Category Archives: Auckland

2011-08-13 D-Day tomorrow – Our home goes to auction

Posted on 12 August, 2011 Fri by Lance

D-Day indeed. After 4 weeks of intensive marketing including open homes every weekend, tomorrow is the day that our house goes to auction. This is a common way of selling real estate in NZ. Certainly it seemed very strange to … Continue reading →

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2011-08-12 US Visa Interviews

Posted on 11 August, 2011 Thu by Lance

Well, that’s one more thing done and crossed off the “to-do” list. We went into town to the US embassy to have our interviews for our extended visas. Usually we don’t need to do this but because of our extended … Continue reading →

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2011-07-23 House officially on the market!!

Posted on 22 July, 2011 Fri by Lance

Well, today we had our first “open home” and according to the real estate agent, there were 15 parties through the house!! Of course we had taken ourselves of for a nice peaceful lunch at Altura in Albany. We are … Continue reading →

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2011-06-25 The wheels are in motion!

Posted on 23 June, 2011 Thu by Lance

Well, this is it!! The boat has been chosen The initial offer is ready and all things being equal will be submitted soon – just requires some preliminary inquiries to the listing broker and seller and then the paper work … Continue reading →

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2011-06-22 Longest night – shortest day

Posted on 21 June, 2011 Tue by Lance

Last night was the longest night and yesterday the shortest day of the year. It’s a date I always look forward to as a marker that we are on our way to summer!! Don’t worry that the coldest days of … Continue reading →

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