Long-term Bay of Plenty campground proprietors Max and Deborah Sullivan recently called time on their 21-year ownership and operation of what became the Golden Grove Kiwi Holiday Park at Bayfair, Mt Maunganui.

The couple credits the Resco compact laminate they selected 18 years ago to upgrade their ablution blocks as "a major contributor" in their business maintaining its 4-star Qualmark rating.

"When we bought the place our idea was to offer a good standard of low-priced accommodation," recalls Max. Eventually, in addition to tent and caravan sites, the holiday park offered beds for 130 people across a range of cabin, lodge and unit accommodation. In 2015 they catered for 23,400 bed nights.

An early part of the Golden Grove transformation involved gutting the property's toilet and shower facility block. The Sullivans were one of Resco's earliest customers, opting for the company's tough, durable Compact Laminate cubicles.

"There were cheaper things we could have used, but we could see that this was a product that was going to last. We chose a colour that we thought wouldn't date — we were very careful there."

Time has proven the Sullivans right on both counts. "After (more than) 17 years they are still in exceptional condition and because these cubicles have held up and still look modern, all we have had to do over the years to freshen things up is paint the walls and upgrade the vanities and toilet suites," says Max.

Resco's product specialist Troy Henriques is both proud and not surprised by the glowing testimonial the Sullivans gave to Resco upon their exit from the Golden Grove Park. "Our panels are water, impact and graffiti-resistant and extremely low maintenance," says Troy, who was one of the Resco team who took immense pleasure in personally looking over the facilities at the holiday park before the Sullivans sold up and moved on to semi-retirement.