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Southland couple Talia and Jeff Menzies, with boys Cody, 11, left, and Ashton, 8, are finally on the property ladder after moving to Blenheim to be closer to family.

 

“A lot of houses now, they don’t have an actual price on them.”

First-home buyers Jeff and Talia Menzies are finally on the property ladder, but in a red-hot market full of auctions and “priced by negotiation”, finding the right place, at the right price was difficult.

They moved up from Southland to be closer to family, and for the same price they paid for their three-bedroom house in Blenheim they could have bought a lifestyle block down south.

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