N.C. Housing Public Company Limited is a real estate developer for both low-rise and high-rise projects, and it is the first company in Thailand to receive ISO quality certification. All of its projects are designed to meet the needs of residents, creating a model for a good community over the past 26 years. The company promotes a win-win model for both sellers and buyers, ensuring that there is a good community management system in place before making a home purchase. Post-COVID-19, the way of life in communities has changed.

Mr. Rangsarn Nantakawong, Deputy Managing Director of N.C. Housing Public Company Limited emphasized the importance of choosing a home from the perspective of an experienced housing project developer. He noted both the positive and negative outcomes of projects with good community management systems and swift access to preventive measures that assist residents, compared to those that do not prioritize community management. In the past, homebuyers primarily focused on price, house design, quality checks, aesthetics, and promotional offers to encourage purchasing decisions. However, these factors do not address the true essentials of home buying. Buyers should consider the main factors when moving into a community, as long-term community management will be the most crucial aspect. From now on, community management must play a significant role with strict measures to adapt to the new normal lifestyle post-COVID-19. Homebuyers should be aware of the new context of home purchasing and should investigate projects before making decisions, including the mandatory regulations of the housing juristic person, community living rules, safety, property security, community hygiene, and public utility environments, all with strict care measures. When investing in a home, it must be a safe and valuable investment, with zero tolerance for theft, ensuring confidence in safety both inside and outside the home, utilizing technology for real-time monitoring 24/7, enhancing the efficiency of security personnel, and conducting regular inspections around the project while keeping track of daily information.

Mr. Rangsarn further stated that the patterns and behaviors of community living have changed after COVID-19, adopting a New Normal lifestyle with Health Tech, learning health technologies, and practicing social distancing. Community activities must now be conducted online. The choice of homes must address the changing social lifestyle, ensuring a better family life through community care and happiness, alongside a pleasant living environment. There are five components of effective community management:

1. Prioritize the community environment by maintaining beautiful landscapes, ensuring daily cleanliness, and implementing systems to prevent gatherings while maintaining social distancing in community facilities.

2. Establish strict security systems for property within the project, including screening points for entry and exit, mandatory mask-wearing, and 24/7 safety measures, including temperature checks for visitors and daily reporting of results.

3. Integrate health and hygiene knowledge within the community, ensuring cleanliness and reducing density, maintaining social distancing in public areas, and preventing gatherings in places like parks, clubhouses, swimming pools, and gyms, while ensuring that local businesses cooperate with the community.

4. Maintain public utilities, including waste separation, promoting the use of cloth bags, and ensuring that public facilities like sidewalks, drainage systems, parks, and clubhouses are always in good condition.

5. Emphasize the establishment of a housing juristic person, selecting knowledgeable teams, and forming a volunteer community committee dedicated to overseeing the management of common fees and maintaining a systematic budget, while ensuring communication with project members and fostering community relationship-building activities.

Mr. Rangsarn concluded that the development of projects under the N.C. brand, with over 56 projects in 26 years, aims to create a model of a perfect community. From the beginning of project development, the focus has been on enhancing happiness for every family, increasing the value of homes over time, and providing added value for homes to be passed down through generations for today’s homebuyers.