that looks north towards don buck. Ranui heights we call it (ha ha ha)

As someone who poo pooed ranui when we were looking to buy (mainly because i had only driven…

Bet you lot living in the inner suburbs dont realise were subsiding your rates increases do you :-) . (we pay a 'rates adjustment levy' to ease your 10% increase)

But i will be the first to agree that if all youve…

A notion our freshly re-elected PM described as “economic vandalism” when planned for the current Hobsonville Point PPP. Don’t hold your breath on that front.

While I probably shouldn't, I'm reminded of the bit in __The…

Diverse neighbourhoods…

You're not really making for an atmosphere conducive to discussion with that kind of comment. That was barnaclebarnes you quoted, not me, btw.

None of which is going to happen, not at anything like the level we're talking about.

So why do you…

And fiscal policy settings.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/10744997/Cool-London-is-dead-and-the-rich-kids-are-to-blame.html

So how do you see inner suburban Auckland property prices ever going back to the point where young people could afford them, then? Because I'm not seeing anything encouraging there.…

I enjoyed 20 years living in Freemans Bay, Ponsonby, Herne Bay and Grey Lynn however once I had kids I started to wonder why I was living there. The schools were not that good and…

But yeah, I do think I'm entitled to not want to die the death of Parnell.

Every day I walk down Ponsonby Road and reflect on how lucky I am to live here. After working in Parnell for 3 years you realise just how good we have it over this…

’Thompson encouraged first-home buyers to “forgo something if you really want to progress”.

“They still want to go out on a Friday and Saturday night and have a good life as well as most probably have Sky TV,” he said..…

Flaming bagpipes would have been an improvement on all that holy guitar faffing about.

Millionaire landlords Fergus and Judith Wilson begin evicting large families

yeah not sure about "fatbastard" comment in relation to action bronson...ripply-distorto housing hallucinations...

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/28/opinion/londons-housing-boom.html?_r=0

London’s Housing Boom

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/01/opinion/underwriting-the-next-housing-crisis.html

Underwriting the Next Housing Crisis

Fatbastard seemed awfully impressed with his ripply-distorto 'hallucinations'. He's yet to learn that unless you see stuff that isn't even actually there you're entitled to demand your money back with menaces.

and Tom Gould did that action bronson video...good god what an export!!
yeeha...

ANZ New Zealand profit surges $343m to $1.71b

so joining a couple of dots…all those second hand goods sold to citizens…by citizens…funded by the like of ANZ…revalued old lead paint to reflect the market position going forward while the owners slept…seems like a surge to me…and don’t forget the…

Hard to believe only because, to the conservative mindset, the status quo is assumed to be divinely ordained. Banks…

My issue is with the "it's not going to happen like that again". Well of course it won't. Nor should it.…

I’m not saying it was the best…

Classic.

easy rider

But so comfy! ;-)

On yerself bro,,,,,,,
make more sense.
You have things to say but you devalue in delivery.

Get a grip.......

there will be compensations like better dumplings, different conversations, new groupings

For me La-Z-Boy is inextricably tied to the terminal uncoolness of Rob's mob and NZ the…

yeah La Z says it all. That's actually just bad taste :) Didn't their parents teach them anything? That chair has got to be up there as…

True Bro. Next thing you know is they've built an extension and a deck on the house in Point Chev, got their own TV show and are…

I was recently mildly shocked to discover that La-Z-Boys are something of a cult item with people around a decade younger than me.

Being in a "skyrocket" suburb I hope mine doesn't increase by more. Over the years we have been punished for being next to a "good school" zone.

NEVER! I ’ll tell you that for nothing,you can put your wallet away! :) Prosperity,…

Evidently times have changed. The old Ponsonby, Grey Lynn, Kingsland will never come back. Lamenting the loss of culture in a now gentrified suburb seems to be a global modern dinner party theme (Hackney, Harlem, The Castro, Berlin's Graefe), but to me it's…

There's always Ranui ;-)

3 outa 4 ain't bad.
Seriously though, when we moved "out" to Mt Roskill it was an eye opener in that regard. It was a bit…

Some of the aspects can be achieved in isolated spots, yes. But I don't see that particular combination happening again. Times have changed. Maybe in another city, or perhaps a satellite city it will be…

the thing I've found since moving out of the inner city burbs is a renewed sense of community and lack of pretension. Greeting people as you pass on the street, knowing your neighbours, the sounds of children playing... all the things that quickly disappeared in my Ponsonby & Grey…

I think that is one of the reason's behind the sentiment in many of the 'my neighbourhood has changed and I dont like it' comments. We lose aspects of our community and culture as market forces disrupt our lives.

I would…

Yup, a good friend of mine…

I'm sure Ranui is nice enough in it's own way, and the economics of the idea are great. I can see why people do it.

Sounds like a Nightmare...... :-O

/coat

Yes. I know a couple of people involved in that — they…

I think that may actually be good for Avondale – I've lived there for the last couple of years and have seen house prices rocket. It's one…

Not overly surprising as our street since we've moved here has been prone to the buy, lick o paint,…

I think it’s also a response to the tiresome demographic realities. As I said upthread, David is retiring next year and we’re looking very seriously…

Not sure I like the characterisation of the inner-west as 'uncooling' though :). I returned to NZ 10 years ago after decades overseas in UK…

Developers look for property in rezoned areas. The land value rockets. Any house built on the land is too highly priced to make a difference.

If…

Some of my younger whanau sold up in Mangere Bridge a few years ago, which enabled them to buy mortgage free in Dunedin. They did have to go back into hock for some extensive terraforming, as the Mornington terrain isn't readily conducive to offstreet parking.

But as interest points out:

But the main attraction was undoubtedly the land and its zoning.

The house…

Define success....
If success is an overpriced house in an under resourced city with a growing underclass then I…

It was interesting, though — especially the rail part.

The answer is build, build, build. Increase supply and the people will have options at prices they can afford.

Personally…

Well, you…

That’s my good conservatism speaking. Don’t get bit in the arse.Like many Auckland civic issues it’s not so much as a debate anymore but a reality. Address Auckland 2014 please.

Well there was a qualifier in that sentence. Just as there would be if I applied it to the current residents of the suburb who, as Sofie pointed out, may be equally guilty of 'bending…

Civil engineering is just maths and known science. Actually it's ace. We are clever homo sapiens.

Probably. That would be the general consensus no doubt. Is it worth a try though? Could social engineering be easier than civil engineering?

It’s not yellow peril, it’s just an awakening to the financial power of that region. Thank American bankers for screwing their money supply.…

Why don't you take your barely-coded "Yellow Peril" racism and peddle it on Slater's site?

Oh, really? I didn't realize the demarcation was that far out.

Our Government doesn't have a problem with that. We reap what we sow. That's our fault if it's a problem because we voted to let these bastards continue.. I'm not going to suggest it is only the Chinese that consider playing their cards…

Egad! Urliches!

Well if you want to try an experiment Jack, how about this crazy suggestion...
Close down all the universities and language schools in Auckland and relocate them elsewhere.
At a stroke you will make available an enormous amount of ready…

Small ad in paper – black and white matchbox size – no money.

The most obvious way is to have great apartments but we need these experiments to happen inner-city first .…

Some old places are being bowled for moderrn. But really ,it's still the same Remuera . The only ones to get in is money and the ones that want to is Chinese. They want the schools .…

Also newpapers love a bull market too, massive full colour ad booklets that are sometimes bigger than the average paper.

That is good money. Big colour ads are the big earners in print, ask any ad…

I do remember when Les Mills was Mayor. My dad at that time put forward a suggestion of workings for down on the Quay and reaching the Viaduct with housing and commercial and…

Because... Epsom voted to get ACT into Parliament so National could smash the RMA
making it possible for developers to build ugly high rise slums, so Epsom it is.

I would say Remuera hasn't changed much. Still got the Family home which I have inherited part of and we decided it's staying there as is. It's pretty conservative and…

I tried typing an answer to this multiple times but didn't like how they…

If it's 'maths, science' – can you point out why you propose 3 blocks?, how 'huge' should they be? and why Epsom rather than say, Sandringham?

I know I'm being pedantic but if you put forward a plan, then I…

But the primary example of a 'quality' apartment block was also…

I had to look that word up.

No, its just civics. It’s maths, science in a way. So you can move to your workplace without leaving too many suburbs. I didn’t design Auckland. It’s a study of the civic structure, which is what this post is about. Auckland is…

Tough night at the Office? ;-)

Does this sentence come with epaulettes?

T'other just said I'd been talking about gravy boats for a month.Fact is I cant find one I like ....yet. Because I dont eat meat , gravy skipped my mind for a recent b'day so my hunt continues but today…

The business is in central and east and while the workers flow all over the city ,in the morning and evenings they are coming and going from…

The reality of migration in 2014 means Apartments need to be built very fast in Auckland. They need to be excellent in design, they need to be world-class for privacy,…

ps Buy Nothing Day is coming up on Nov 29

I guess it harks back to ,anything on the Northern slopes. North of Mt Albert Road has always done fine. Southside, not so much. Good access to transport is the first thing that enables peeps to venture out past their desired area and…

The was a reason for that. Ponsonby was a poor area dominated by the Pacific community, students and the bohemian sector of Auckland, hence no market for…

Everyone had a great time!

But quite a lot of them now are happily in million-dollar houses that cost them $30,000. There's that.

Ah. We’re agreed on that, then.

Change may come in many forms. Perhaps satellite communities on the North Shore, South and West Auckland will spring up that will foster the cultural phenomena that happened in Ponsonby/Grey Lynn. Society…

Yup, like the red line that's been drawn around the Newtown area by Wellington City Council declaring it a "problem drinking area" where bars must shut at midnight. Fortunately my fave bar is just on the north side of this, where people can…

Areas like New Lynn have the disadvantages compared to Ponsonby:

* Not being central for other areas in Auckland (so can't supplement their own locals).
* Not having ready-built…

Maybe it will and maybe it won't. If you can make a foolproof prediction then you should be a developer. I was told the same thing about Kingsland in 1996. Russell's Point Chev took from 1984. Perhaps Onehunga needs a few more…

Jesus,stop making out that the bayboomers were fiscal saints, they never were.…

The Villas are generally close together. People staring in your bedroom from 2 metres away.

Ponsonby is rare in that its main street wasn't and still isn't dominated by the same chain stores many other suburbs are – New…

Which it would as long as the amount borrowed is not huge. Maintenance is not a massive cost, especially if it is carried out by the corporation and not tendered out…

It doesn’t seem to. I last lived in Auckland in 2007, and recall Onehunga (as an example upcoming suburban centre) as a grotty street with mostly dollar stores and junk food…

Try…

Not necessarily. It would be counter productive to regulate landlords out of existence but there should be a large and professional section of that market to make it unnecessary for the slumlord to exist. To have a reliable…

I often work in Ranui…

We almost offered to buy a property in Ranui from a family member moving out but didn't have the scratch together at the time. I still sometimes half wonder if it's really that bad…

That'd be nice – I could live with a New Lynn commute to the city if it came to that.

I should also mention in good conscience that I am probably fortunate in my chances of owning a property at some…

Interesting contrast with the Banks years in Auckland, where the council just started selling off its social housing stock to private owners…

The People's Republic of Christchurch is however looking at forming a council owned corporation and buying the State houses the gummint wants to sell, and then building more. The reason they need…

Yes, that was kinda my point. Everything Amanda W suggested would make long-term renting a less attractive alternative.

I'd be surprised if you can find anything in Avondale – it's relatively central and has already shot the gate with prices. More like Ranui (Auckland's currently murder capital) if you're looking for a back blocks cheap area.

And Labour doesn't believe home ownership was, is and ever shall be a social good? I'm sure the current candidates for the Labour leadership would be very surprised to hear that.

I agree but the situation we have is that we are constantly told that home ownership is the Kiwi ideal…

market might be stable – the lot of a renter most certainly isn't

The Auckland rental market is actually pretty stable compared to the crazy market in ownership. I don't see how placing…

And given that WINZ assistance requires a fixed address, I fear that Richard John Tully won’t be an isolated, hopeless case.

They don't even have to be state houses. We just have to make sure the restrictions placed on landlords, rental agreements and capital gains are conducive to a rental culture.

The fear of a 'feral' future life is one of the drivers of the…

My observation of the area (having lived there myself for nearly…

Exactly my point.

There's still a…

This is the norm in Europe…

I certainly agree and culture is changing – there is no shortage of young things doing interesting things on very little and for those with plenty of disposable money the amount of culture on offer is staggering compared to not that…

In other words, it’s already happening…

Transportblog did a post on this last month based on Aaron Schiff’s work and I commented there…

It's been done up and sold this year for $2 million.…

But there are ways of accommodating more people in the inner suburbs. I'm all in favour of suburbs like ours being intensified. There are so many good reasons to do it.…

Why? My partner's retiring next year, and we're seriously mulling over moving back to Wellington after almost thirteen years away. Even with what we've got reasonably good odds…

– and aren’t these ‘refugees’ akin to the ones that traditionally gave us the diversity that we are seeking? Alternative and marginalised folk are the progenitors of the ‘culture’ that sprang up in Grey Lynn, Ponsonby and elsewhere.

Culture is organic. It thrives on change not stagnation.…

My last place in Auckland was a…

And if you want to go there, I don't think you need to be a raving UKIPper to note London has some housing…