DB/97/01
Survey of Dwellings Built
Please correct
any errors in
this panel.
Reference number
Purpose
The purpose of this survey is to collect information on the costs of new housing. This
information will be used to assist with the revision of the Consumers Price Index (CPI).
Compulsory requirement
The taking of this survey has been approved by the Minister of Statistics and the return of this
questionnaire duly filled in and signed is a compulsory requirement under the Statistics Act 1975.
Confidentiality of information supplied
The information supplied will be used by Statistics New Zealand in the preparation of Statistics.
Any release of information will only be in accordance with the Statistics Act 1975. Only persons
authorised by the Act will have access to the individual information.
Len Cook
Government Statistician
Return date
Please return the completed questionnaire, within 14 days of receiving it, in the reply paid
envelope enclosed.
Information and help
If you would like any further information, or help with the questions, then please contact the
Survey Help Desk in Auckland and quote the reference number in the label above.
Mail
Survey Help Desk
Statistics New Zealand
Freepost 10007
Private Bag 92003
Auckland
Telephone
Survey Help Desk
From Auckland:
357-2131
From areas outside Auckland:
0800 809-464
Fax
Auckland
(09) 357-2195
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l To answer the questions which follow, please consult your records if you cannot remember
the exact details or costs.
l Answer questions by ticking (
) the box or boxes which apply to you, or printing your
answer in the white answer spaces.
l Please keep track of the time it takes you to provide the information asked for in this
questionnaire. We ask for the time taken later.
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A building consent was issued in your name for a new dwelling at:
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Is (or was) this dwelling built for sale?
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5
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 4
Go to question 32 on page 7
Is this dwelling (or will this dwelling be) a holiday or recreational home?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 5
Go to question 6
Is this dwelling (or will this dwelling be): Tick one.
1
your household’s permanent residence?
2
rented out to another household?
3
used for another purpose?
Go to question 8
Go to question 7
Please describe below
Now go to question 6
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Are you renting out (or do you intend to rent out) this dwelling in the next 12 months?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 8
Go to question 7
For how many days in the next 12 months will it be rented out?
1
less than 30 days
2
30 days or more
Go to question 8
Go to question 38 on page 7
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Have you moved into this dwelling yet?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 9
Go to question 10
Please give the date when you expect to move in:
Now go to question 38
day
month
year
10 Costs incurred after moving into new dwellings are already collected in another survey and
don’t need to be recorded here.
So, in the remaining questions we want you to tell us about your costs ONLY up until the time
that you moved in to your new dwelling.
Have you received all the accounts, for these costs?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 11
Go to question 12
11 Please give a date when you expect to have all of these accounts:
Now go to question 38
day
month
year
12 How many bedrooms are there (or will there be) in this dwelling?
bedrooms
13 Tick as many boxes as you need to describe this dwelling:
1
house - not attached to others
2
unit, flat, townhouse, apartment, studio or terraced house
3
granny flat
4
other type of dwelling
please describe below
14 Is this dwelling located on business premises or on a farm operating as a business?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 15
Go to question 20
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15 Now some questions about the section on which your dwelling is built. Tick as many boxes
as you need to answer this question. Did you:
1
buy the land as an empty section?
2
cross lease the land as an empty section?
3
buy the land and demolish the buildings that were on it?
4
build an additional or replacement dwelling
on land already occupied by your household?
5
build on leased land?
6
other?
Go to question 16
Go to question 16
Go to question 20
Go to question 20
Go to question 20
please describe below
Now go to question 16
16 Was the section previously owned by:
1
a business, company, or other organisation?
2
a household or private person?
17 What did you pay for this section?
$
including GST
18 What year did you buy this section? Please state the year of settlement.
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19 What size is the section? Please specify your unit of measure e.g., square metres, perches,
hectares etc.
20 Tick as many as you need to answer this question. Have you paid (or will you pay) to have
any of the following done before moving in:
1
your section valued?
2
your section and building plans valued?
3
your section and your dwelling valued?
4
you did not have any private valuation(s) done?
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Go to question 21
OR
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Go to question 22
21 How much did you pay (or will you pay), in total, for the valuation(s)?
$
including GST
22 Now some questions about the building costs of the dwelling. In these questions, do not
count the cost of the section or valuation(s).
If you have built (or are building) more than one dwelling on this property and cannot
separate out the costs for the dwelling specified in question 2, please give the total cost
for all dwellings.
1
costs are for one dwelling only
Go to question 23
2
costs are for more than one dwelling
How many dwellings are included?
23 What was the cost, up to the point when you moved in, of building this dwelling and
developing your section?
Count the cost of:
l All contracts let or work arranged before you moved in.
l All sub-contracting tradesmen such as electricians, plumbers, painters etc., who
you let contracts to before you moved in.
l Labour only contractors.
l All building materials purchased before you moved in.
$
including GST
24 Before you moved in, did you have any costs for any of the following:
1
site preparation costs e.g., demolition,
section clearing, excavation, etc?
2
surveyors’ fees?
3
architects’ or draughting fees?
4
did not have costs for any of the above
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Go to question 25
OR
Go to question 27
25 In question 23, did you include the costs for all of the items ticked in question 24?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 26
Go to question 27
26 Please give the cost of all of the items ticked in question 24 that were not included in
question 23?
$
including GST
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27 Before you moved in, did you have any costs for any of the following:
1
solicitors’ fees?
2
conveyancing costs?
3
loan application fees?
4
did not have costs for any of the above
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Go to question 28
OR
Go to question 30
28 In question 23, did you include the costs for any of the items ticked in question 27?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 30
Go to question 29
29 How much of the amount that you gave us in question 23, was for solicitors’ fees,
conveyancing costs or loan application fees?
$
including GST
30 Are there any other costs, to do with the section or the dwelling, that arose from contracts
let or work arranged before you moved in, that you have NOT included anywhere else in this
questionnaire?
For example, payments to tradespeople, building consent fees, inspection fees, engineers’
fees etc.
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 31
Please describe below
Amount paid (or to be paid)
including GST
Type of expense
$
$
$
$
$
$
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31 Answer questions 32 - 36 only if the dwelling was built for sale.
Otherwise go to question 37.
32 Has the dwelling identified in question 2 been sold?
1
no
2
yes
Go to question 33
Go to question 34
33 What price are you asking (or will you ask) for it?
$
Now go to question 37
including GST
34 What price did you sell it for?
$
including GST
35 When did you sell it?
Date of
settlement
month
year
36 Was the buyer planning to use it: Tick one.
1
as a private residence?
2
as a business or investment property e.g., rental?
3
for other purposes e.g., government, community etc.?
4
don’t know
Please describe below
37 What is the floor area of this dwelling or unit? Count internal access garages. Do not count
decks. Tick to show whether your answer is in square metres or square feet.
square metres
OR
square feet
38 Are you:
1
the owner of this dwelling?
2
other
Please describe how you are connected to the dwelling
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Please
turn
over.
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39 Details of the person filling in this questionnaire:
Name (please print)
Mobile (if any)
(
Daytime telephone number
Area code
(
)
Fax number
)
Area code
Signature
(
)
Date
day
month
year
40 About how long did it take you to fill in this questionnaire? Count time spent reading the
instructions, working on the questions and getting the information.
hours
:
minutes
41 If you would like to comment on this questionnaire or clarify any of the information that you
have given, then please do so here or attach another sheet.
Thank you for your time and effort.
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