BUILDING LIVES

HICKINBOTHAM GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR MICHAEL HICKINBOTHAM IS USING RESILIENCE AND THE DEDICATION OF AN EXCEPTIONAL TEAM TO WEATHER THE TURBULENCE OF 2020.

- WENDY KAY

While the Hickinbotham Group has relied on decades of wisdom passed down through three generations of family to build homes and develop communities throughout South Australia, it’s ultimately the loyalty of the company’s huge extended family that helped lay its solid foundations.

That family includes the thousands of clients relying on Hickinbotham’s 66 years of experience to build their dream home or develop durable communities. Many have trusted the company to build 10 of their homes, some up to 20. A strong testament indeed to the deeply personal relationships Hickinbotham has forged with people who’d trust no-one else with the biggest investments of their lives.

Managing Director Michael Hickinbotham turns to the company’s mantra, ‘Improving lives’, when he reflects on how a home is a deeply personal place often reflecting the people who live in it. You believe him when he says each of Hickinbotham’s 45,000 homes and 10,000 residential allotments is regarded as an individual proposition. “At the risk of sounding a little too romantic, it’s a significant achievement every time we hand over a home to a new owner,” he shares. “We have done this about 45,000 times, but that doesn’t make each individual home any less important.

“We also pride ourselves on creating communities where people and families can thrive. We work with the best planners and designers to master plan communities that incorporate first-class schools, beautiful parks and gardens, fantastic natural play spaces, water-sensitive designs and other environmentally sustainable features.”