Hi everyone,
Just wanted to let all of you know that Lavani and I successfully printed and submitted the project on Monday morning. For those of you who want to see the what the final documentation looked like, you can access it on the group's Vula Tab where I created a folder for it - it has the write up and the financials. Thanks for all the hard work everyone, we made it! Now let's hope for a good mark lol =) See you tomorrow to put together the presentation.
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
Meeting with Jonathan Marks and our Draft
So as was planned, the group met with Jonathan today (09/10/2012) and he quickly scanned through our draft. The feedback was very positive! We didn't leave anything out, only one or two things need to be polished or clarified further in our write-up. Well done everyone for going beyond his expectations! The end is in sight :) Can't wait to print and hold the final product!
Tuesday, 2 October 2012
Meeting with Jonathan Marks on 9th October
Hello again everyone
Just to let you all know, after i have received all your sections and compiled them into a comprehensive draft form, i am going to take it to Jonathan Marks who has a greed to have a meeting with us from 1300-1430 on the 9th October. If you would like to come, that would be good as i think this would be very helpful to be able to discus each of our sections.
Hope everyone is on track with their sections. At this stage we all need to make sure Lavani has all the info that she needs, so Lavani please just contact the respective people who you still need info from.
See you all tomorrow x
Just to let you all know, after i have received all your sections and compiled them into a comprehensive draft form, i am going to take it to Jonathan Marks who has a greed to have a meeting with us from 1300-1430 on the 9th October. If you would like to come, that would be good as i think this would be very helpful to be able to discus each of our sections.
Hope everyone is on track with their sections. At this stage we all need to make sure Lavani has all the info that she needs, so Lavani please just contact the respective people who you still need info from.
See you all tomorrow x
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
Meeting on 25th September
Hi everyone
Just to make sure we are all on the same page, please can everyone have all their respective sections completed and sent to me by thursday the 4th October. This will give me that weekend to put the project together and edit it ready to hand in the draft on monday the 8th.
Thanks for all your hard work everyone.
x
Just to make sure we are all on the same page, please can everyone have all their respective sections completed and sent to me by thursday the 4th October. This will give me that weekend to put the project together and edit it ready to hand in the draft on monday the 8th.
Thanks for all your hard work everyone.
x
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Meeting on 18th September
Good meting today guys
Our architectural drawings are looking amazing, so brilliant. Had a good meeting with Prof Bowen, going back tomorrow to clarify the last couple of points.
To clarify one point i made last time about the viability and anything else that we do. What they have uploaded on to vula (especially the viability example) is a minimum and we should do more than that if we want to kind of high marks that im sure we all want:)
Will keep you all posted about the next group meeting until anyone else wants to call one. :)
Our architectural drawings are looking amazing, so brilliant. Had a good meeting with Prof Bowen, going back tomorrow to clarify the last couple of points.
To clarify one point i made last time about the viability and anything else that we do. What they have uploaded on to vula (especially the viability example) is a minimum and we should do more than that if we want to kind of high marks that im sure we all want:)
Will keep you all posted about the next group meeting until anyone else wants to call one. :)
Thursday, 13 September 2012
Meeting with Jonathon Marks on 13th September
Good news everyone!
Rumbi and i went to go and speak to Jonathon Marks about the project and he seems very relaxed about the entire thing. He said that he is really looking for a "Project Business Plan".
This is fantastic news for us and the rest of the class as the pressure has been taken off and we can now get creative and explore the project.
Here are the answers to some of our questions:
Feasibility/ Lavani: He said dont think about the deficit that the Dutch Housing Institute has. He said that as long as Communicare is confident that they can get a loan from them (which they are as they told us in the first meeting with them) then take it as face value. he said dont read too much into it. Also as you may have seen, on vula, Paul Bowen has uploaded a sample viability that is very simple. Jonathon said that all we need to do it re-create that so dont stress too much.
Value Management: Paul Bowen is out of the county at the moment and this is his eection, but he said that he will eamil Paul and find out exactly what he is looking for.
GANTT Chart: as you guys know, this is my section and he explained it perfectly so i know what to do.:)
Marketing/ Greg /Rumbi: For this section he said that we can "stretch the truth a bit" and make a marketing plan that will fit in with the project, even if it means marketing to social housing candidates. I will re-create a brochure that communicare did and come up with a website design as Jonathon said that that would be sufficient.
Current Value of Property: he said that a simple email to communicare to find out what they have it recorded as on their books is sufficient. He said that the difference between market value and accounting value is not too important, unless it is obvious that the two diverge drastically (e.g. if communicare bought the site 20years ago for R500 000and it is obviously worth more today, but nothing too in depth).
Rumbi can co-oberate any of this info so i think that we are safe with everything that he said:)
felling much better about the project agin, i think we should have a group meeting early next week to discuss everything further.
Also, Jonathon said that it will be possible for us to make an appointment with him and Paul to discuss the project, hand in a sort of draft to find out how well we are doing and if we are on the right track. Tjis is fantastic news to ensure that we get a good mark:)
I hope you are all as excited about this again as i am. When is everyone free for another meeting? Maybe after class on tuesday?
Rumbi and i went to go and speak to Jonathon Marks about the project and he seems very relaxed about the entire thing. He said that he is really looking for a "Project Business Plan".
This is fantastic news for us and the rest of the class as the pressure has been taken off and we can now get creative and explore the project.
Here are the answers to some of our questions:
Feasibility/ Lavani: He said dont think about the deficit that the Dutch Housing Institute has. He said that as long as Communicare is confident that they can get a loan from them (which they are as they told us in the first meeting with them) then take it as face value. he said dont read too much into it. Also as you may have seen, on vula, Paul Bowen has uploaded a sample viability that is very simple. Jonathon said that all we need to do it re-create that so dont stress too much.
Value Management: Paul Bowen is out of the county at the moment and this is his eection, but he said that he will eamil Paul and find out exactly what he is looking for.
GANTT Chart: as you guys know, this is my section and he explained it perfectly so i know what to do.:)
Marketing/ Greg /Rumbi: For this section he said that we can "stretch the truth a bit" and make a marketing plan that will fit in with the project, even if it means marketing to social housing candidates. I will re-create a brochure that communicare did and come up with a website design as Jonathon said that that would be sufficient.
Current Value of Property: he said that a simple email to communicare to find out what they have it recorded as on their books is sufficient. He said that the difference between market value and accounting value is not too important, unless it is obvious that the two diverge drastically (e.g. if communicare bought the site 20years ago for R500 000and it is obviously worth more today, but nothing too in depth).
Rumbi can co-oberate any of this info so i think that we are safe with everything that he said:)
felling much better about the project agin, i think we should have a group meeting early next week to discuss everything further.
Also, Jonathon said that it will be possible for us to make an appointment with him and Paul to discuss the project, hand in a sort of draft to find out how well we are doing and if we are on the right track. Tjis is fantastic news to ensure that we get a good mark:)
I hope you are all as excited about this again as i am. When is everyone free for another meeting? Maybe after class on tuesday?
Thursday, 6 September 2012
Wednesday, 5 September 2012
Vula Tab
As you will all see i have created a tab on vula for us all to upload our documents into a common space so we can all see what each one of us is working on. :)
Meeting on 28th August
Hello again everyone :)
So this meeting we were still deciding more or less on what everyone should do, but it was still a little difficult as we still didn't have the rubric for the project. We decided on the work load as follows:
Jason: Google Map images and plan the parking with Architect
Lavani: Start the financial feasibility (using the income method)
Tash: Company profile and logo
Greg: Marketing analysis
Rumbi: Marketing strategy
Our next meeting is today (6th September) at 12 on campus so we will hopefully all be done our respective sections and be well on our way.
Also we are very pleased that we now have a rubric to work with so can allocate tasks more fairly according to weighting.
See you later x
So this meeting we were still deciding more or less on what everyone should do, but it was still a little difficult as we still didn't have the rubric for the project. We decided on the work load as follows:
Jason: Google Map images and plan the parking with Architect
Lavani: Start the financial feasibility (using the income method)
Tash: Company profile and logo
Greg: Marketing analysis
Rumbi: Marketing strategy
Our next meeting is today (6th September) at 12 on campus so we will hopefully all be done our respective sections and be well on our way.
Also we are very pleased that we now have a rubric to work with so can allocate tasks more fairly according to weighting.
See you later x
Monday, 27 August 2012
Meeting on 23rd August
This was the meeting that we all decided to do certain sections:
Greg: Do market research to obtain market rentals for both bachelor apartments and 1 bedrooms
Rumbi: Parking Regulations for retirement villages in Cape Town
Tash: Muizenburg Municipality to enquire about zoning and departures from those restrictions
Lavani: Get surveyor general drawings for the site and correct title deed
Jason: Call demolition companies for quotes to demolish the building
Our next meeting will be on the 28th August where we will all bring all the material that we uncovered and re-asses that design of the building. We will further delegate bigger portions of the project to each of the group members to keep us busy during the vac.
See you all after our lecture for 3B tomorrow :)
Greg: Do market research to obtain market rentals for both bachelor apartments and 1 bedrooms
Rumbi: Parking Regulations for retirement villages in Cape Town
Tash: Muizenburg Municipality to enquire about zoning and departures from those restrictions
Lavani: Get surveyor general drawings for the site and correct title deed
Jason: Call demolition companies for quotes to demolish the building
Our next meeting will be on the 28th August where we will all bring all the material that we uncovered and re-asses that design of the building. We will further delegate bigger portions of the project to each of the group members to keep us busy during the vac.
See you all after our lecture for 3B tomorrow :)
Friday, 17 August 2012
Site Visits
Hi everyone
Amazing site visits today to Yates Lodge in Muizenburg and SAWAS House in Pinelands. I got some good photos of the fittings, current building, surrounding areas, common areas and veggie gardens. I think we have all been stimulated by today and have some fantastic ideas. I am looking forward to having a group meeting soon (maybe Monday afternoon, 1pm in CL group study room?) to start delegating and getting this project off the ground.
See you all Monday :)
Amazing site visits today to Yates Lodge in Muizenburg and SAWAS House in Pinelands. I got some good photos of the fittings, current building, surrounding areas, common areas and veggie gardens. I think we have all been stimulated by today and have some fantastic ideas. I am looking forward to having a group meeting soon (maybe Monday afternoon, 1pm in CL group study room?) to start delegating and getting this project off the ground.
Thursday, 16 August 2012
First Meeting on 15th August
Great meeting yesterday everyone. I think that we all fell alot more assured about the project than we did before. I spoke to Mr Marks today and he said that he will give us a rubric for the project so that we know the general weighting of each section and what is required of us.
Here is the basic information that i managed to jot down during the meeting yesterday. Please if any of you have anything else to add or change, please do so (especially Rumbi who very kindly took a recording of the entire meeting).:)
We met with Waleed Davids (wdavids@communicare.org.za) and Wasima Fisher (wfisher@communicare.org.za) on the 15th August 2012 at 13:30 and the meeting lasted approximately 1hr 30mins. Greg, Rumbi, Lavani and Natasha were present.
They spoke to us about two developments: SAWAS House and Yates Lodge. After the meeting we decided to do Yates Lodge as we believe it is the more interesting project of the two (as it comprises of elderly people and families), it is of a more manageable size for our expertise and we were given considerably more information about this site than the other.
Yates Lodge currently comprises of 10 units and Communicare want to tabke it up to about 20units (minimum, obviously the more the better)
They want to demolish the building and start again.
The new building must have parking for the flats and guest parking (look up City of Cape Town requirements) even though the building is situated on main road Muizemburg and next to the train station.
There is a shopping center close by and schools.
Deed says that they must cater for elderly people "as far as possible".
Maximum rental that we would be able to charge would be about R3500 but they would prefer us to research the market rentals in the area for comparable flats and subtract 20% from that.
They would like a ratio as follows: 70%capital to 30%loan from the Dutch Housing Loan company (their current loan terms are 7%interest for 10-15years).
Communicare only deals with Independent Living (no meals, no care, no 24hr people on duty) that is safe and more conducive to old people.
They would like a ROI of about 3% but recognize the tough economic climate at the moment and said that they are currently getting about 1%return.
Always unfurinshed apartments. Include kitchen and bedroom cupboards. No stove but stove point. Possibly communal washing room? Must have a communal living room with kitchen also so they can socialize and do recreational activities in it.
All finishes must be low maintinance and easy to open and close (bathrooms, doors and windows).
Remember Communicares motto of cultural diversity and integration.
They can pay extra for a call for care system that is a panic button in every room and one for around their neck so that they can call someone if they fall.
Possible activities include: Bingo, arts and crafts, gardening, exercise, outings, training programs, cultural diversity workshops, cooking, baking, market days so that they can utilize their skills and socialize.
We must try and come up with a small rental growth scheme. Not too high, possibly non-existant in this economic climate. Possibly relate it to inflation or CPI.
Rental Includes: rates and taxes, water and services. Currently electricity is separate. in the future they would like to keep rentals the same but make them pay separately for water.
We must design bachelor apartments on the ground floor for the elderly and 1 bedrooms on the 1st floor for prospective families or more able bodied elderly people.
Must have a minimum of 30% elderly people.
They will email us a break down but at the moment, Communicares expenses for Yates Lodge with 10 units is about R350 000/ year. However, there is no security included in this which is a priority for elderly people. Not a security guard, just a buzzer and controlled access and Call for Care. These costs include: cleaning of communal areas, gardening, rates and taxes, water and repairs and maintenance (which is high is such an old building, will decrease once renovated).
The current tenants are on a 2 month notice rental.
Here is the basic information that i managed to jot down during the meeting yesterday. Please if any of you have anything else to add or change, please do so (especially Rumbi who very kindly took a recording of the entire meeting).:)
We met with Waleed Davids (wdavids@communicare.org.za) and Wasima Fisher (wfisher@communicare.org.za) on the 15th August 2012 at 13:30 and the meeting lasted approximately 1hr 30mins. Greg, Rumbi, Lavani and Natasha were present.
They spoke to us about two developments: SAWAS House and Yates Lodge. After the meeting we decided to do Yates Lodge as we believe it is the more interesting project of the two (as it comprises of elderly people and families), it is of a more manageable size for our expertise and we were given considerably more information about this site than the other.
Yates Lodge currently comprises of 10 units and Communicare want to tabke it up to about 20units (minimum, obviously the more the better)
They want to demolish the building and start again.
The new building must have parking for the flats and guest parking (look up City of Cape Town requirements) even though the building is situated on main road Muizemburg and next to the train station.
There is a shopping center close by and schools.
Deed says that they must cater for elderly people "as far as possible".
Maximum rental that we would be able to charge would be about R3500 but they would prefer us to research the market rentals in the area for comparable flats and subtract 20% from that.
They would like a ratio as follows: 70%capital to 30%loan from the Dutch Housing Loan company (their current loan terms are 7%interest for 10-15years).
Communicare only deals with Independent Living (no meals, no care, no 24hr people on duty) that is safe and more conducive to old people.
They would like a ROI of about 3% but recognize the tough economic climate at the moment and said that they are currently getting about 1%return.
Always unfurinshed apartments. Include kitchen and bedroom cupboards. No stove but stove point. Possibly communal washing room? Must have a communal living room with kitchen also so they can socialize and do recreational activities in it.
All finishes must be low maintinance and easy to open and close (bathrooms, doors and windows).
Remember Communicares motto of cultural diversity and integration.
They can pay extra for a call for care system that is a panic button in every room and one for around their neck so that they can call someone if they fall.
Possible activities include: Bingo, arts and crafts, gardening, exercise, outings, training programs, cultural diversity workshops, cooking, baking, market days so that they can utilize their skills and socialize.
We must try and come up with a small rental growth scheme. Not too high, possibly non-existant in this economic climate. Possibly relate it to inflation or CPI.
Rental Includes: rates and taxes, water and services. Currently electricity is separate. in the future they would like to keep rentals the same but make them pay separately for water.
We must design bachelor apartments on the ground floor for the elderly and 1 bedrooms on the 1st floor for prospective families or more able bodied elderly people.
Must have a minimum of 30% elderly people.
They will email us a break down but at the moment, Communicares expenses for Yates Lodge with 10 units is about R350 000/ year. However, there is no security included in this which is a priority for elderly people. Not a security guard, just a buzzer and controlled access and Call for Care. These costs include: cleaning of communal areas, gardening, rates and taxes, water and repairs and maintenance (which is high is such an old building, will decrease once renovated).
The current tenants are on a 2 month notice rental.
Friday, 10 August 2012
Monday, 6 August 2012
Communicare Meeting
Hi everyone,
So thanks to Greg for setting up this blog site for us. Not too sure how it all works yet but playing around with it now to learn a bit more. Lets keep everyone posted on this site so we all know what is going on and also to let Mr Marks know.
I will be emailing Communicare this afternoon to ask about an appointment. We are doing Communicare with group 4 i think, and Jess Fendick is the the correspondent for them so i will try get a time that suits everyone. Who is free on say Wednesday afternoon? i finish at 1.
So thanks to Greg for setting up this blog site for us. Not too sure how it all works yet but playing around with it now to learn a bit more. Lets keep everyone posted on this site so we all know what is going on and also to let Mr Marks know.
I will be emailing Communicare this afternoon to ask about an appointment. We are doing Communicare with group 4 i think, and Jess Fendick is the the correspondent for them so i will try get a time that suits everyone. Who is free on say Wednesday afternoon? i finish at 1.
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