Property and Rating Valuation Data

Dear Horowhenua District Council,

Dear Wellington City Council,

We are requesting under the Local Government Official Information
and Meetings Act any/all information you store about properties
and/or addresses for the purposes of providing Rating Valuations.

A summary of the data requested is included below.

Presented in: Data Item [Usual Format / Example] format

(please contact us if you would like a PDF version of this table)

(a) Property Rating Valuation [Dollar or Integer amount (e.g
$490,000, 490000)]

(b) Historical Rating Valuations [Dollar or Integer amount (e.g
$290,000, 290000)]

(c) Land Value [Dollar or Integer amount (e.g $390,000, 390000)]

(d) Value of Improvements [Dollar or Integer amount (e.g $100,000,
100000)]

(e) Property Address [Street address (e.g 21/30 Hanson St, Mt
Cook)]

(f) Valuation Date [Date (e.g 01 September 2009)]

(g) Valuation Reference [Numerals/Digits (e.g 17002/42100B)]

(h) Property Type [Text (e.g Residential, OYO, 1970’s, average)]

(i) Building Age [Decade (e.g 1910 - 1919)]

(j) Wall Construction [Text (e.g Mixed Material)]

(k) Roof Construction [Text (e.g Steel / G-Iron)]

(l) Floor Area [m2 (e.g 456m2)]

(m) Lot Area [m2 (e.g 780m2)]

(n) Available Parking [Integer (e.g 2)]

(o) Presence of Deck [Y/N (e.g Y)]

(p) Previous Sale Prices/Dates [Dollar/Integer amount and Year,
(e.g 1970 - $156,000)]

Along with any other property-related data used to generate the
Rating Valuation formatted as required

We understand that some of these data items may not be available,
or may be in a slightly different format to what is requested
above. We respectfully request you provide us with whatever is
available in whatever format is most convenient.

Current Availability

We recognise that this information may currently be available
either;

(a) in hard copy form at your offices or;
(b) via your website

Data available via your website is not possible for us to obtain
whilst still following the Terms of Use you have made available,
which prevent automated means of access and republication.

Data available in hard copy form is not easily transferable or
updatable. As you store the information in Electronic form before
producing the hard copy, we ask you provide us a copy of the
Electronic form of this data.

Automated Retrieval

If granted exceptions from any Terms of Use or Copyright
restrictions preventing us from doing so, we are more than happy to
work with you to build an automated retrieval system which will
create a database of some of the requested data. We will liase with
you as necessary to ensure this doesn’t impact the availability of
any of your services. We have suggested this simply as a means to
make providing the requested data easier for you - we are happy to
work with you in order to accomplish this with a minimum of effort
and disruption.

Pre/Post Processing and Formats

We understand that there might be significant effort involved in
either pre- or post- processing of the requested data. We are not
requesting processing of any kind - we are happy to accept data in
any readable format - preferably non-binary and non-proprietary,
but where this is impractical we are happy to accept those formats.

To reiterate; we are happy to accept data in the exact format in
which you store it (or make it available via your own website) -
hence there should be no requirement for significant data
processing.

Delivery

We are happy to accept delivery in any Electronic format - we can
provide Courier Bags and DVDs, an FTP system, or any other
acceptable delivery format as requested by you. We wish to make
providing this information to us as easy as possible.

Privacy Concerns

We are happy to discuss and enact any requirements you have
regarding Privacy. As all of the information requested is readily
available through other means, we anticipate no issues in this
regard.

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We appreciate your time and consideration in this matter. If there
is any further information you require from us, any questions you
have or any way in which we can make your compliance with this
request simpler, please do not hesitate to contact us using the
details below.

Kind Regards,

200 Square Limited

Nicholas Wakelin
Technical Contact
[email address]

(027) 424 5433

Dear Horowhenua District Council,

I refer to my LGOIMA request of 20 January, 2011 regarding Property
and Rating Valuation Data.

I have not yet received a response to this request.

As I'm sure you are aware, the provisions of the LOGIMA require a
prompt response, and in no more than 20 Working Days.

20 Working Days have now passed without a response from you.

Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist you in
this matter. I can be contacted via email on [email address] or
phone on 027 424 5433.

Regards,

Nik Wakelin
200 Square Limited

Dear Joss,

My original request was dated 20 January 2011, sent to the same
address as my followup of 21 February 2011.

A copy of all correspondence relating to this request is available
on the fyi.org.nz website at the following URL:

http://fyi.org.nz/requests/24-property_a...

Please let me know if you require more information, or a plain text
copy of the original request.

Regards,

Nik Wakelin

Dear Joss,

Unfortunately, I have still not received a response to this
request, originally sent on 20 January, 2011.

Note that the act requires a response within 20 Working Days, and
this request has been open for over twice that duration.

Please provide me with a response as soon as possible. If you need
clarification from me, my contact details are included.

Regards,

Nik Wakelin