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On all our developments we are so grateful to work leading experts in their field – and like any development, it all comes down to design. So of course, one of the first steps is always engaging with an Architect who is going to breathe life and help to form the vision for a new project.We have been working with the talented Steve King and his team from Archimedia Waikato on our last project Alfred Residences, as well as some of our upcoming projects.

There’s been quite a lot of news about the property market and the direction it will take over the last few weeks due to the effects of COVID-19.Few people wishing the market goes down and all developers go under (yep, there always a few out there), while others wishing it stabilizes or continues to go up. Unfortunately, no one actually knows where the market will head till we go down to Level 1, or some sort of normality and the situation with the job losses comes to light. I for certain will know more towards the end of the year after the people that have asked for the mortgage holidays get back to paying their mortgages or sell their properties.

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Asbestos removal can be a scary thing and if not treated with the right respect can be dangerous. Over the last few years, all my sites have had some sort of asbestos removal required so I am somewhat an expert in this field now – my digger driver tells me that I attract sites with Asbestos. Haha!

We have had a lot of enquiry on what are benefits of buying off the plans and I can name quite a few but the article wouldn’t be fair without looking at the other side of the coin of what can go wrong. There is a lot of negative media about the “developers going under” and rightly so, but it’s good to look a bit deeper of what can cause a fall in developers.

As all of you know I am a big fan of investing in the property industry.My first step on the ladder was going halves with my sister on a piece of land in Kinlock in my early 20’s (which she later brought off me), through to buying and renovating and of course now developing – it’s been quite a journey over the last 15 years.

I have had an interesting journey over the past four months, the business has been taking shape for growth, and we’ve been working on making it future proof by doing a Values exercise for the business and with ALL our Business Consultants and Contractors, which is something that is nor done often in this industry, or any.

You would have noticed over the last few months that interest rates have been going lower and lower. This is a world-wide phenomenon and a very interesting one indeed for me. A number of our banks are Australian owned therefore we are also following their footsteps where each bank is competing by dropping their interest rates lower.

Last week Eleanor and I spent 5 nights in Fiji and it was excellent. The main reason for visiting Fiji wasn’t for a holiday but to meet some developers doing an amazing project in Suva and potential.

So over the last couple of weeks Eleanor and I have been to see Grant Cardone (one of my idols) in Auckland and then in Sydney for a 2 day Bootcamp.

The way the development world works is that all the final public/private drainage, vehicle crossing and the driveways are done at the end of the project when the building has been completed.

I had a huge 2018/2019 interms of learning and growth. Going unconditional on development in 2017 and each development getting bigger and better than the previous.

I often get asked advice on buying a first home as this is the first biggest investment. Most people I have noticed have a maximum budget but generally the expectation for that money is quite high.

One very valuable (and expensive) lesson I have recently learnt is understanding the language of the tradesmen on the 4 house development. Being aware of companies quoting square metre rates on the walls vs floor.

This blog is a bit more personal than I usually write about but it’s important for me to share my recent experiences.

This blog is a bit more personal than I usually write about but it’s important for me to share my recent experiences.

Eleanor and I have just completed the UPW experience with Tony Robbins and let me tell you that it was awesome and I highly recommend it.

Park Ave is finally completed, and it looks great, now the question is whether the market will appreciate the architecturally designed building?

Construction well underway at Rimu Residences.

Having to work in the Engineering and heavy construction side most of my career I do find that trying out new products is key to a successful future.

We have been on holiday and back but progress on the outside of the Park ave houses has been extremely slow.

Prefabrication of houses seems to be all over the news but whether this will solve the housing crisis or not is a very good question.

We have finally got the OK from the Urban design team for the Resource Consent of the Alfred st property.

The question I am asked very often is if I would use steel framing again and unfortunately, I would say no. Let me explain why…