One team, no handoffs
Feasibility, design, consent, construction, and the presale campaign are run by one team, so there is no handover point between firms where something can be dropped.
Property Development Management Auckland
We run your development from feasibility through to completion.
Creston Property takes on the day-to-day running of residential developments for landowners, investors, and developers across Auckland. Feasibility, design and renders, consent, construction, and the presale campaign are handled by one team, and it is the same work we do on our own projects.
You keep every material decision. We coordinate the consultants, hold the programme and the budget, and tell you where the project actually is - including when the news is not good.
$145m+
Delivered project value
90+
Combined years of experience
100%
Approval track record
Why Work With Us
What you get when one team runs the whole project
We build what we manage
Our construction managers, site managers, and quantity surveyors sit in the same business, so the programme and the budget are set by the people who then have to meet them.
You keep the decisions
We run the project day to day and bring you the calls that matter, with what we would do and what it costs. You decide.
The Process
What we handle at each stage
01
Feasibility & Strategy
We confirm the numbers, the constraints, and the plan before anything is committed. If you have not had the site assessed yet, we start with a feasibility review and build from there.
02
Design, Consent & Presales
Architectural design, renders, and the consent application run alongside early market positioning, so the project is ready to sell by the time it is ready to build.
03
Construction
Our construction managers, site managers, and quantity surveyors run the build. Building work is carried out and supervised by Licensed Building Practitioners, with trades subcontracted under our direct supervision, and cost, quality, and programme reported back to you throughout.
04
Sale Strategy & Handover
We set the sales strategy, produce the presale pack - renders, brochures, and campaign material - and run presales. We do not sell the homes ourselves: we work with the agency you appoint, or recommend agents we have dealt with, and coordinate them through to settlement or handover.
What's Included
What we take on.
Every project is scoped on its own, so a package is built from whichever of these the site actually needs.
- 01
Feasibility and development strategy
- 02
Design and consultant coordination
- 03
Resource and building consent
- 04
Procurement and construction oversight
- 05
Programme, budget, and risk reporting
- 06
Sale strategy, presale pack, and agent coordination
Haven't assessed your site yet?
Start with a feasibility review.
Development management works best once you know the site is worth pursuing. A fixed-price feasibility review is the first step, and its fee is credited toward development management if you go ahead with us.
Start a Feasibility Review →
Case StudyView the Taupaki Project →
From strategy to development management in Taupaki.
The client owned a single 5-hectare rural block in Taupaki with an existing house, and came to us to work out the best way to develop it. Before committing to a direction, we mapped 28 possible pathways, from how many lots to create to whether to sell, keep or rent the house, and modelled the eight with the best balance of return, risk and deliverability in detail.
The modelling put the return, time and risk of each option side by side, so the client could choose a direction with the trade-offs in front of them. They then engaged us to manage the development end to end, and the project is now waiting for the new titles to be issued.
5 ha
Rural site with a house
28
Pathwaysmapped
8
Modelledin detail
Talk Through Your Project
Tell us where the project is at.
Whether you are holding a site, part way through design, or sitting on a granted consent, send us the details and we will come back with the level of involvement that suits where the project has got to.
Prefer to talk it through?
Strategy calls make sense when the scope isn't fixed yet, or when the decision spans feasibility, design, and delivery together.
Why This Matters
We do this on our own projects too.
Creston Property develops and builds its own sites, and runs its own presale campaigns, so the programme and the budget on your project are set by people who have had to deliver against their own. That is the same team we bring to landowners, investors, and developers running a development of their own.
FAQ
Common questions before you begin
We run the project on your behalf. That means coordinating the architects, engineers, planners, and surveyors, lodging and following through the consent, putting the build out to price, holding the programme and the budget, and setting up the sales campaign through to settlement or handover. You have one contact for all of it instead of managing each relationship yourself.
Landowners, investors, and developers who have a site, or are close to buying one, and want an experienced team running delivery. Some clients want to be across every decision. Others want to approve the material ones and otherwise stay out of it. Both work.
Most development managers advise and coordinate, then hand the build to a contractor. We build as well. Our construction managers, site managers, and quantity surveyors are in the same business as the people managing your project, so the programme and the budget are set by people who have to deliver against them.
Not necessarily. We can bring our own design and consenting relationships, or work with consultants you have already engaged. If you have a team you trust, we would rather keep them than restart the design.
Yes, up to the point construction starts. We take on projects mid-design, mid-consent, and with consent granted and nothing built yet. The first step is the same in each case: we read the documents you already have and tell you where the project actually is before we quote on running it.
If the site has not been assessed, we would usually start there. It gives both of us a commercial read on the opportunity before you commit to full delivery, and the fee is credited toward development management if you go ahead with us.
Development management is scoped and quoted per project, based on the site, the stage you are starting from, and how much of the delivery you want us to carry. You will know what it costs before you commit to anything. Builds we deliver are contracted separately, under Registered Master Builders contracts or NZS contracts to suit the project.