“In 2022 St Bede’s College engaged Plan Heaven to develop the school’s Long Term Maintenance Plan (LTMP). Plan Heaven was recommended to me by professionals in the property management industry and our due diligence convinced me that John Bradley and the Plan Heaven team provide an excellent product at a reasonable price.
After being engaged, Plan Heaven undertook a property survey of the school campus, prepared our LTMP, and loaded all the data into their online app. This LMTP was then reviewed by school staff and adopted by our Board. The whole process was unexpectedly easy.
The online app now allows us to maintain and update the LTMP ourselves. It gives us a tool to consider the effect of timing of major maintenance projects on our finances and helps enormously with our long term operational and financial planning.
We have found the Plan Heaven team professional, knowledgeable, and easy to deal with. I’m very pleased that we engaged them, and very happy to recommend them to others. ”Steve Kelsen, General Manager, St Bedes, Christchurch
More responsive LTMPs designed especially for BCs and BC Managers
1. Our LTMPs are built in the cloud in an app meaning that they can be viewed and updated from any internet connected device 24/7. It also means that any person can be granted access to the account and to be able to edit and rollover the plan. It becomes a living document.
2. Because we use a template system it allows for consistency across all of your plans, all of your team will know where to look when they are reviewing each plan and presenting them at an AGM.
3. At Plan Heaven, currently all we do is build LTMPs for BCs, so we need to be really good at it. Also because Plan Heaven was conceived and built by an experienced BC Manager, they have been built to overcome those problems that come with inadequate LTMPs.
4. We consider that one of the most important part of preparing a LTMP is understanding that the reader is not an experienced property professional and for some of them to understand and embrace their LTMP, they first need to understand it.
5. Finally, a Body Corporate is an unique form of ownership. They are a democracy that is governed by legislation that can easily be misinterpreted especially in regard to who pays - the BC or each owner. Our plans tackle this problem head on and attempt to resolve the debate before it starts.
Summary
In summary, at Plan Heaven we have considered these issues and craft our plans so that they assist the BC and their BC Managers in the smooth governance of the BC when it comes to maintenance.
There is more detail covering each of the points above in other help pages.
If you have any questions and would like to know please contact John Bradley, 021 722 786 or john@planheaven.co.nz
The Plan Heaven team.