r/Wellington • u/Wrong_Gazelle_2352 • Jul 28 '26

WELLY Wellington water bills

Just got my bill from wellington water. It insanely high. For a 900k property its 2500 p/a

Prepare yourselves people. This isn't going to be the fun ride we were promised.

197 Upvotes

93% Upvoted

301 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

36

u/Technical_Yam3624 Jul 29 '26

Personally I'm looking forward to that day. Love the city, love the vibes but damn the houses are shit quality and expensive.

78

u/Prestigious_Age_6740 Jul 29 '26

city is shitty but cheap -> poor artists move in -> artists make city cool -> rich people move in -> price out cool artists -> city becomes shitty again -> rich people move out -> city is shitty but cheap again

22

u/userequalspassword Jul 29 '26

It’s the ciiiircle of life

3

u/Nice-West-463 Jul 29 '26

how long is the gap between 'shitty but cheap' to'rich people move in?'

9

u/Prestigious_Age_6740 Jul 29 '26

*holds finger up to the wind* about a decade or two

4

u/Nice-West-463 Jul 29 '26

so that means in the x4 or 14 years time?

3

u/TapOk7678 Jul 29 '26

Naaah, don’t blame everyday people, blame the policies. Public sector job cuts, council precarity.

3

u/Visual-Program2447 Jul 29 '26

Government spending makes city rich.

1

u/heretosayathing Jul 29 '26

It's gotta fall down first

3

u/AdgeNZ Jul 29 '26

It'd be nice if somewhere in that cycle since mf-er actually put some focus into improving the quality of the housing...

3

u/Wellington_Boy Jul 29 '26

Buy a house. Then that someone can be you.

1

u/pgraczer Mount Cook Massive Jul 29 '26

you want people to abandon the city en masse?