![An Auckland café. Higher-density areas need quality local environments for enhanced liveability.](/assets/Images/Build_160_70_Feature_Neighbourhoods_Can_Higher_Density_Enhance_Livability/a042-online__ClownCarImageQualityWzc1XQ_FillWzExMywxMTNd.jpg)
![Neighbourhoods](/assets/Uploads/Neighbourhoods__ClownCarImageQualityWzc1XQ_FillWzMwMCwyNDhd.jpg)
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Feature section: Neighbourhoods
In New Zealand, the focus has largely been on delivering individual
dwellings rather than building quality,liveable neighbourhoods. This is
shifting, however, as the amount of medium-density housing increases.
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Feature section: Maintenance
The BRANZ House Condition Survey regularly finds that our homes are poorly maintained. All buildings need to be maintained, and the longer this is put off the more it will eventually cost.
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Build Right
![Windows aligned with the board set-out.](/assets/Images/Build_160_26_Build_Right_Timber_Weatherboards/a014-online__ClownCarImageQualityWzc1XQ_FillWzExMywxMTNd.jpg)
Timber weatherboards
![Figure 1 Step 1 – roof/wall junction construction sequence.](/assets/Images/Build_160_30_Build_Right_Roof_To_Wall_Junction/a017-online__ClownCarImageQualityWzc1XQ_FillWzExMywxMTNd.png)
Roof-to-wall junction
Design Right
![Figure 1 Typical warm green roof construction.](/assets/Images/Build_160_37_Design_Right_The_Gen_On_Green_Roofs/a021-online__ClownCarImageQualityWzc1XQ_FillWzExMywxMTNd.png)
The gen on green roofs
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