Housing crisis? Flat life can still be 'sweet as' for students in Palmerston North
They had earlier turned down two flats they were offered because they werent what they wanted. At one flat viewing they were competing with 60 other groups. “We were applying for every one we saw that would have been OK,” Laurent said. “We didnt know what it was going to be like.” They pay $480 a week for the four-bedroom flat, and they are happy with the cost and the condition of the house. Varcoe said a friend in Hawke’s Bay was paying more than $200 a week in rent. DAVID UNWIN...
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