About

Two careers, one purpose.

We started The Eave Group after two decades on different sides of housing: Kristen in planning and economics for governments and community housing providers; Kaz in sales and development for the community and private sector.

Kristen Saul
Planning · Policy · Economics

Co-founder

Kristen Saul

Kristen has spent 20 years working out how cities can house people better, as an urban planner, policy adviser and urban economist in Australia and Hong Kong.

Much of that work has focused on housing: writing housing strategies for councils, and working alongside community housing providers on the detailed planning and impact analysis of their projects, including Australia's first Common Ground project. A background in international development shaped how she works, putting people first, whether on a small housing project or a major piece of city infrastructure.

Most recently, she spent a year testing the feasibility of small residential sites across Melbourne, the same kind of sites many community housing providers already hold.

Before Eave

  1. Associate Director, Urban EconomicsUrbis, Melbourne
  2. Associate Director, Urban EconomicsWaters Economics and Cistri, Hong Kong
  3. Associate, Strategic Urban PlanningHASSELL, Sydney
  4. Senior Town PlannerTract, Melbourne

Kristen on LinkedIn

Kaz McBride-Chau
Sales · Development · Community housing

Co-founder

Kaz McBride-Chau

Kaz has spent two decades across entrepreneurship, residential sales and development in Melbourne and overseas.

Her career began at community housing provider CEHL, before she moved to a venture-capital-funded technology platform connecting a global network of residential developers and sales agents. Returning to Melbourne, she joined Salta Properties in sales management, then moved into development management at Lowe Living.

Across every role, one belief has stayed constant: housing is a need, and we share a responsibility to ensure everyone has access to it. That conviction led her to co-found The Eave Group. Alongside it, she works as a buyers advocate, guiding clients through the property market.

Before Eave

  1. Development managementLowe Living
  2. Sales managementSalta Properties
  3. Venture-capital-funded technology platform for residential developers and sales agents
  4. Development managementCEHL

Kaz on LinkedIn

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