Monday 20th December

I’m slowly getting somewhere, but all that means is I’m slightly faster than a snail over short distances.

The LIM Report (Land Information Memorandum) came back from Tasman District on Friday. An awful lot of stuff missing, like drainage and plumbing permits and compliance certificates, building compliance certificates. So back to the vendors to either make right and obtain certificates, or we start negotiating the price again. I could buy it as is, but if I, or anyone decides to sell at some later stage, we’d have to go through the whole thing again and obtain all the compliance certificates. We’re talking about $3,000 and maybe a bit more.

The weather has turned from sunshine to wet, cold and miserable, good for the farmers in the Waikato and Northland, it has been almost drought conditions there lately. Hopefully Christmas will be fine.

Damian, Tarsha and Jesse and Kahu are in Melbourne for a couple of weeks with Tarshas whanau. Damian needs the break, and Tarsha deserves a holiday after finally getting her Pharma Degree. Plus a new job when she gets back.

Moving date is meant to be the first week in February once we get all the minor stuff cleared up. That should give me a few months of good weather to get the tunnel houses up, and cuttings started for next spring/summer.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year if I haven’t posted before the end of the week.

Take care