Over the last eleven years our development projects include refurbishment of over 30 individual residential properties to £8 million GDV high end residential units. We assemble different teams of people to develop each of our projects, and depending on the complexity of the project this will include solicitors, accountants, architects, planning consultants, surveyors, construction engineers and project managers.
We will commission different teams of builders depending on the size of the project. We will manage contracts with the builders and payment at different stages of construction. We also manage individual tradesmen directly on smaller projects. We carry out site appraisals including site investigation reports, obtain independent valuation reports and independent construction reports. With larger projects we usually set up an SPV for the duration of the project until the units are either sold or let. Our strategies with developments are either build and sell or build and let or build for serviced accommodation units.
We also convert commercial units to residential. We raise joint venture development finance to facilitate larger more challenging and profitable projects. We work with private individuals, crowd source or commercial lending and will arrange drawdowns at the appropriate stages of construction.
Our experience in the acquisition of land for gaining planning approval with difficult sites, has enabled us to obtain huge planning gain for ourselves and our partners.
