The entrance to an Arthurs Point property where the original home was divided into three visitor accommodation units. Illegal shipping containers used for visitor accommodation were perched precariously above the Shotover River and could have killed someone, the Queenstown Lakes District Council says. Lisa Karen Kalazich admitted in the Queenstown District Court on Monday that she had converted the containers into residential units without a building consent and had the relocatable containers on her land. A council summary of facts said it found out the shipping containers were being used as accommodation at an Arthurs Point property in January 2017. The council received a further complaint and a link to an accommodation booking website in May 2018, which showed the shipping containers being advertised for visitor accommodation.

Source: Stuff February 26, 2019 01:21 UTC