Share Don’t Trade Contacts With Mining Agencies By Jason Duop / 4 March 2015 Are you wanting to hit gold by going to Western Australian mines to work? Don’t be so hasty in choosing agencies advises Whangarei tradesman. Sonny Shelford secured work in Western Australian mines through a recruitment company and is advising Northlanders to avoid going to such agencies. Shelford was recruited by former Kaitaia man Douglas Foster, a director […]
Share Illegal plumber fined for ‘defective’ work By Jason Duop / 24 February 2015 Do you have a plumbing horror story? Try top this one! A Christchurch man has been convicted and fined for carrying out plumbing work that he was not legally allowed to do. Unauthorised plumber Jcob Betman was caught out when a complaint was laid against him. He connected a wet-back wood burner to a domestic plumbing system at […]
Share Drought Heats Up Farmers Tension By Jason Duop / 12 February 2015 Farmers are among the minority in New Zealand who are not celebrating this season’s fine weather. In fact, they are the minority fearing it. Stuff.co.nz explains, “Farmers reliant on the Opuha dam near Fairlie for irrigation are facing unprecedented water restrictions, and unless rain comes in the next few weeks the lake will effectively dry […]
Share Tradesmen Hibernate in Winter By Jason Duop / 7 February 2015 If you’re in need of fixing a leaking roof, a broken furnace or in need of a new gas fire installed, you should probably act sooner rather than later. New Zealand faces a nationwide problem in which the trades industry fails to meet surges of pre-winter demand. Although this is a nationwide problem, Auckland and […]
Share No More Tradie Surprises By Jason Duop / 1 February 2015 There is an embarrassingly high number of tradie horror stories in New Zealand. Heard the one about the locksmith who got a key copied for every home he visited? (That certainly wouldn’t happen is you use a reputed a Auckland locksmith like Chubb!) What about the builder who never turned up, but charged someone anyway? […]
Share Labour Urges Building Competition By Jason Duop / 20 December 2014 Labour Party’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says competition is essential to cut the costs of building materials. Even though New Zealander’s face lower incomes than their Australian counterparts, it costs up to 30% more to build a house here. In particular Twyford is concerned about German headquartered Knauf Plasterboard after it’s operation here was being […]
Share Auckland’s First House Building Factory Planned By Jason Duop / 15 December 2014 A factory to create pre assembled houses is excepted to step foot in Auckland within two years. The Pokeno based factory will create components for four houses every two days. The factory could make 1250 houses a year. Mike Greer founded the house building business Mike Greer Homes. He and a joint venture partner planned […]
Share Rotorua Development Demands Builders By Jason Duop / 7 December 2014 A new development on Lake Road in Rotorua has created demand for around 20 staff during construction. This development is being hailed as an example of the growth opportunities expected under the proposed District Plan. 106 to 108 Lake Road is being redeveloped to allow Big Save Furniture to expand. Big Save Furniture has been facing […]
Share 10 Critical Steps You Need to Know Before Beginning Your Building Project By Jason Duop / 15 November 2014 Beginning a building project can be an incredibly stressful time. If you don’t take the right steps before your project, you will likely be faced with time and money costs. And it could have been prevented if you knew to take the critical steps! Roger Ramsey Building, an expert provider of Waikato renovations have released a free E-book. […]
Share Tricks of the Trade for Choosing a Tradie By Jason Duop / 28 October 2014 Although it is difficult to sum up ways to choose the best tradie when there are so many professions and points to consider, knowing some general tips can be extremely valuable. New Zealand is a service economy with many tradesmen offering their services and often have little distinguishing features. 1. Licensing is key One of […]