[thirtysomethings]

We purchased a property last year went through the usual

Subject to contract blah blah.

For those that have already purchased in NZ you would have received the LIM report .

This contains amongst other things a spatial query report.

This highlights areas around your property and lists land resource consents.

Now if an area is blank you may need to make further enquries a + means nothing has been found an * identifies and lists. e.g garage extension on plot 12..........

An area next to us had a + and was owned by the council.

Now we should have pursued this because now we discover plans for a path and a bench were approved last year a few months before we purchased the property.

Well whats the problem you may say better than a another house !
Well in the report a childrens playground was muted and kicked out.
Im thinking what could have been.

Now having travelled from one end of the globe to the other a childrens play area was not on my list of must haves !

So peeps grill thoses spatial reports and dont be afraid to dig deeper !

[thirtysomethings]

This is the council line on matters

• LIM reports do not contain information on proposed developments on neighbouring properties and/or reserves, other than when there is a resource consent for that property.
• Therefore it is the responsibility of the vendor and/or agent to inform the buyer of any relevant such matters, in this case the development plan for the reserve.

[gpbenton]

Another question on the list to ask agents at open homes.

Do you know if there is any recourse back to the agent/vendor if he doesn't reply correctly?