Post by Bruce on Apr 20, 2015 12:59:18 GMT 12
I have received the following e-mail from the Waihi Beach Aviators - please consider whether you or anyone you know can assist:
Please forward to your members, associates and interested parties in an effort to announce our effort.
Matarangi is already lost – can we safeguard Waihi Beach?
Hello fellow flyers,
You may have heard that the current owners of Waihi Beach airfield NZWV are planning to sell the airfield, either as a parcel of land or as an airfield. We, who are local flyers at Waihi Beach, are keen that the airfield should stay in service as an airfield for the long term and are looking for ways to generate an interest to purchase and keep it as an airfield.
We have to move fast. It understood that the owners are planning an auction very soon. So we are seeking those that would express an interest in forming a consortium or an individual to buy the airfield.
The airfield currently has a rateable value of $305,000, and the improvements (ie the hangars) are assessed at $115,000. We believe the owners are expecting to get more at auction than the rateable value. We also understand that, when considering any offer to purchase before auction, the owners would take into account the agent’s fees being saved.
So if you would be interested in using some capital to safeguard the future of Waihi Beach Airfield, we would very much like to hear from you. When we know how many people might be interested we will prepare firm proposals on the way forward. We know that at this stage there will be many questions, but until we have some idea of who might be involved we can’t provide any definite answers – that comes next.
If you are interested, would you please let us know within the next two weeks. By Friday 30th April the latest.
Regards, on behalf of the Waihi Beach Aviators,
Bob Byal
07-549-2838
robyal@yahoo.com
Please forward to your members, associates and interested parties in an effort to announce our effort.
Matarangi is already lost – can we safeguard Waihi Beach?
Hello fellow flyers,
You may have heard that the current owners of Waihi Beach airfield NZWV are planning to sell the airfield, either as a parcel of land or as an airfield. We, who are local flyers at Waihi Beach, are keen that the airfield should stay in service as an airfield for the long term and are looking for ways to generate an interest to purchase and keep it as an airfield.
We have to move fast. It understood that the owners are planning an auction very soon. So we are seeking those that would express an interest in forming a consortium or an individual to buy the airfield.
The airfield currently has a rateable value of $305,000, and the improvements (ie the hangars) are assessed at $115,000. We believe the owners are expecting to get more at auction than the rateable value. We also understand that, when considering any offer to purchase before auction, the owners would take into account the agent’s fees being saved.
So if you would be interested in using some capital to safeguard the future of Waihi Beach Airfield, we would very much like to hear from you. When we know how many people might be interested we will prepare firm proposals on the way forward. We know that at this stage there will be many questions, but until we have some idea of who might be involved we can’t provide any definite answers – that comes next.
If you are interested, would you please let us know within the next two weeks. By Friday 30th April the latest.
Regards, on behalf of the Waihi Beach Aviators,
Bob Byal
07-549-2838
robyal@yahoo.com
