When you move house, you aren’t just getting a new home, you’re getting a new community. That’s why when you’re buying property, checking out the area is just as important as inspecting the home itself. 

Big homes can be hard work, so they’re not for everyone. They’re often expensive to maintain, have huge power bills and even bigger mortgages, and that’s why so many Kiwis are downsizing.

Traditionally Kiwi’s have aspired to the idea of a ‘quarter acre’ dream - a nice house, on a nice piece of land in a good street. But today there are many different property types and ways to get on (and up) the property ladder. In this blog, we..