The impacts of planning and design on the management of mass private housing estates in Hong Kong

Abstract

I have been working in the property management field for 5 years, I have come across many challenges and problems which are require us to spend a lot of cost, time, and resources to solve and to deal with. I have found that those challenges and problems are mostly caused by the defects and design faults in the planning and design of the estate which arising my interested and curious about why the planning and design of the mass private housing estates can cause so much problems and challenges nowadays towards out the property management practices.

It is a bit pity to say that during the research, I have found many of the housing managers are having the same thought with me and since housing managers are selfdom to be invited to participate in the developer’s project team meeting. That is the main reason why the planning and design of the mass housing estate will create many challenges and problems to the management team as well as to the residents. It is because they are lacking someone who knows the best of the end uses’ preferences and operations to give them practical comments for the planning and design of the development.

In this research, you will be able to see how the planning and design of the mass private housing estate can impact the property management practices and the importance of having housing managers to join in the project team in the planning and design stage of the estate development.