This couple’s win is quite significant and the final comment: “fix to balance the power between homeowners and the industry” is quite telling.
Following the boom there appears to be a number of remedial issues. As developers, the routes to balance thepower are more obvious and accessible, however, for consumers, it is harder and it would seem that their obvious protections are difficult to access.
MasterBuild failed them and the old behaviour of ignoring and hoping they will quieten down seems to have failed.
The industry needs more people standing up and demanding quality remediation… Well done to the O’Niells…
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.
