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  1. Oh 60, I do so love your unbridled optimism for the future, and your way with words ! I’m surprised…

  2. Back in the 90s at the housemovers we were trucking houses out of Waiouru as there were excess unwanted Plus…

  3. Really interesting video, Roeland. Thanks for sharing. I loved the reference to “old fuddy duddies.” I think I might be…

  4. Here’s a video about awnings just to rub that point in. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhbDfi7Ee7k Somehow builders or architects lost all knowledge that…

  5. I would also argue that body corporates are outside of the comfort zone of future occupants, and townhouses can be…

  6. I have read somewhere recently that the completed land package makes up approx 50% of the total cost. That would…

  7. Out of idle curiosity, how much of that million-and-a-half bucks per house is taken up by buying and setting up…

  8. Yet more points against these skinny three storey terrace houses that are popping up everywhere. Other points against inaccessible for…

  9. I think that those European uPVC windows & doors that can be either top-opening or side-opening would be preferable. Double-glazed,…

  10. “Insulation cost ‘relatively small’ for standard home” RNZ – https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/522432/insulation-cost-relatively-small-for-standard-home “Renters advocates and a builders association say the potential retraction…

  11. This just in, which will be a real test of the issues: “NZDF’s $490m housing plan for Waiouru military camp”…

  12. Those width restrictor regs are out of control – another argument against top-hung windows. Install side-hung windows all the time!…

  13. Thermal mass storage is also important – and how to manage that is vital. Need to be able to open…

  14. Thanks. I guess that part of the problem is people just trying to cool their houses with the heat pump…

  15. Some serious dog-wagging from Tail Incorporated going on here. This makes absolute no sense at all. Agree – too hot…

  16. Julienz – yes, agreed, on all your points. Curtains are, after all, just a lightweight movable form of flexible insulation…

  17. The Herald headline has Penk saying some houses are too hot in winter, seems hard to believe. The occupants must…

  18. “from as basic as “if it is too hot then open a window” That’s part of the problem.,, The safety…