They had earlier turned down two flats they were offered because they weren t 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 didn t 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.
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It s who you know. Sam Sherriff, left, Edwin Wills and Harry Finch, got in early to make sure they secured their Marne St flat for 2020.