18-05-2023, 12:16 PM
Just had an interesting conversation with my niece who married a few years ago and they have scrimped and saved and finally had enough money to buy a very small section in Kinloch - they both work rurally around Taupo doing things with cows reproductive bits and pieces - anyway they had an architect draw up plans - took it to their three neighbours because the garage was 40cmoutside the building envelope - the neighbours all wrote supporting letters but the council have knocked it back - they can build a big two story house as long as the floor area is inside the building envelope without consent - that would block the lake view of all the neighbours - the council have told them they cooked get consent from every homeowner in the street to build their one story house but the council still don’t have to agree .It is not amongst a lot of big flash houses - it’s in one of the old streets OH you would know it’s all Keith Hay single story homes many of them the original owners nearing retirement and their section with lake views will be worth enough to see them through their retirement plonk a great big two story house in front of them or beside them their value drops - my advice was to put the section back on the market - they could spend thousands on legal fees and the council will still knock it back - if they shrunk the garage 40cm to fit on the section they wouldn’t get their car in