North Canterbury News: March 10, 2022
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BUILDING &RENOVATING<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>March</strong> <strong>10</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
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New Builds |Renovations |Maintenance<br />
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New home ... The Seaview Kaikoura subdivision is walking distance from the town centre.<br />
PHOTOS: ANDREW SPENCER PHOTOGRAPHY<br />
Town’sexpansion continues<br />
HOUSE<br />
WASHING<br />
Experts!<br />
BEFORE<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Kaikoura’s slow expansion is continuing,<br />
despite the challenges of Covid19.<br />
The town’stwo mainresidentialsubdivisionshave<br />
survived avariable property<br />
market and the 2016 earthquakeand areset<br />
to expand,despitethe challenges of Covid<br />
19.<br />
Seaview Kaikoura was established in<br />
2007,withplansfor 153sections overthree<br />
stages,whilethe much larger Ocean Ridge<br />
development was established soonafter.<br />
Seaview Kaikoura director Richard<br />
Cretney saysstages oneand two havesold<br />
out and construction of stage three is set to<br />
get under way later this year.<br />
‘‘We had hoped to get away in <strong>March</strong>,but<br />
we had to go for variation in the consent,<br />
whichwe’venow got, so we will get back<br />
into it in the spring.’’<br />
Seaview Kaikoura plans to engage local<br />
tradespeople in theconstruction of 53 new<br />
sections, whichare between 800 and 900<br />
square metres, while the local Kaikoura<br />
Harcourtsoffice is the agent for property<br />
sales.<br />
‘‘There’s been quite abit of interest,so<br />
let’shope that continues. We’ve presold<br />
two sectionsalready,’’ Mr Cretney says.<br />
‘‘A few people havebeen waiting for<br />
more sections to come on the market, so<br />
hopefully we will pick up afew local people<br />
in stagethree.’’<br />
The bulk of the buyersinthe first two<br />
stages were locals,including amix of<br />
retiredfarmers movinginto town, other<br />
Ocean views ... The Seaview Kaikoura subdivision has stunning coastal views.<br />
localretirees and localfamilies working in<br />
the town.<br />
Therewas also asmall percentageof‘‘out<br />
of towners’’,including those buyingholiday<br />
homes.<br />
Seaview Kaikoura is located in Hastings<br />
Street, opposite the Kaikourahospital,<br />
whichis<strong>10</strong>minutes walk from the town<br />
centre and the sections haveviewsofSouth<br />
Bay and the racecourse, Mr Cretneysays.<br />
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AFTER<br />
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• House washing<br />
• Roof Washing<br />
• Moss and Mould Removal<br />
• Driveway &Concrete<br />
Cleaning<br />
• Deck &Fence Cleaning<br />
• Gutter Cleaning<br />
• Spider proofing<br />
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• All electrical work<br />
• Commercial buildings<br />
• Residential<br />
• Fault finding and Test &tag<br />
• Heat pump installations<br />
• TV comms /Data<br />
Daniel Parkin<br />
P 03 314 3706 |022 642 7078<br />
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P 03 960 3798 |022 658 3344<br />
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