Monthly Updates
September 2024 Update
What has happened in September? As usual, we’ve networked up a storm and met up with some new tradies (you can never have enough people helping you out!). This month it was Lisa’s turn for a wee holiday so off she went to Fiji for a much needed break! What are we...
August 2024 Update
August has been wild! We’ve had our usual networking, plus more. Caught up with some of our tradies and other people in the industry. Quiz night with some local Property Managers, no we did not do well! Hahaha. Inspections and appraisals galore with some former...
July 2024 Update
We had a bit of a slow start to July, which was ok, while we juggled work and school holidays with the kids. It really picked up in the second half of the month with more properties becoming available, celebratory lunches, one for Amy’s birthday and one for Property...
June 2024 Update
As the Winter weather ramps up the property market has slowed down. June started off a little slow for us on the appraisal and new listings front but picked up again in the last week with another listing coming on board and a few more appraisals coming in. The owners...
May 2024 Update
May has been another great month, we started it by celebrating our first birthday! We gave away free management to two of our landlords and a special prize pack to one of our lucky tenants. We really appreciate our supporters and look forward to being able to do more...
April 2024 Update
As always, April was a busy month. Along with the usual crazy amount of networking, we also met with a business coach who gave us some great new ideas and things to work on to help grow our little business into a slightly bigger, little business! Lots of planning and...
March 2024 Update
March has been another crazy month, but that’s why we do what we do! Amy went away for a week to Rarotonga which left Lisa flying solo. I’m sure no one noticedthough because the wheels kept turning and Lisa had everything under control! Let’s not forget it was also a...
February 2024 Update
February has been a full on month for us at Haven Home Rentals. We’ve had a few appraisals, bought on and advertised five new properties, all being advertised at the same time, and spread all over Wellington. It’s like the amazing race when it comes to doing viewings!...
January 2024 Update
A short update for a short month… We hope you enjoyed a lovely Christmas break as much as we did. It was our first Christmas off in a long time and our amazing tenants had no issues over the break for us to sort which was even better! A huge thanks to them for...
December 2023 Update
It’s the end of December and we’re reflecting on the year that was, and what a whirlwind it has been. Starting our own company and working through all the challenges that brought us has definitely been difficult at times and we’ve often questioned what we got...
November 2023 Update
November has been huge for us here at Haven Home Rentals. We’ve advertised some new properties, did some appraisals at some INCREDIBLE properties, hopefully they will come on board soon and had an old owner track us down after she saw our cars and ask if we could look...
October 2023 Update
With the election done and dusted, we’ve found that things have started to settle down and are heading back to a more normal state as people make more concrete plans for their futures. October was another busy month full of viewings, tenancy applications, rental...
September 2023 Update
What a wild ride September has been! A battle royale was had with WINZ over a stressful and frustrating three week period to get registered as a supplier so we can help more people into homes. There were a lot of sleepless nights, countless emails, phone calls and...
August 2023 Update
August was a very exciting month for us here at Haven Home Rentals. You might have seen us in the “Regional news - Connecting Wellington” newspaper which goes out to 90,000 homes and is available in stands for pick up throughout Wellington - Otaki, Wairarapa and...
July 2023 Update
The 19th of July was Property Managers Day and we’d like to thank the wonderful team at 1841 Bar and Restaurant for hosting our lunch with a few other local property managers. Your food and service never disappoints. - Check them out some time, they do the best Wedges...
June 2023 Update
The month of June, what can we say about you... Our cars finally arrived - They’ve been sign written and are looking fabulous! A big shout out to: The team at Brendan Foot Supersite, Lower Hutt - with special thanks to Prashant and Rob who helped us out every step of...
May 2023 Update
The end of May marks the end of our first month at Haven Home Rentals. It has been a very busy month full of firsts, challenges, frustration and excitement as we build this company from the ground up. We’ve met some amazing people, gained loads of new contacts, done...