Property managers win commendation
Southland Real Estate’s property management team’s efforts to make homes healthier has earned them an award.
The Southland Warm Homes Trust presented the team with the Property Management Company of the Year Award yesterday.
Trust chairman Jim Hargest said the award recognises property managers who are actively improving the living conditions of the tenants and supporting the vision of the trust.
‘‘This year Southland Real Estate’s property management team received the award in recognition of their efforts to make healthier and warmer living conditions for tenants, engaging with landlords and promoting energy saving ideas ... the team has also been proactively insulating many of the properties under their management.’’
The trust was particularly impressed by the effort and commitment Southland property management businesses made ahead of the July 2019 Tenancy Act legislation, when rental properties will be required to meet a high standard of insulation.
Southland Real Estate property manager Leeann Tautari said it had been a hard journey during the last couple of years to get rental properties up to standard. In the last two years, a few hundred houses looked after by Southland Real Estate would have got up to the insulation standards, meaning healthier homes for the people living in them, she said.
‘‘[Tenants] have definitely noticed a difference.’’
Awarua Synergy general manager Sumaria Beaton said Southland Real Estate property management team was proactive in providing a great service and had made her job a lot easier.
Awarua Synergy is the service provider for the trust and installs home insulation for it.