Developer Services

Adding Value Right From The Start

As New Zealand’s population grows, our towns and cities are rapidly being shaped by the need for medium and high density housing in the form of unit titled developments or shared lane resident associations.  Capturing the Kiwi need for affordable home ownership without compromising on quality, and creating an environment for enjoyable community living is no easy task.

Collaborate with the best in the business

Many developers have chosen to partner with Everything Body Corporate to help them set up their new body corporate development. We like to meet with our developers early on, ideally before Resource Consent is granted, to discuss the concept plans, and to better understand the vision, time frames and any construction budget. By choosing to partner with us we can share our knowledge and experiences of what works well, the types of design aspects that add on-going cost to purchasers and identify any potential headaches or pitfalls early on. We offer practical solutions to ensure your body corporate development is successful and your purchasers love their investments and want to re-invest with you again. We quietly and efficiently work in the background to sort out the nitty-gritty of setting up the body corporate or resident’s society on your behalf, so you can focus on what you do best – building housing developments. Whether it is a small residential or large mixed-used development, Everything Body Corporate has the skills and experience to support your next development project.

How We Support Your Development

Pre-Sales & Marketing

We will work collaboratively with you to prepare pre-sales documents for your marketing needs. Including preliminary budgets, proposed levies and rules.

  • Work with your Solicitor to draft a tailored set of Body Corporate Rules (or Society Constitution) suitable for your development.
  • Attend to any changes needed to budgets, levies, or rules for marketing purposes.
  • Provide on-going support to provide information around purchasers’ frequently asked questions during the sell-down of units.
  • Meet with you to review concept plans & discuss your vision.
  • Prepare the draft estimated budget.
  • Prepare the draft levy schedule.
  • Assist with preparation of Pre-contract Disclosure Statements.

Completion & Settlement

EBCL will assist with preparing disclosure statements and final setup of the body corporate, ready for settlement to your purchasers.

  • Prepare Pre-Settlement Disclosure Statements for settlement.
  • Arrange and chair the Inaugural General Meeting with the new owners.
  • If requested, obtain a Long-term Maintenance Plan, and health & safety report to meet the body corporate’s obligations from the outset.
  • Assist the Developer with preparation of the Turn-over Disclosure Statement to the Body Corporate.
  • Obtain service contracts for ongoing maintenance (fire testing, grounds, cleaning, etc).
  • Obtain building insurance quotes for practical completion.
  • Check LT Plans prior to deposit with LINZ
  • Finalise the first operational budget & levy schedule.

Warranty & Defect Management

Everything Body Corporate will assist with management of defects and ongoing warranties and building guarantees.

  • Assist with collation of any defect lists to ensure these are dealt with efficiently and in time.
  • Compile warranty schedules and general building information to assist with future warranty management.
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Our Valued Client Testimonials

suzanne flannagan

Suzanne Flannagan

Committee Member
We found Catherine to be invaluable for her professional advice and assistance in navigating some historical issues. Catherine is up to date with all things body corporate, has a direct approach and is very efficient to work with. She always acts with integrity and in the best interests of all owners. I would not hesitate to recommend her.
donna brodie

Donna Brodie

Body Corporate Chairperson
Everything Body Corporate works with the owners giving sound guidance and advice as well as looking at continuously improving the day-to-day running of the Body Corporate. Their extensive knowledge of Body Corporate laws and regulations and experience in Body Corporate property management gives me comfort that my investment is in good hands.
greg reidy

Greg Reidy

Managing Director, Reidy & Co Ltd
We dealt closely with Catherine on two residential unit titled projects of ours in Mt Eden; Botanica Living & Botanica Heritage (Auckland Architecture award 2019). Catherine guided us through the body corporate process from inception to completion, our enquiries were responded to promptly and her knowledge and support were invaluable. We have a huge amount of confidence and trust in Catherine and look forward to working with her again.
carey bowkett

Carey Bowkett

Director, Southside Group
Catherine supported us on our unit titled apartment development Nixon Central, Kingsland. This was the first time we had worked with Catherine, and we were impressed by her knowledge, competence and speed to bring together the body corporate aspects of our development. We implemented most of Catherine’s recommendations in respect of the body corporate structure, and found Catherine and her team were invaluable at settlement time in making sure it went smoothly and our purchasers were happy. We’d be happy to work with Catherine again.
tian li

Tian Li

Committee Member
Just wanted to say you have been helpful during the last four years of our life here and it was an absolute pleasure to work alongside experienced body corporate specialist like you. I have learnt a lot.
emily cooney

Emily Cooney

Committee Member
We thought you did a fantastic job of steering a challenging meeting that could have been a lot more fractious and less productive – you navigated things beautifully, with a perfect balance of assertiveness, warmth and humor. We made a number of necessary and important decisions, and thank goodness we have you to help us with this process!