"Find someone to work with who knows more than you do…it's very important to work with somebody who has the level of experience that you need to do a particular project." - Evan Maindonald

MELT Homes have successfully fundraised close to £1.5m on the Crowd with Us platform. We were keen to invite CEO, Evan Maindonald onto the podcast to share his early days in property development, and his approach to scaling up his business for growth in 2019 and beyond.

Originally from New Zealand, Evan moved to the UK in his mid-twenties, while working full time for BT he was able to build a solid property portfolio before launching his own business, MELT Homes, and pursuing property development full time.

In this episode: · 00:30 - From NZ to the UK: Taking control of his own destiny · 13:25 - Making the transition into property · 14.30 - Building a track record in property development · 19.45 - His greatest driver · 22:00 - MELT Homes values and differentiation · 25:00 - 2019 and moving forward · 27:30 - Creating the structure to scale · 33:30 - Three top tips for those starting out in property development

Contact Evan: LinkedIn- Evanmaindonald Facebook- @EvanLMaindonald Instagram- @evanmaindonald Twitter- @EvanMaindonald or find out more at www.maindonald.com

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