Category: Local Advice

Most earthworks jobs that go wrong did not go wrong in the digging. They went wrong in the week before, when nobody checked whether the wall needed a consent, whether the truck could physically reach the site, or where two cubic metres of clay was going to end up. Here is what is worth settling […]

Most people choose a heat pump the way they choose a TV, by brand and by price. Then they get one that runs constantly and never quite warms the room, or one that blasts, clicks off, and leaves the place cold and clammy twenty minutes later. Both of those are usually the same problem, and […]

Colour is the appointment people book with the least information. A cut is an hour and you roughly know what you are getting. Colour can be one hour or five, needs preparation days beforehand, often needs a deposit, and the result depends heavily on what is already on your hair. Here is what to sort […]

Nelson is small enough that nowhere is really far from anywhere. Ten minutes gets you across the city, the airport is barely further, and Richmond is a straightforward run south. That can make the question of where to stay feel unimportant. In practice it still matters, because most people who book accommodation in Nelson are […]

Everyone says winter, and everyone is half right Ask around Nelson about pruning your apple or plum tree and you will be told to do it in winter. It is the standard answer, it is in every gardening column, and it is not wrong. It is just incomplete. Winter is the default, not the whole […]