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No speeches, no agendas - just informal conversations about what matters to the community. - Ponsonby Community Policing Team at Mt Albert Community House, 869 New North Road, Mt Albert from 10:00am - 12:00 pm Thursday 28th March.
📚 YOU WILL LEARN:
- How Convenient it Is to Live in a Shipping Container Home;
- The Size and the Cost of the Typical Shipping Container;
- How Life Necessities Are Implemented in a Container Home;
- The Optimal Layout of a Shipping Container Home;
- How Much This Type of Housing Is in Demand.
… View more📚 YOU WILL LEARN:
- How Convenient it Is to Live in a Shipping Container Home;
- The Size and the Cost of the Typical Shipping Container;
- How Life Necessities Are Implemented in a Container Home;
- The Optimal Layout of a Shipping Container Home;
- How Much This Type of Housing Is in Demand.
👉🏻 TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:44 – Visit a Shipping Container Home
01:18 – The Layout of Brenda’s Container Home
05:47 – The Cost of the Shipping Container
07:13 – The Review of Container Home’s Engine Room
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KiwiBuild builds as Labor’s Kiwi and to tackle rising house prices is being revamped, as housing continues to be less affordable in this country. Last week an international housing survey found homes and New Zealand’s eight main centres are unaffordable and six times the median household income.
Renters are not any better off, so what are the alternatives to the traditional home-owning dream? Let’s take a look at one. When it comes to the so-called housing crisis is the solution thinking outside the box or is it actually moving into the box?
Brenda Kelly has one of the steel shipping container homes. “How would you describe living in here to people?” asks Lisa Owen, the investigative journalist. “Modern, functional, comfortable, everything you could want in a house. I have loved it,” answers Brenda.
“You have not mentioned size at all in their description,” added Lisa.
“No, I have not. I admit living in smalls is not for everyone, but it is more than enough space for what I need,” says Brenda.
The design she developed is L-shaped, one 40-foot container with the kitchen, lounge, bathroom and main bedroom. Perpendicular to that there is a smaller 20-foot container, which can be a flexispace, guest quarters, office or second lounge.
“How big is that?” inquires Lisa. “It is around about 45 square meters,” responds Brenda. 45 square meters is about a quarter of the size of the average stand-alone new house, and widthwise the containers are slimline.
“Strictly speaking how wide does that?”, questions Lisa. “2.2 meters. Seven people can sleep in this model,” replies Brenda.
Let’s count them. There is a double bed in the main bedroom, a double fold-out sofa in the lounge area, a nifty desk that converts into a single bed. Hidden in the wall as a queen-size bed pull it down and the second sofa retracts into the same wall. Grand total is seven sleeping spots.
Back to the tour, a left turn through the front door leads you straight into an apartment sized kitchen with a full fridge, an oven and a two-seat breakfast bar.
Double doors open out onto 30 square meters deep. It makes the container setup feel way bigger. Wander up the hallway, and it is narrowish. The bathroom is off to the left.
“It is a pretty reasonable size. It is not like you are sitting on the loo with your knees up against the wall. Where is the water coming from?” inquires Lisa.
“The water for the sink is coming from the mains, and the water for the toilet is coming from our thousand-litre water tank which is rainwater from the roof,” responds Brenda.
Outside is an eco tank, tiger worms munched their way through the waste. Inside at the end of the hall is the main bedroom. One person would have to scramble over the double bed to get out though because it is pushed up against the wall.
“We have used a few tricks of the trade here like mirrored doors on your wardrobe. It actually gives it enhances the feeling of space when you are lying, and the bed in the room feels twice as deep,” says Brenda.
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An evening of prayer and worship to celebrate the message of love and Joy to the World. The Hills Satsang Team is bringing this satsang in Auckland.
It is very encouraging to see the response across a great cross-section of various communities in these satsangs that have been conducted here in … View moreAn evening of prayer and worship to celebrate the message of love and Joy to the World. The Hills Satsang Team is bringing this satsang in Auckland.
It is very encouraging to see the response across a great cross-section of various communities in these satsangs that have been conducted here in Auckland.
We invite you to join us in this celebration of life and come along with your friends and family.
Free Entry. Time 5:30pm- 8:00pm
For more enquiries, please contact on these numbers
09625 5050
0212663143
There's nothing worse than a soggy sammy. The trick to keeping kids interested in eating their lunch (and stopping yourself getting bored making it) is mixing it up with variations on a theme that you know they already love.
So instead of a plain ham and cheese sandwich on sliced bread, … View moreThere's nothing worse than a soggy sammy. The trick to keeping kids interested in eating their lunch (and stopping yourself getting bored making it) is mixing it up with variations on a theme that you know they already love.
So instead of a plain ham and cheese sandwich on sliced bread, try folding slices of ham and cheese into wedges of crunchy baguette or a soft bap. Save time and stress by using Mainland’s convenient sliced cheese – available in Edam, Tasty, Colby and Swiss to suit your family’s taste.
Head to mainland.co.nz for some quick and easy cheesy ideas.
We are refreshing your local newspaper, introducing new columns and making it a livelier read. Whether you are a regular reader of the paper or have not looked at your local community paper in a while, we hope to hear your thoughts on the changes.
If you are willing to share some of your … View moreWe are refreshing your local newspaper, introducing new columns and making it a livelier read. Whether you are a regular reader of the paper or have not looked at your local community paper in a while, we hope to hear your thoughts on the changes.
If you are willing to share some of your valuable time, we are looking for a panel of Aucklanders to come to our Ponsonby office for an hour to give us some feedback from the following groups:
Are you a regular reader of the paper? Friday 22 February, 11am
Not currently a reader? Monday 25 February, 11am
We will provide morning tea and a $50 Prezzy Card for each person attending. Sign up by clicking here.
Lots of boys/ men’s training gear (trackpants etc) plus other clothes, kids toys and kitchen stuff. From 8am at 74 ROBERTON RD, Avondale tomorrow (SUN FEB 10) 😎
Two lazy boy for free. Surplus item. Recliner working properly both lazy boy. 1 need to be clean and one need a cover.
La Vista owners Nataliya Shchetkova and her husband Alex Derecha fear their family will now be forced to sell up and leave when their visa expires in six months. The couple came to New Zealand in 2013 with their three children, to buy a fine dining restaurant. Shchetkova gave birth to twins a few … View moreLa Vista owners Nataliya Shchetkova and her husband Alex Derecha fear their family will now be forced to sell up and leave when their visa expires in six months. The couple came to New Zealand in 2013 with their three children, to buy a fine dining restaurant. Shchetkova gave birth to twins a few months later.The Ukrainian citizens first came to New Zealand on a Long Term Business Visa after an eight-month wait for approval. Conditions of the LTBV were that they supply a detailed plan of the business they would buy and operate. It must be worth at least $500,000, must turn a profit and employ at least three fulltime workers. Shchetkova submitted a detailed business plan to take over a 140-seat French restaurant but due to the long wait for the visa, it had sold by the time she arrived in New Zealand. She instead bought La Vista, a 46-seat Spanish restaurant, for $700,000. It has since expanded and now seats 70. Shchetkova and her husband have worked without a day off for two years to make the business a success.They employ 26 staff, 17 of whom are on fulltime contracts. The business had about 12 when they took over. La Vista's turnover for the year ended 2018 was $1.6 million and is expected to reach $1.75m for the year ended 2019.
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An early morning fishing trip has ended in disaster for three parties after a car ploughed into two …
Has anyone lost their water meter box? There was one on the roof of our car when I got up this morning!! Green Bay.
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