Kate Rhatigan, with her brother and sister, runs Winterbrook, a home builder based in Dublin.
In our chat, Kate describes the contribution small builders like Winterbrook make to the supply of housing, describes what it is like working in a male dominated industry and tells a quite incredible story about why her face was on posters around south Dublin (hint: it was to do with planning).
More than anything, the discussion highlights the importance of small, family run construction businesses. They make up more than 60% of the housing market and are therefore a vital part of the solution to the housing supply problem.
Some items from the episode:
- Winterbrook Homes https://www.winterbrook.ie/
- Poor by Dr. Katriona O'Sullivan: https://www.easons.com/poor-katriona-osullivan-9780241996768
- Report of Housing Commission https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/f3551-report-of-the-housing-commission/
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10/21/24 • 50 min
The Build - Family (Business) Matters
Transcript
My name is Kate Rattigan and I work with Winterbrook . We are a family , second generation family house building business . I'm particular about saying house builder versus property developer because of the connotations , and so we have a huge history of delivering housing . We have our own construction team ,
Katewhich means that we can control the co
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