“We’ve moving two to three houses a day....”Under the Government’s alert level 4, buyers could not move into new properties and sellers could not move out. Moving companies could be employed if people wanted to shift around or to another level 3 region. Travel through an alert level 4 area was not allowed and if a moving company wanted to move in and out of an alert level 3 region, it had to apply for an exemption from the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. H & J Bruce’s removals since level 3 began included from Waimate to Timaru, Geraldine to Timaru, Oamaru to Oamaru, and Waimate to Waimate. “It happened after last year’s lockdown.”Prior to the level 4 Covid-19 lockdown Waimate houses had been selling within eight days of going on the market.

Source: Stuff September 06, 2021 00:45 UTC