Unexpected UniFlats Maintenance Visits “An Accident Waiting to Happen”

Posted 4:40am Monday 16th September 2024 by Jodie Evans

UniFlats residents caught off-guard by unanticipated visits from staff and maintenance crew have been left feeling “a bit weird”, to say the least. One Clyde Street resident told Critic Te Ārohi that she was suffering from a severe bout of food poisoning when maintenance staff Read more...

Castle St Courtyard Set to Split

Posted 3:37am Monday 16th September 2024 by Hugh Askerud

‘Courtyard’, the infamous intersection of breathadom between three Castle St flats, will allegedly soon be split with a fence. Breathas and sheathas alike are biting their nails at the impact the change may have on their beloved stomping ground for all manner of occasions: parties and Read more...

Uni Flats Unplugged

Posted 10:58pm Saturday 10th August 2024 by Jodie Evans

A number of Uni Flat residents are feeling left in the dark after a series of evening power outages occurred without explanation in the peak of Dunner's winter. In an effort to stay warm, residents went to bed early and “piled on blankets” all the while feeling miffed. However, an Read more...

Big Red May Become Just ‘Big’

Posted 3:01pm Sunday 4th August 2024 by Hugh Askerud

A makeover is on the cards for the iconic Big Red Castle Street flat. In a recent Trade Me listing which put the flat up for rent in 2025, DNA Property Management described big plans to make the dingy den “into a nice place to call home [...] rather than how it looks now.” To Read more...

‘The Dairy’ Back on the Market

Posted 8:42pm Sunday 28th July 2024 by Gryffin Powell

Grab your dehumidifiers and dustiest mates, notorious Castle Street flat The Dairy is available to rent in 2025. After a year or two of sitting unoccupied, the infamous six-bedroom flat is up for grabs for $150 a week, a price that’s been labelled “expensive” by a previous tenant Read more...

Capping Show Claims Edinburgh Ripped Off ‘Beezie’ Theme

Posted 3:36pm Saturday 20th July 2024 by Molly Smith-Soppet

A recent Edinburgh Realty ad campaign has raised eyebrows after students noticed it looked somewhat similar to the Capping Show’s Barbie-esque theme. Edinburgh? More like Edinbruh. With similarities in colour palette, characters, and terminology, Capping Show members have voiced their Read more...

OUSA Criticises Residential Tenancies Amendment Act

Posted 6:56pm Saturday 13th July 2024 by Hugh Askerud

The OUSA Student Exec recently submitted on the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill in opposition to its proposed introduction of no-cause evictions. It’s exactly what it sounds like: the bill would allow landlords to evict tenants without needing to give a reason. Critic Te Ārohi spoke Read more...

How to Take Your Landlord to Court

Posted 9:58pm Tuesday 18th July 2023 by Zak Rudin

Dunedin’s rental rates are rising faster than any other university town in the country, but the quality of the homes is not exactly a sterling standard. Since people come and go every year, it can be easy for a property owner to neglect a home for years on end, always promising to do work for Read more...

Cutlers Already Offering 2022 Castle St Leases

Posted 1:15pm Monday 26th April 2021 by Alex Leckie-Zaharic

Cutlers is the first real estate company to release a flat list for Castle Street this year. For many upcoming flatters, it’s the same shit, different year. A group of this year’s freshers, having declared themselves besties for life just a few weeks into the year, will sign a flat Read more...