Boardroom session with Evan Maindonald

Evan Maindonald has been investing in property in New Zealand and the UK since 1994. In 2002, he formed MELT Homes. In the last 17 years, the company has built over 100 properties in London, Gloucestershire and Kent with a total value of over £22m. MELT Homes has also accumulated an investment property portfolio of over 50 residential and commercial properties. The projects they are currently working on have end values of around £50m and they have crowdfunded around £1.5m in Equity for those projects in the last 12 months.

MELT Homes twin philosophies of Rigorous Risk Management and Design led Development enable them to deliver profitable development projects in a consistent and reliable manner. Their design led approach enables them to offer better value for money in the properties they build. By focusing on the value that inspired contemporary design can achieve, they deliver more for less. Their rigorous approach to risk management compliments their design led approach and enables them to minimise risk and maximise return for them and their investors.

MELT Homes aim to produce individually designed contemporary properties which reflect people’s personalities and choices and are designed around the way they live their lives. By doing this, they offer better value for money to purchasers. In turn, this allows them to optimise the profitability of their developments and break the price ceiling in the market for which they develop. MELT Homes believe that, whatever the price of a home, it should be well designed.

MELT Homes mission is to build inspiring contemporary buildings that make a difference to the places in which they are built and which contain living spaces which enhance and empower people’s lives.