Lotsco.nz: 25 April 2023

Interesting option: lotsco.nz

This afternoon, I had a zoom demo from a small group who have developed a planning/feasibility tool (a portal with human beings behind it). By the end of the session, I could see that the portal will fill a market gap. When they areready, they will prepare a post for this group and maybe we can cover off the topic of feasibility again.

Too often, I have seen people enter into a development process without an effective feasibility study and the results are expensive.

As I understand, the study does not commit the Client to progressing with that group although they can.

This is not an endorsement of the tool – it is support for someone creating a service that might be of value to some people.

For transparency:

  • I have no connection with the group and reviewed it as a peer as an in-fill developer. I have my own teams and my own feasibility process
  • Personally, I will support any group that has an option that will make the process better for my peers and ultimately – building better
  • Admin supports innovation (small and big) in products and services
  • Members of this group are able to offer support and services to those who request it in their posts. They are not allowed to directly advertise
About the author
Kirsty Merriman
For years I would plan houses, travel widely and observe communities. I also had the privilege of working for New Zealand's largest dairy company in both New Zealand and Malaysia. All the while supported by my husband and young daughter. After a while, our roles swapped and we moved to the Arabian Gulf. Meanwhile my passion for property and communities continued to simmer.

Along came COVID and had no choice but to pivot... in the words of Robert Frost, I looked for and "found the road less travelled by" and decided that maybe I could "make [a] the difference".

I look for to find insights and built a few of the houses that we need. This means a saleable house and a profitable and sustainable business.

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