Buying by tender: Did you write a letter?
Hi folks,
My colleague Jo is writing a story about buying by tender, specifically, the new trend of writing letters to the vendor to explain why they should pick your offer over all the rest.
As the market gets harder and harder to break into, we've been hearing more and more about people trying to make a personal connection with vendors to give their tender offers the edge. We've heard folks will include personal details about their family, why the love the house and what their plans for the property are.
Jo would love to talk to anyone who's written a letter like this to accompany a tender - perhaps it's you, perhaps a relative or friend - or from vendors who've received letters like this, accompanying a tender.
Perhaps you asked for such letters?
We'd love to hear more about that experience for you and how it shaped the way the sale went.
You can reach out to jo here (she'll be joining the Neighbourly neighbourhood soon!) or via our email: homed@stuff.co.nz.
Looking forward to hearing your stories.
Poll: Are Kiwis bad drivers?
Each country has its own idiosyncrasies when it comes to driving and New Zealand is no different.
With daily near-misses, people incorrectly indicating at roundabouts and a lack of stopping at stop signs, it begs the question: Are Kiwis actually not that good at driving?
Type 'Not For Print' if you wish your comments to be excluded from the Conversations column of your local paper.
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85.5% Yes, we are bad drivers
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10.6% No way!
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3.9% Other - I'll share below
Don't miss out on $15,000 back...
It could be our wonderful staff. Our vibrant communities. Our amazing amenities. Or just the peace of mind that our guaranteed fixed base weekly fee* brings. There are so many reasons to choose the Ryman lifestyle. We’d love to add one more reason to your list — until 31 March if you sign up for one of our new home offers, you’ll get a $15,000 credit on settlement*.
There’s truly never been a better time to choose Ryman.
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Puhoi Village Market Easter Sunday
Come and enjoy a fantastic Easter Sunday morning at our Puhoi Village Market.
40+ stalls, live music, food, coffee, plants, hand crafts, honey, Puhoi Pies,
fresh seasonal fruit and vege, Hot Cross Buns, jewellery, nick nacks, quality pre-loved clothing, and so, so much more.
Come and see us on the Community Table where there is a vast range of seasonal fruits and vege, free range eggs, beautiful local hand crafts, plants, top quality framed prints of historic Puhoi and lots of other interesting things supplied by locals.
It's fig season, and it's usually short lived.
We will have fresh figs, fig and ginger jam and whole, spiced figs.
Come and see us, and we will give you a dessert recipe to turn whole spiced figs into Butterscotch Custard, sliced, spiced figs, with a Golden Meringue topping.
So, so delicious and easy to make.
Fresh quince available as well.