Two awards to celebrate. The Merit award is for my 2023 development in Manurewa. Pretty stoked about that as a very small in-fill ‘mum’ developer.
The Excellence award is for Emerge’s development in another part of South Auckland, where PJM Project Management Ltd was engaged as my construction manager. The team there are my work family, punching with the big boys.
Thanks also to Wagner Fernandes, who was integral to the merit result, along with the design support of TOA Architects, Brad Wallace Designs, Lifemark, and Henry McTavish. Designed and worked in conjunction with Penina Healthcare.
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.
