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LOCAL PERSONAL TRAINER KERI ROPATI HAS JOINED THE RAY WHITE POINT CHEVALIER OFFICE

Westmere’s beloved local personal trainer Keri Ropati is now exercising her passion and skills in local real estate with the Ray White Point Chevalier office.

Since purchasing her first home at 22 years old, Keri has balanced a successful career as a personal trainer with buying, selling and renovating homes in the local area and she’s now sharing that 30+ years of experience and knowledge with local homeowners.

“I was born here, spent all my childhood around St Mary’s Bay and Ponsonby and then when I had kids, (three sons), we stayed local, living in Herne Bay and then Westmere,” explains Keri.

The change from personal training to real estate sales has been a smooth and seamless one for Keri, who not only has a background in property investment but has an incredible ability to understand people and help them reach their goals.

“I am totally a results driven person and always have been,” laughs Keri, “I know I can help people achieve what they need when it comes to selling their property and I am now part of a great young team who share my passion and my sense of drive.”

Based at the Ray White, Point Chevalier office, Keri is part of a team of like-minded colleagues who work collaboratively to ensure their vendors get top results and enjoy the entire selling process.

Enjoying what you do is something Keri feels strongly about.

“It’s important that you love what you do and then it never feels like work - the day you start dragging your feet is the day you need a change."

Specialising in Westmere, Ponsonby and Herne Bay, Keri is available for appraisals and advice on the best options in the current market.

KERI ROPATI, M: 021 530 807; E: keri.ropati@raywhite.com Licensee Salesperson | Ray White, Von Group Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)

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Keri Ropati 021 530 807 keri.ropati@raywhite.com vongroup.co.nz

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Kia ora Ponsonby. Please let me start this update by expressing how disappointed we were as a team not to be able to deliver any of our planned programmes or events during February.

While we had hoped to restart our regular programmes, such as Wriggle and Rhyme, uncertainties regarding the Covid-19 situation has meant we cannot do this yet. However, as we all know things change quickly, so in the meantime please keep an eye on our Facebook page, Leys Institute Little Library Ponsonby, for any updated changes.

We very much miss seeing our local mums, dads and their little ones. In the meantime, Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero – Central City Library is running Wriggle and Rhyme on Fridays at 11am.

Like many other organisations, we’re preparing for how widespread community transmission of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 might affect our services. Our library is open on its regular hours and days with the health and safety protocols of the red traffic light setting, but as the Omicron outbreak spreads, services may be impacted at short notice.

Potential service changes:

•We may shift to contactless services at the door only.

•We may not have sufficient staff to open at all if staff are unwell or need to isolate. •Library items may take longer than usual to transfer between libraries.

Be sure to keep an eye on our Facebook page for the most up-to-date information about our services. We will also endeavour to keep you up to date about the services of our neighbouring libraries. Your patience and understanding is appreciated.

We have some other news from the library. After being part of the Leys Institute team and the Ponsonby community for almost five years Ali is leaving the Leys Institute library team. She has made some exciting changes in her life and is going to work at Warkworth Library. While we will miss her terribly, we wish her all the best in her new role. If you find yourself heading north, pop in to Warkworth Library to say ‘Kia ora!’. I am sure she will miss us and the superior coffee options of our neighbourhood.

With all these changes in the next little while you may notice from time to time some different faces at our little library, or you may spot some of us working at other libraries nearby. Please make the new faces feel welcome as we endeavour to keep our Waitematā libraries open.  PN

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HOME WHERE THE HEART IS OPEN BORDERS AND THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE…

A case of crystal ball gazing says leading estate salesperson.

Just what effect will the pending re-opening of New Zealand’s international travel border have on the domestic residential real estate market? That’s the big question being bandied about in the media and real estate sector at the moment.

Several media outlets have contacted leading Ponsonby/ Herne Bay/Westmere/Grey Lynn real estate salesperson Blair Haddow over the past few weeks – seeking his views and insight into the looming scenario.

Blair’s response has been that the changing migration scenario and any impact it could have on the residential real estate market is virtually impossible to forecast.

“Who knows what’s going to happen?” said Blair Haddow from his office within Bayleys Ponsonby.

“On one hand there may be a volume of Kiwi expat’s wanting to return home and buy property when they do. Alternatively, you could just as easily say that most of the expat’s who wanted to return to New Zealand did so already in 2020/2021… so the strong returnee migration flow which we saw then, may now just be a trickle in the future.

“I think the local economy though is looking forward to a strong resurgence in the number of migrant workers coming to New Zealand to fill vacancies in many sectors… ranging from fruit picking and farm working, through to construction, IT and hospitality.”

Blair Haddow said that the Ponsonby/Herne Bay/Grey Lynn/Westmere locales would be largely irrelevant to most migrants coming to New Zealand for the first time as they were more likely to settle in suburban locations further out from the central city, or even in many of the provincial cities around the country.

So, targeting the domestic residential home buyer market on Auckland’s western inner-city fringe, Blair Haddow has multiple new listings for sale by both negotiation and at auction over the coming weeks.

For the first time, Blair can now publicly announce the sale of eight townhouses at 25 Tirotai Crescent in Westmere – with one residence already sold ‘off plan’ last month to a buyer on Blair’s exclusive email marketing database ahead of the offering now going public.

The stylish two and three-bedroom homes have basement car-parking and storage, private courtyard gardens, and access to a landscaped central garden area. Prices for the seven remaining designer three-storey terraced homes at 25 Tirotai Crescent range from $2million each, depending on size, configuration, and location within the enclave.

The Westmere complex is part of a busy 2022 summer calendar year for Blair Haddow, who simultaneously has three other highly desirable residences coming up for auction over the few weeks, featuring:

31 O’Neill Street in Ponsonby – a modernised fivebedroom/two-bathroom, villa, with two lounges over two levels, including a kitchenette downstairs. With impressive views toward the Waitakere Ranges in the west and a private courtyard opening onto Tole Pork, the home has off-street parking for four vehicles.

3 Ryle Street in Freemans Bay – beautifully presented three-bedroom/two-bathroom/two lounge villa with views of Sky Tower. The home’s master bedroom has its own ensuite and walk-in wardrobe, while the open-plan kitchen/dining/ living room opens onto a private courtyard. There is garage parking for one car, and additional off-street parking for another two vehicles.

3/9 Savage Street in Westmere – a modernised threebedroom/1.5-bathroom cottage with an open-plan kitchen/ dining/living room space leading out to a lovely deck area and patio. Offering an entry-level buying opportunity into this suburb, the dwelling also has a separate sleepout or work from home office space, and comes with off-street parking for two vehicles. The home also has a separate powder room.

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31 O’Neill Street in Ponsonby

3 Ryle Street in Freemans Bay

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