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Fix those minor defects
Start out front, cleaning, clearing and decluttering
the yard to make a good impression on buyers.
It’s a rare house that doesn’t have
defects. Even newly renovated ones can
have features that detract for buyers.
But there are ways for sellers to deflect
attention from them without pretending
they’re not there. The three main ways
of dealing with defects are:
1. Fix them.
2. Draw the eye away from them.
3. Use them as a selling point.
Simple defects can be fixed easily.
Start out front. Overgrown bushes can
be trimmed, or replaced with a few
matching plants, old fences and front
doors can be painted or stained, and the
paths cleaned.
Do this even if a property is a do-up.
You want to give the impression that
buyers can move into the house and
chip away at the work in their own time.
If you have time and money, paint
sills and eaves using accents.
Inside, the first thing buyers see is the
hallway, which can be brightened up
with a lick of paint. The neutral
paint trick can also be used
to paint over dated wallpaper,
completely changing the look
and feel of a tired house.
Bathrooms and kitchens are
important to buyers, and the eye
settles on vanities and benches.
These can be resurfaced relatively
quickly to give a modern look.
If the seller can’t repaint or
tile the bathroom bring in high
quality matching towels, which
become a feature in the room
and draw the eye from the less than
desirable walls and features. Nice vases
and flowers will do the same.
Replacing handles and knobs to
draw attention away from the units
themselves. This reduces the number of
“I have to do this” thoughts in potential
buyers’ minds.
Drawing the eye away from a
multitude of sins is exactly the thing to
do.
If you see an empty house the eye
always goes to marks on the carpet
and walls and this will lower the price
expectation.”
Drawing the eye to the furniture and
furnishings, creates better flow, and de
cluttering makes buyers feel the home
would be a nice place to live in.
Finally, good old fashioned elbow
grease is essential in all properties
to remove those sins that are simply
cleanable.
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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding
ONGOING roadworks are
continuing to put pre sure on
Richmond busine ses, with one
long
-ru ning store deciding it is
time to leave.
After more than 20 years of
supplying fresh produce to the
eastern suburbs on Stanmore
Rd, The Green Grocer closed
it d ors for the final time on
Friday.
The city council began a fu l
reconstruction of North Avon
Rd in January which has since
left busine ses stru gling to
bring customers into their stores.
The Gr en Grocer owner
Dia ne Pra t said she didn’t
want to go, but because of the
roadworks the busine s has
suffered a “huge decline.”
“We are around 50 per cent
down each w ek and we can’t
sustain it. It is below break even
for us,” she said.
•Turn to page 7
END OF AN ERA: The Gr en Grocer owners Dia ne and Chris Pra t have closed their Stanmore Rd store as a result of the
pre sure being put on Richmond’s commercial area. PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
End of the road for green grocer
• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding
HOPE IS fading for people who
catch the bus betw en New
Brighton and Burw od Hospital.
Environment Canterbury has
prepared an “alternative option”
in its draft Long Term Plan after
public o posed its original plan
to axe six of its lowest performing
bus routes.
But a new route combining the
135 Burw od Hospital and 150
The Palms bus routes is pla ned
to terminate at Taiora: QE I Recreation
and Sport Centre.
It means the 135 Burw od Hospital
route wi l no longer travel
into New Brighton.
Cu rently the bus service runs
from Prestons Rd through to Burw
od Hospital and along Beach
Rd to Marine Parade.
The proposed change has b en
met with o position. New Brighton
resident Hilary Wilson said
the pla ned route change would
be “te rible” as she always found
the bus convenient, particularly
when she had a knee replacement
at Burw od Hospital.
•Turn to page 4
Burwood
Hospital
bus route
may stop
short of
Brighton
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• By Sophie Cornish
LINDA CHEN has a new
outl ok on life after giving birth
to her first child, Sebastian.
The Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harew od Community Board
member and her husband Robin
welcomed the baby boy on April
10 in what she described a
“precious experience.”
“Having a child has
not only b en a precious
experience for me, as
a woman, but it has
also changed the
way I s e the world.
I now s e the world
as a mother – the
agendas and i sues
in our ward have
become a lot more
personal now.”
Sebastian is also
the first grandchild
of both sides of the
family, “so he is
getting a lot of love
and a tention,” said
Mrs Chen.
The couple first
met while at primary sch ol at
the former Kendal Sch ol in
Harew od.
“We are rea ly ha py that we
have ended up se tling back at
Harew od and that we wi l be
raising Sebastian here. Both
Robin and I have fond memories
growing up in this area,” she said.
Mrs Chen is the second
community board member to
welcome a child this term, with
Jamie Gough’s wife, Jasmine,
giving birth to their first child in
September. •Turn to page 4
‘Precious’ bundle of joy
New perspective
on life for
community
board member
NEW ARRIVAL: Community board member
Linda Chen and her husband Robin have
welcomed their first child, Sebastian.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
• By Julia Evans and Sophie
Cornish
“OVERWHELMING”
o position has caused
Environment Canterbury to
re-think its proposed cuts to bus
routes in the city.
ECan staff prepared an “alternative
option” to the proposal
in its draft Long Term Plan,
that would axe the six lowest
performing bus routes, affecting
10, 0 pa senger trips.
The new proposal wi l save
the 107 Styx Mi l to Northlands
while the 108 Casebr ok to
Northlands wi l be absorbed
into an extended version of the
28 Papanui to Ly telton service.
Papanui Ward city counci lor
Mike Davidson urged people to
submit on the plan, saying the
routes were an “e sential social
service.”
He said while the new option
is “really g od news” for residents
in his ward, “other areas
haven’t b en as fortunate, which
is a shame.”
•Turn to page 5
Public
pressure
makes
ECan
rethink
bus cuts
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ST ANNE’S Catholic Sch ol
produced an unconventional
cro s-country event, using
an obstacle course which
involved ducking, diving and
ge ting mu dy.
The Grit Cha lenge was
the idea of a parent who
works for a scaffolding
company and involved a
technical run including two
cro sings, jumping a fence,
tu nels, poles, large ba rels
and several mud-based
obstacles.
The pupils climbed up a
four-level scaffolding feature
and jumped off into ma ting.
Principal Da las Wichman
said the cha lenge was pu together
to promote the sch ol’s
a titude of grit.
“To persist when things get
difficult and give things a go
which we know is a big determiner
of su ce s in life.”
“The event was amazing
and brings so many
families rather than the
traditional ‘ru ning around
the park’-style cro s-country
which we know is dead
boring.”
He said the pupils loved the
course.
“They loved ge ting rea ly
high on the scaffolding obstacle
and dro ping off onto our
high jump mat.”
CHA LENGE: Hebe Hopa (above)
tackles the mud head on. Left – Ho lie
Parker jumps from the scaffolding.
Right – Eve Solodi climbs through the
obstacle course.
PHOTOS: GORDON TRIGG
Pupils show true grit
• By Julia Evans
PUBLIC OUTCRY has caused a
rethink over plans to cut bus routes
around the city.
Bu the 535 Eastgate to Ly telton
and Rapaki sti l remains on the
cho ping block.
Environment Canterbury staff
prepared an “alternative option” to
the proposal in its draft Long Term
Plan that would axe the six lowest
performing bus routes fo lowing
“overwhelming” public o position,
a spokeswoman said.
Those routes included the 535
and the 145 Westmorland to
Eastgate.
The solution is a modification
of the six routes proposed to be
disestablished – with frequency
changes, the combining of two
routes, extension and re-routing of
others.
But as part of the proposal,
there would not be a service
trave ling down Linw od Ave,
through Fe rymead and Mt
Pleasant.
•Turn to page 7
Rapaki
not
spared
in ECan’s
bus cuts
rethink
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Fitzgerald end), and co lect
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• By Sophie Cornish
LINDA CHEN has a new
outl ok on life after giving birth
to her first child, Sebastian.
The Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harew od Community Board
member and her husband Robin
welcomed the baby boy on April
10 in what she described a
“precious experience.”
“Having a child has not
only b en a precious
experience for me,
as a woman, but it
has also changed the
way I s e the world.
I now s e the world
as a mother – the
agendas and i sues
in our ward have
become a lot more
personal now.”
Sebastian is also
the first grandchild
of both sides of the
family, “so he is
ge ting a lot of love
and a tention,” said
Mrs Chen.
The couple first
met while at primary sch ol at
the former Kendal Sch ol in
Harew od.
“We are rea ly ha py that we
have ended up se tling back at
Harew od and that we wi l be
raising Sebastian here. Both
Robin and I have fond memories
growing up in this area,” she said.
Mrs Chen is the second
community board member to
welcome a child this term, with
Jamie Gough’s wife, Jasmine,
giving birth to their first child in
September. •Turn to page 5
‘Precious’ bundle of joy
New perspective
on life for
community
board member
NEW ARRIVAL: Community board member
Linda Chen and her husband Robin have
welcomed their first child, Sebastian.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
• By Anan Zaki
YALDHURST residents
wi l this w ek lodge an a peal
and prepare for a costly court
ba tle to cha lenge a decision to
a low qua ry expansion in the
area.
The decision made by city
council and Environment
Canterbury a pointed hearings
panel a lowed qua rying
company Road Metals to
increase their Yaldhurst
operations to 1 0m from
houses.
To lodge the a peal, the
residents formed a new
group named the Yaldhurst
Environment Group – Hau Ora
Inc.
Chairwoman Soraya Nicholas
said the a peal would cos the
group $1 0,0 0 and it received
su port from various members
of the community.
“We’re probably l oking
at mandatory mediation
ha pening in September and
potentia ly the Environment
Court a peal case wi l be very
late this year or early next year,”
Ms Nicholas said.
The group does not wan to
ban qua rying in the area.
•Turn to page 4
Yaldhurst
residents
prepare
for legal
battle over
quarry
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Fabric Blinds - such as Austrian and Roman
Same Day Pick Up & Drop O f
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Convenient Location
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• By Sarla Donovan
COCKLE NUMBERS in the
Avon-Heathcote Estuary are in
serious decline.
A six-month study shows the
population has fallen dramatically
since a 2012 survey, from
around 400 per sq m to between
50 and 80 per sq m in some
areas.
Biological sciences student
Stephanie Hampson has been researching
the extent and impact
of harvesting on the health and
sustainability of estuary shellfish
beds – an important feeding
grounds for birds.
The results suggest the current
limit of 150 cockles per person
per day is too high and needs to
be reduced or even a ban put in
place, Ms Hampson said.
Auckland’s limit is 50 per person
per day, which she believes
would be more appropriate if
harvesting is to continue.
•Turn to page 5
DECLINE: Stephanie Hampson has researched the health of shellfish in the estuary and it’s not looking good.
PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER
Shellfish numbers threatened
• By Sarla Donovan
FORMER BANKS Peninsula
Community Board chairwoman
Christine Wilson has died after a
short illness.
“Lyttelton has lost one of its
best and dearest,” said friend and
board member John McLister.
“Christine was a jewel. She loved
her community, selflessly dedicating
her life to public service.”
Ms Wilson was the sister of
former All Blacks Graeme and
Stephen Bachop and mother to
former All Blacks Nathan and
Aaron Mauger, who now respectively
coach at the Sunwolves
and Highlanders Super Rugby
franchises.
Aaron Mauger remained in
Christchurch at the weekend as
his team played in Brisbane.
Banks Peninsula city councillor
and Deputy Mayor Andrew
Turner said he was saddened to
hear of her death.
“My thoughts are with her family
at this time,” he said.
Ms Wilson had been a highly
effective board chair and would
be much missed in the community.
•Turn to page 8
Lyttelton
identity
dies after
short
illness
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• By Emily O’Co ne l
GLENTUNNEL t enager
Manaia Davies is off to San
Diego next month in a team of
2 dancers representing New
Zealand in an international
competition.
The 13-year-old was asked to
be in the team by Kiwi choreographer,
Kiel Tutin, who has
worked with stars such as Jennifer
Lopez.
Manaia, who has b en dancing
since she was thr e-yearsold,
says she was “shocked” by
the invitation and is l oking
forward to competing in Body
Rock Junior.
She’s b en trave ling to
Auckland each w ekend for
practice.
“It’s rea ly hard-out, it’s fu l
hands-on training and we
run the set over, over and over
again,” she said.
The Burnside High
Sch ol student spends most
of her spare time training or
teaching.
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• By Georgia O’Co nor-Harding
DISTRICT council-owned
houses in Darfield have had
to be decontaminated from
methampetamine before they can
be sold.
The thr e dwe lings are part of a
portfolio of houses and a section in
Ritso S the council is dispersing.
It has cost just over $40, 0 to
decontaminate the properties.
Insurance has met about $30, 0
of the bi l, the district council the
rest.
The houses are on the market
for betw en $3 0, 0 to $3 5, 0.
Former mayor Bi l W ods says
he is concerned that money from
the sales wi l not go back into
Malvern community.
In the early 2 0s Mr W ods
and late district counci lor Paul
Stewart was involved in pu ting a
case forward that if the properties
were sold the money had to go
back into the community.
“In fairne s, the money gained
from the sale of these properties
must be returned to the area from
where it was co lected,” he said.
The district council’s property
and commercial manager Douglas
Marsha l said yesterday the
sale proc eds wi l be credited to
council district funds.
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• By Bridget Rutherford
A CON man who tells his
intended victims he will harm
their families if they don’t pay up
may face a bigger problem than
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Police have received 19 complaints
from Christchurch people
targeted by the sinister scam. It
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calls and texts to
victims who are
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family members,
including elderly
parents, will be
attacked, the caller says.
But it appears the con man is
not connected to the gangs, just
using their names to put fear into
the intended victims.
Canterbury University criminologist
Greg Newbold said yesterday
the gangs would be “filthy”.
“All I can say is he’s got a death
wish,” he said.
“They will be absolutely p***ed
off. Anybody who impersonates
a gang member is committing a
serious crime against the gang.”
Prof Newbold said the perpetrator
could get a “hiding” for that
alone.
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Coach, mum, motivator
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