Bali beauty brought to Bila Vista By Grantlee Kieza, Industry Reporter
This month from the beautiful boutique property, Bila Vista Holiday Apartments at Bilinga on the Queensland-NSW border, onsite manager Malisa Horwood tells Grantlee Kieza how breaking her leg helped her find her feet in management rights. What was your experience in management rights before taking over Bila Vista? Mum and Dad had management rights at Surfers Paradise when I was growing up. My brother works in body corporate, and I worked in real estate when I first left school and so, it wasn’t anything new. I broke my leg two years ago and it made me reconsider what I was doing for work, after a career in retail with boutiques in Sydney I decided to return to real estate. After I completed my licence while I was convalescing for nine weeks when I couldn’t walk, my husband Warren and I began to take an interest in management rights again. When we decided it was the right time to proceed it took us 18
Warren and Malisa Horwood
months to find a property that we really wanted on this part of the coast. Warren is a carpenter, so we saw management rights as the ideal business for us to combine our skills. He enjoys the caretaking side of things, and I am well suited to the admin and front office duties because I like people and love a chat.
How long have you been running Bila Vista? Fourteen months. It’s been a good experience so far. It was a good
time to take over after the main onslaught of COVID had passed. We’ve had no trouble so far in the business and we can’t complain.
Are you from the Tweed area? No, I’m from Sydney but we moved to the Gold Coast 20 years ago. Our son Nathan was seven and our daughter Tabatha was three, and we made the decision to move up for the lifestyle. We’ve always lived around Currumbin and the Tallebudgera Valley. We prefer the southern side of
the Gold Coast because it’s still very much ‘untouched’ and a lot quieter than other parts of the coast. We don’t have the big highrise properties here, but we do have proximity to the airport and that’s handy. It’s a perfect spot for our guests and many of them just walk here from the airport, how about that for location! At Bila Vista our guests appreciate the homely feel of the spacious units and enjoy relaxing by our lagoon style heated pool and spa. They like nothing better than taking a walk along the ocean
Congratula�ons Malisa and Warren. Flood Legal are proud to partner with you as your trusted legal advisors. Thank you for your kind words. Leaders and experts in Management Rights
I couldn’t find anyone more professional than Sharon, her knowledge of Management Rights is impeccable and is she is always available to answer questions. – Malisa Horwood, Bila Vista Holiday Apartments
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ResortNews | June 2022