Managers enjoy new home after three year wait

The smiles just will not leave the faces of Balclutha Motor Camp lessee Leanne Scott and her partner, Mick Corden, who are loving life in their new managers' accommodation after waiting more than three years for the new building.

The couple have spent the past three and a-half years living with all of their belongings crammed into a small cabin.

The couple spent the first night in their new dwelling last Monday and yesterday said they loved it.

They thanked the Clutha District Council for its help in securing the new cabin.

The council, which owns the camp, had been working on a solution to the managers' accommodation for several years.

The camp's original house, located next door to the site, was deemed uninhabitable nearly four years ago and the managers were forced to relocate to the cabin, but delays in resolving the housing issue meant they have had to live there for the past three and a-half years.

Late last year, the council agreed to allocate a $120,000 budget for the project.

Information supplied to the Otago Daily Times by the council reveals it sold the old house for $82,000.

The cabin cost $92,000, siteworks and other services cost $13,000, while other associated costs were about $10,000.