Council set to sell houses for unpaid rates
Two Napier houses are for sale after their owners failed to pay rates.
In both cases the owners claim they did not know the council had applied to the High Court to sell their house sold.
Justin Gregory, a 75 year-old engineer, has lived in his house for 41 years.Gregory said he had no idea his rates weren’t being paid.
“I got a letter earlier this year telling me to set up a direct debit to pay my rates, so I went to the bank and did that. I thought it was coming out of my pension automatically, like my power and insurance,” he said.
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Loved Cat lost from Paradise Road, Napier! Posted on behalf
Please call the number in the photo if you see Spot. He is desperately missed by his family ❤️🐈💔 He is missing from Napier but could be anywhere as he has been known to hop in cars plus he has been missing 3 weeks now. NB there have been 2 potential sightings - the most likely sighting is Hyderabad Road near Northe Street
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