About Keola Homes

The Egg Collector

It all started with an egg

My Dad was never a scrooge, but he just smiled when I asked him for some pocket money. I was only about eleven. That afternoon, he arrived with seven newly hatched chicks and a bag of chicken feed. We spent the whole afternoon building a chicken coup. That my friends, was my first construction project. And my very first business was, selling eggs.

I was too chicken to ever ask for pocket money again

Soon I came to know a lot about production and profit. My business was growing and I now had 19 hens. But the quality was suffering. I couldn’t keep up with collecting the eggs, I didn’t have time to properly care for them, the eggs were piling up without being sold, I wasn’t earning much. Some hens started getting diseased.

The disease quickly spread. And before I knew it, I was down to 4 hens. My business had failed.

I then learned a very important lesson in life

The need to nurture and really care for what helps earn your bread. Fifteen dead hens later, I realised that I hadn’t provided adequate care and protection to my source of income. And yes since then, I’ve been to university and obtained a qualification.

And yes I’ve built up experience as a Chartered Civil Engineer. And started a building business. But I’ve never forgotten those core values from my early days. And for my clients this has now become our GREEN BOX^TM system of Total Care and Protection.

A Bit More…

My full bio is here, zzzz boring. Or in a nutshell, here is my claim to fame:

1. Chartered Professional Civil Engineer
2. Registered Master Builder
3. Licensed Building Practitioner
4. Master Builder House of the Award Winner (2008, 2009)
5. NZ’s Best New Home Guarantee

Do you have to like the person you hire?

For me, it’s a must. If you’re going to spend hours and hours with the folks, you’d better get along with who you hire. And yes we can argue about the relative importance of qualifications and track record etc…yawn.

But I know for sure that I’d rather hire someone at my frequency and be comfortable that we can work together. Happily. Rather then someone from Mars pretending to be a fellow earthling.

Am I from another planet?

Well, you can easily find out by browsing through our website, you will find snippets of information everywhere. We are quite an easy going bunch. Life is just too short to be grumpy? I like to have fun and I want you to have fun!

Not everyone will get the same opportunity as you to create their own home from zilch. I have built every house that I’ve lived in, and have absolutely loved the process of ones own creativity taking shape in the form of a home. Imagine being able to point to something in your own home and say “hey that was my idea” with a smirky smile.

Well that’s pretty much it. You can easily contact me via our contact us page above. All the usual kadoozle contact methods are there. And hey,  I’d really love to hear from you.

Happy Building !

Sanjesh Lal

Sanjesh Lal
BE(Civil) MIPENZ CPEng
Director
Chartered Civil Engineer
Registered Master Builder
Licensed Building Practitioner(by default)
Writer …And master egg collector

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