The Wellington City Council says some of the 35 Berhampore residents in temporary accommodation as a result of the landslide may be able to return to their homes by the middle of the week.
View from beneath the slip on Saturday, showing exposed piles. Photo: RNZ / Aaron Miller
But mayor Celia Wade-Brown says three of the properties at the top of the slip are too dangerous to even enter for assessment.
A Priscilla Crescent resident, who also rents out one of the houses on the slip's edge, says she met with the council and the Earthquake Commission on Sunday.
Sarah Jackson says she has been told she will hear of the fate of her two properties in the next few days.
She says she has been staying in a motel, and the council has kept in regular contact.
The landslide on Saturday morning forced the evacuation of 110 people from 25 houses and a rest home before daybreak on Saturday. Two houses are on the edge of the slip.
Engineers are testing the surrounding land.
Most people have now returned, but on Sunday morning Wellington City Council spokesperson Richard Maclean said predicted rain has everyone erring on the side of caution.
Security guards are patrolling the area. Photo: RNZ
"We have got council building inspectors and geotechnical engineers on the site this morning and they are making calls as to whether some of those houses can be occupied,'' he said.
''They are obviously looking at the proximity of the slip to properties and whether there's any sign that more material may go down the hill."
A drone has been flown under the foundations of the houses most threatened by the slip, something too dangerous for workers to do.
Council compliance manager Chris Scott said whether those in the two worst damaged houses will ever be able to return, is still being assessed.
Welfare agencies and the council are trying to find accommodation for the occupants of the house most threatened by the slip.
That house was made up of at least three flats.
All residents evacuated from Kilmarnock Heights Rest Home are now back home after staying at a neighbouring retirement village.
A fire truck is stationed at the bottom of the slip.
Security guards are patrolling the street around the clock to prevent anyone from entering the houses.
Council not aware of complaints prior to huge slip
Wellington City Council says it is not aware of any residents making complaints prior to the landslip.
Some residents say they complained to the council before the slip happened about noisy pipes and water leakage.
Operations manager Stavros Michael said the council will review its records to see if any complaints were made as it investigates what may have caused the slip.
Mayor Celia Wade Brown said on Saturday it was not yet clear whether the council is to blame.
If the council is at fault, she said it will meet its obligations and will liaise with insurance companies to make sure residents are looked after.
Breton Grove resident Jacqui Booth said two council workers have been putting dye down manholes in her driveway on and off for months, looking for leaks in the sewer pipes that run down the hill where the landslide occurred.
She said the huge amount of water that was coming out of the hillside on Saturday morning did not look like it was from a single sewerage pipe.
