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South Coast Property Specialists (Carlene Franzen) Tips #1079: More Covid Safe Plans in Place

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Who thought a month ago that we would be in this position with Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 Covid after the previous 18+ months of keeping it at bay? Regardless of how we got into this position of skyrocketing infections, hospitalisations and now deaths, the question we as a local business are addressing is “what are we doing about it?” The real estate business is an interesting one as we normally conduct our business in other people’s houses. Whether it be presenting to vendors and landlords why they should list their property with us or by showing prospective purchasers or tenants through the property we have listed we find ourselves in environments that we don’t have huge amount of control over, infection wise. As a local business the health of our staff and our customers, whether they be vendors, landlords, tenants, strata owners or contractors is of paramount importance. We have naturally already had our Covid safe plan in place since the start of the pandemic but with Omicron racing through the population extra steps have been needed to be put in place. For example, due to Omicron’s increased infection rate we need to make sure that if one of our sales staff were to contract it, then we need to ensure it doesn’t spread to the rest of the sales team. This would be “disastrous” as it would mean that we would not be able to help our vendors sell their properties. So, wherever possible, all our sales staff are working in different locations, for example they are not all in at the office at the same time and meetings between them are held on zoom so they keep each other updated with the status of new listings, offers and sales. Similarly in Strata, we have implemented new protocols surrounding the mandatory holding of annual general meetings for each complex. These are now all held electronically using zoom and we have been experimenting with new technologies to enable electronic voting by unit owners. We have made mask wearing mandatory in all locations except for physically being outside and providing that social distancing is occurring. All staff are provided with sanitiser and training on how to be Covid safe. We have even managed to order some rapid antigen tests so that will be another tool in our anti-Covid kitbag. So where to from here? Hopefully this wave will peak shortly but who knows if another variant will come along which may have different characteristics. Certainly the politicians were right when they said we need to “learn to live with Covid” as it doesn’t look like it is going away anytime soon. But rest assured, we are doing everything in our power to keep our little local business going in the safest way possible for our staff and anyone that we come in contact with.

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018

Vol 16 September 15th 2017 Vol 28 December 7th, 2017 Vol 48 April 27th 2018 Jan 15th -Big D - from 7:30pm at Club Catalina Jan 15th - Jacquii Leigh at Tomakin Sports and Social Jan 15th - Dale Huddleston – Tuross Club (7.30pm) Jan 15th - Chris McGrath at the Adelaide, Moruya

Jan 16th - “Eurobodalla live music” at the Moruya Golf Club Jan 16th - Rick Bamford – Tuross Club (3pm) Jan 19th - Tony Jaggers at Ocean Shores Bermagui Jan 20th - Joe Quennell – Club Narooma (4.30pm)

Jan 21st - Dust and Echo at Tomakin Sports and Social

Jan 22nd - Michael Kopp at Tomakin Sports and Social Jan 22nd - Vinyl Rain – Club Narooma (5.30pm) Jan 22nd - Joe Driscoll – Tuross Club (7.30pm) Jan 23rd - Intensity – Club Narooma (3pm) Jan 23rd -Jazz Alley – Tuross Club (4pm) Jan 28th - Roddy Reason – Free at the Moruya Golf Club Jan 28th - Gerard Masters at Tomakin Sports and Social

Jan 29th - INXS: Live Baby Live at Tomakin Social Club Jan 29th - Gavin Rimmer at Tomakin Sports and Social

Jan 30th - Tony Jaggers at Bodalla Dairy Shed