Company offers innovative schemes to clients

Press, 18 March 1988, Page 23

Company offers innovative schemes to clients

Beazley Homes appear to have scored a coup with consumers with two of the more recent innovations they offer, home buyers. In 1987 they launched their Homelink scheme in the North Island. Basically it offers consumers the opportunity: to simply trade in their old home for a new one from Beazley Homes. The scheme gives clients a virtually instant sale of their old home and a fixed-price contract on their new one in one operation.

Consumer reaction to ithe scheme was quick and I favourable. In Orewa, north of Auckland, onei in every 1 three Beazley j customers , is opting to trade. The simplicity of the scheme is one pivotal factor in its rapid rise in popularity. ! For a family opting to use the Homelink scheme their old home! is sold at aguaranteed price established by independent valuation based on neighbourhood sales. ■ Clients also enjoy security of tenure in their exist-

ing home until the new is completed. I A good portion of. the benefit also, lies in the removal of an array of problems normally encountered in trading up. Under the scheme the new home building contract offered by Beazley Homes is unconditional. Beazley Homes also offer the Home Connection plan that is aimed at helping people save up the deposit money .to qualify for a mortgage and a new home. | Again simplicity is the keynote.

First Beazley help clients to set a realistic savings goal that can be attained from nine months to two years. For every five dollars a client saves Beazley provide a one dollar bonus — up to $2OOO. When the savings goal has been reached Beazley can guarantee clients a mortgage as well as a Building Performance Guarantee. Both these schemes are offered by the South Island branch of Beazley Homes.