Informetrics' Gareth Kiernan On Couples Having Four-Bedroom Houses

[@whateverbro9002]

That is their property, some work from home but regardless, property rights are property rights. Trying to guilt life long tax payers into down sizing is wrong.

[@joycecaroline2780]

Even if a persons property is not being used like it should be, why is it anybody's business. If you've worked hard to create your own sanctuary in which you can enjoy retiring in then good on you!

[@kevinansley7353]

If you don't like how it is moan at politicians not the people who spent their lives paying a mortgage and raising a family, who do you think paid the tax that built this country.

[@ajblair9114]

That sounds like communism....

[@bronwynshelley966]

Exactly my first thought.

[@zweed69]

marxism

[@ajblair9114]

@@zweed69 one is just the other with extra steps isn't it?

[@zweed69]

@@ajblair9114 pretty much they use marxist doctrine to convert the masses into socialist mentality before full blown communism is put on the table, the chinese cultural revolution is a good example.

[@geoffellis1093]

WHAT !!! They going to tell us what color undies to start wearing on what day. When the kids and grandkids come to stay do we have to pitch a tent in the garden for them. NZ is turning to custard .

[@zweed69]

they are banking on you having no kids or grandies bro the marxists dont believe in any traditional values..

[@MTNGear]

So once someones kids leave we are going to confiscate peoples homes? Maybe we just need to make it easier and less costly for people to build their own dream homes

[@johnduggan9words]

Hope Gareth is the cleaner at Infometrics. If he’s an economist they’re stuffed.

[@dave24-73]

A new small house can cost more than an older larger house, he didn’t seem to mention this. So for many downsizing works against you.

[@keepingitreal618]

Absolutely, hence I ended up in a 4 bedroom. Single, 2 rooms offices. There isn't much difference in price.

[@REwing]

Who is stirring this pot???😮😮😮

[@potato3264]

Are we to become a police state? Not your house not your business!

[@no_triggerwarning9953]

Many retired people have woken up that moving to a regional area is great when they first retire however once their 75+ and the health problems start piling up and there are limited medical services available and they no longer can afford to move back to a major urban centre they have a big problem. If they can no longer drive then they are in real trouble. Many do not want to live in an apartment and a new townhouse in the area they currently live is a similar price to what they can sell their house for.

[@bootkonker666]

Stop giving people like this a platform

[@Waikato62]

So the people who own two houses should also downsize back to one house?

[@bunning63]

Greens... Yes.

[@deantairi8357]

Man this type of information is irrelevant to working people paying their own way in society to live life none of anyones business

[@mcgruff3309]

It's called a free country!

[@mxvega1097]

Local body rates will provide the tax driver soon enough. Single retiree, fixed income vs rates and power? One of those curves is unstoppable, the other is untenable. Is there a genuine public policy problem here? The one I see is monetary - easy money for too long jacks prices.

[@chchwoman9960]

Not that it is anyones business where someone chooses to live if they can afford it, but developers are not building many smaller houses.

[@ronaldwarren1267]

Heaps of state houses in that situation

[@jasperhorace7147]

Yes, start there.

[@bunning63]

Absolutely.

[@tylerdobdob23]

Mind ya damn business.

[@michaeltawaka762]

So what people have family come and stay it's good not to have to pay for accommodation my youngest 27 yr has 2 spear rooms my oldest 35 yr 4 bedrooms has 1 spear room

[@paulmeersa7162]

Who do they spear in their rooms... the Mother in law..? :):)

[@mcgruff3309]

Sounds like a new tax by Labour! 🤣 No thankyou!

[@pauls9322]

You will be amazed how easy life is if you do things in the right order, work hard and live a moral & honest life. What's more even if it's hard it's satisfying.

[@marcusnz232]

280 sqm house with 4 bedrooms. A 150 sqm shed and 10 acres. Two people. I paid for it and I want to live in it. The state can naff right off. The problem is not houses, it is simply that New Zealand pays too little because our economy needs severely modernising - it is still much the same as it was 50 years ago and the world has moved on. Even Malta - a tiny island in the Mediterranean - has a silicon chip manufacturing industry. We still rely on meat and wood.....

[@bunning63]

Worked with someone that was single and lived in a Kianga Ora housing... three bedrooms...had contacts. When my son worked on Kianga Ora houses there were many, particularly single older ladies, usually angry living in multi bedroom houses. How about the mother of many children that distroyed her house, reason, the agency would give her the house (bigger) she demanded. Many angry people, gang members were generally some of the best to work with. As for us general folk, the house I live in is my choice, not the freaking govt. There are couples that want a one/two bedroom on a postage size piece of land and spend their spare time on electronic devices keeping track of their plummeting testosterone levels. Others want the quarter acre plus and plenty of room and have hobbies and actually do sht in their spare time. Such a leftie, biggovt, in your private life, over-reach, concept. Why give these plonkers airtime, you'll have the greenies getting ideas.

[@ewencameron-ff1kq]

Another dreamer, just make more house's that are actually affordable...... extra bedrooms would be great.... but once again affordable. The government would like children to be born....... start with affordable houses, everything gets a little easier after that. And remember the old people aren't working anymore so they need to keep their house's as long as possible so the elderly homes don't bleed them for cash before they pass

[@hariseldon3786]

Rural families are generally larger than urban families, hence the larger houses... kids can't find jobs or excitement and they go into the city leaving the parents or a sibling behind who maintains the houses (which are difficult to sell) for the future generations... There is no rocket science here. Why would I live in a small rural town where there are no jobs due to the drift to the cities and to sell could mean a loss...

[@lilianabracanov239]

The empty nest syndrome

[@metanoian965]

on Chinee investors having 4 empty houses

[@octodadmtbmartyrichards2862]

10 people in my 5 bedroom house 🏡 😂 Most Boomers would have at least 3-4 bedrooms with 2 people

[@jasperhorace7147]

So what? If they own the house, then that is their business.

[@bkitch5755]

Two of us in 5 bedroom home , not big enough

[@bunning63]

​@@bkitch5755Damn right!

[@bunning63]

​@@jasperhorace7147Got to blame the boomers.

[@jasperhorace7147]

@@bunning63 Odd that - not allowed racism, transphobia, sexism, Islamophobia but apparently AGEISM is perfectly acceptable.