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Independent Living
Some relevant information for you...
- An initial deposit of 20% of the Site Payment (land the dwelling will sit on) is to be made on the day the Agreement for Occupation Licence - New Build application form is signed. Full payment is to be made no later than as agreed in this document when settlement is due on issue of the Occupation Licence.
- The Site Payment structure ranges from $45,000 to $80,000 dependent on the site chosen.
- The plans for your proposed dwelling need to be submitted to the Trust Board for approval and/or comment.
- To allow for line of sight and open spaces for all residents there is a Trust Board directive that regulates the siting of dwellings. There is an inner three-metre band from the boundary line of the site you have chosen that cannot be encroached upon by dwellings.
- Concrete floor level of all dwellings must be at least 225mm above the highest ground level of the dwelling footprint. Any deviation from this must be communicated to the Trust Board upon presentation of building plans.
- When your dwelling plan has been approved you will be given an information pack to forward to your builder. This pack has various papers in it to assist with the planning and processes that may arise.
- As part of your building costs you will need to pay Waikato District Council the appropriate Building Consent fees. You will not have to pay towards the Waikato District Council Capital Contributions. These are the funds that go towards the various infrastructure needs of the district (reserves, roading etc) and are paid for by the Trust Board upon reciept of the final Waikato District Council invoice to you.
- The cost of connecting services to your dwelling is your responsibility.
- All landscaping of the site is to be completed as stated in the Occupation Licence (normally six months).
- The weekly fee (village outgoings) payable for the site is 50% of the current weekly fee (village outgoings) for a maximum of two years from the date that the Occupation Licence is enacted. If construction of a house commences before the two years the whole current weekly fee becomes payable from the date of you builder commencing work. The current weekly fee as of 1st October 2011 is $77.90, payable four weekly ($311.60).
- Most importantly, the dwelling following construction is in all respects the property of the resident (as detailed in the Occupation Licence). Accordingly, the resident is responsible for maintenance, power and telephone charges, insurance and the maintenance of nay garden immediately adjacent to the house. The weekly fee (village outgoings) is charged by the Trust Board to the resident to cover a share of Waikato District Council and Environment Waikato general rates, lawn cutting, grounds maintenance and green waste collection, rubbish collection, water supply and street llighting, administration and Retirement Village Act compliance costs. This charge is reviewed each year by the Trust Board and is held to the minimum possible level.
Terms & Conditions
“In essence, at Aparangi Village, each resident owns their own home and the Trust Board owns the land the home stands on. In return for the freedoms this entails, we expect that you treat your home accordingly and bear the responsibilities that this involves. On termination of your Occupation Licence you will recieve a fair market price for your home (as agreed by you at the time) paid by an approved purchaser.”
On the sale of the home, the Trust Board acts for the owner or the owner’s estate. The Occupation Licence provides that a deduction, currently 5% of the sale price, may be retained by the Trust Board. The balance is payable to the owner or the owner’s estate. At the time of sale the Trust Board negotiates a new Occupation Licence with the purchaser.
The charge for the Dwelling or Site Payment provides for that Interest to be transferable (only in the name/s of the owner/s) in such a way that they may purchase a smaller “Own Your Own” house elsewhere in Aparangi without further payment other than an administration fee. This enables the owner/s to move to a smaller, more easily maintained dwelling or Serviced Apartment without further land cost.
Simple Trust Board conditions of residency are in place which are designed to preserve ‘open’ character to the grounds and to engender an atmosphere of tranquility. All occupation licenses for units at the village are secured by a first-ranking encumbrance over the village land in favour of the village’s statutory supervisor.
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