We're interested in buying a house which has a driveway next to it leading down to 2 large properties with empty space. Google streetview has images from 2009 and 2012 both of which show real estate signs offering sections down this driveway, and yet 2020 there is nothing developed.

The LIM report is dated November 2020 and only shows the 2 large properties, no sections. It also states these properties are Rodney sub-precinct E, which google tells me is a large section with a minimum of 4000sqm.

Can I take this LIM report for this property as gospel, that the neighbouring properties are still intact and zoned such that only a few large sections could be diced up?

gyrogearloose - 2020-11-24 12:47:00

Ask you lawyer - or try and get a sensible answer out of the Council - though your mileage may vary on that one . The LIM is gospel for the property you are interested in - not on surrounding properties

lissie - 2020-11-24 13:08:00

gyrogearloose wrote:

We're-
interested in buying a house which has a driveway next to it leading down to 2 large properties with empty space. Google streetview has images from 2009 and 2012 both of which show real estate signs offering sections down this driveway, and yet 2020 there is nothing developed.

The LIM report is dated November 2020 and only shows the 2 large properties, no sections. It also states these properties are Rodney sub-precinct E, which google tells me is a large section with a minimum of 4000sqm.

Can I take this LIM report for this property as gospel, that the neighbouring properties are still intact and zoned such that only a few large sections could be diced up?

Who had the LIM done for the property your looking at??
If it was the vendor or REA, then the LIM is basically worthless.

mrcat1 - 2020-11-25 17:58:00

i never paid or had a lim report done on the state house i did buy in 2010 i done my own testing walking in the rooms etc. A lim report is as wothless as a AA car inspection . in my opinion..... Get somone with a clue to inspect.
PS most houses in this country are weetbix cardboard boxes. compaired to german built houses.. only proper built place is the puhoi pub and larnard carstel in dunedin if you ask me.
only place that hot my tourist money was that castle in dunedin. if you want to know what a real castel looks like i recommend you spend the $ there as there is no other in the southern hemisphere as to my know-how. And i support things that are not a complete ripoff.

Edited by intrade at 6:07 pm, Wed 25 Nov

intrade - 2020-11-25 18:03:00

A LIM ≠ A building inspection.

sparkychap - 2020-11-25 18:06:00

sparkychap wrote:

A LIM ≠ A building inspection.

AA bulding inspection We find scratches that 5 year old can see and fail to see a blowen headgasket

intrade - 2020-11-25 18:08:00

intrade wrote:

AA bulding inspection We find scratches that 5 year old can see and fail to see a blowen headgasket

that’s nice dear.

sparkychap - 2020-11-25 18:10:00

Have a close look here... https://data.linz.govt.nz/search/?q=parcels

This shows the current official state.

tony9 - 2020-11-25 20:52:00

Go ask the Councils Planning department. They ulitmately have the yay/nay say on any of this stuff, and I'm sure if there is an appeal going on they would be involved as well.

brouser3 - 2020-11-26 08:47:00