Go Auckland Council Go: 1 November 2023

Go Auckland Council Go… a CCC technical review in TWO working days and invoiced the next day.

Thank-you!!

This makes a MASSIVE difference to those in transitional housing. Every day I can bring settlement closer means one day closer to accessible (wheelchair) and energy efficient homes for large multigenerational families on the social housing register.

Delivering ‘affordable’ homes requires exceptional attention to details for both cost and process.

When I find major differences in material mark-ups or apply best practice to process compliance, it makes me more stream-lined. I can do more projects and deliver with less risk.

Between the team (Wagner Fernandes, PJM Project Management Ltd, and Professional Building Consultants Ltd) plus a letter of support from the community housing group that purchased this project, we managed to get CCC submitted, invoiced and paid within three working days.

Days make a difference to transitional housing tenants.

How did we get out the best way of doing it? By sharing our experiences within our network… someone with more experience provided guidance.

Prior to that I had been told it could not be done – Yeah, right!!

That is how we improve: collective sharing.

Who benefits? OUR community.

Now onto the final week, snags, final soft landscaping, and a decent wash-down.

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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