Airlie Summit Apartments

Sharleen and I managed the total operations of the M R business at Summit with minimal staff apart from the housekeeping cleaners who we employed on a casual basis.

We worked together in the office as well as maintaining the 21 gardens, pool, common areas, 5 lifts and 122 car parking bays in the 7 buildings positioned over 3 driveway levels.

2019 was a busy year weather wise and for building improvement.

It rained every day for about 3 months from January and in February it rained continually for 3 weeks that dropped close to 2,000 mm of rain (i.e. 2 metres of rain) which led to the flooding of Townsville, 2 hours up the road.

When the rain eventually stopped it was time to complete the Insurance repairs to the damage caused by Cyclone Debbie that devastated Airlie Beach 3 years earlier.

There were 22 of the 61 units that had to have some of their windows removed, resealed and water damage repaired which required the residents of these 22 units to move out, or live in the 2nd bedroom, for 3 to 5 days. Sharleen and I worked hand in hand with the builder, tenants, residents, and tradespeople to have this work completed in about 9 months.

When we departed in 2020 most unit owners were receiving the highest rental income they ever had, the MR business was showing its best profits ever and the complex was full of reliable long term tenants producing stable income.