Hollywood desperate for Auckland rentals to house its stars
The arrival of multi-million-dollar film and TV productions in Auckland has put pressure on the city’s rental market, with property managers crying out for more high-end furnished rentals to house A-list stars and Hollywood crews.
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series has been filming in studios in west Auckland and locations around New Zealand for almost a year.
Tenants, landlords under pressure – and, for some, no end in sight
The move from Alert Level 4 to Alert Level 3 will hopefully give the housing market more certainty about its future. For renters and landlords, there are still a lot of unknowns that need to be worked out.
The Government has banned any increases to rent prices for the next six months, and put in measures that prevent evictions in all but the most extreme circumstances.
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The Government has announced that rent levels will be frozen for half a year, meaning no increases, due to the spread of the coronavirus in New Zealand.
What does that mean for those who are living in a rental property or running a business from a leased building?
Lord of the Rings v America’s Cup: Who’ll win battle for rentals?
It’s a tight secret so far where the international cast and crew of the Lord of the Rings TV series might live in Auckland while they settle in to film the mega-budget epic.
The call has gone out from Goodwins Property management company for expressions of interest from Aucklanders with rental properties ahead of filming starting next month.
Goodwins needed about 250 homes in central and west Auckland from early February to May and from mid-October until late June next year, though the series is likely to be headquartered in west Auckland for around five years.
Lord of the Rings v America’s Cup: Who’ll win battle for rentals?
When Games of Thrones was in the midst of filming in Belfast, in the UK, production staff were so desperate for accommodation they sent flyers to local residents asking if they could rent their homes.
With Amazon announcing this week it will film its mammoth Lord of the Rings TV series in Auckland over the next five years, can Aucklanders expect the same?
America’s Cup to put a squeeze on the rental market
The hunt is on for properties in Auckland’s already-squeezed rental market with an America’s Cup challenger team appointing a local real estate management business to snare places from this year.
Catherine Goodwin, chief executive of inner-city-based property manager Goodwins, said the New York Yacht club American Magic syndicate had engaged the business to find places from October this year to the end of March 2021.
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America’s Cup syndicate on Auckland rental property hunt
The hunt is on for properties in Auckland’s already-squeezed rental market with an America’s Cup challenger team appointing a local real estate management business to snare places from this year.
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