This letter provides a reference for Martine Te Velde-Hartgers, describing her as a very capable project manager who demonstrated an extensive understanding of social housing projects and policies. The letter details that Martine is a diligent and efficient professional who consistently submitted good quality work and had exceptional organizational and communication skills. The writer recommends Martine for professional positions or consultancy work related to social housing, project packaging for finance, technical assessments of projects and building condition audits, describing her as hard working, knowledgeable, capable and reliable.

1. 26 February 2016
To whom it may concern
RE: REFERENCE LETTER FOR MARTINE TE VELDE - HARTGERS
We had the pleasure of working with Martine Hartgers on the Ruyterwacht Regeneration
Project and on a Building Condition Audit for Communicare in 2012 and 2013 respectively.
She was appointed as the project manager for both pieces of work.
We found her to be a very capable person who demonstrated an extensive understanding of
social housing projects and social housing policies. Martine is a diligent and efficient
professional who tackles her tasks with enthusiasm and skill. During the time we worked
together, she was extremely reliable, consistently submitted good quality work, was able to
present her work well to the client and demonstrated exceptional organisational and
communication skills.
She has an energetic sense of enquiry and a real tenacious stamina. She is a very good
listener and invariably followed up discussion with research (unusual). She is intelligent and
has developed a very good understanding of the social housing arena in South Africa. She
has completed work for various social housing institutions and clearly has a thorough
understanding of the policy frameworks that they operate in.
At a personal level we found her to be good-humoured and friendly. She worked well in
group situations – constructively and positively.
We have no hesitation in recommending her for a professional position or for consultancy
work relating to social housing, project packaging for finance, technical assessments of
projects and building condition audits. To summarise, she is hard working, knowledgeable,
capable and reliable. We are confident that she will make a substantial contribution to
social housing in South Africa – a field she is passionate about.
Yours faithfully,
Sally Tsiliyiannis
Director / GAPP Architects and Urban Designers