Expert Property Consultancy

As a specialist consultancy, it’s our role to help you make sound, well-informed decisions about all aspects of residential property investment.

Expert Property Consultancy

As a specialist consultancy, it’s our role to help you make sound, well-informed decisions about all aspects of residential property investment.

Supporting Your Investment Success

Based in London but with an extensive regional presence, we act as a partner and adviser to a range of different customer groups. These include experienced landlords and institutional fundholders, as well as those seeking to invest for the first time. Clients rely on us for market intelligence and research, help with portfolio-building, and a full suite of rental management services.

As a specialist consultancy, we maintain a tight focus on residential real estate. That has enabled us to build an extensive network of reputable partners including financial and legal advisers, letting agents and developers. It also means that we’re able to stay abreast of the very best opportunities across the UK, and to help our clients to make the most of them

How we help

Consultancy

First and most importantly, we are property consultants. We’re here to help you to make sound, reasoned decisions about all aspects of UK residential property. If you’re considering any of the following issues, please come and talk to us.

Goal Setting

Everything we do begins with good communication. From the outset of our relationship with you, we’ll work hard to get a clear understanding of where you are and what you want to achieve.

Investment Planning & Strategy

Whether you’re exploring the market for the first time or whether you’re an experienced investor looking to build your portfolio, devising the right strategy is a crucial first step. It’s vital to have a clear idea of your objectives and priorities, your financial circumstances, and the likely timescale of your investments. We’ll help you to focus on the issues that matter, providing advice, insights and whatever other information you need to move forward with confidence.

Portfolio Management

Over time, market conditions evolve and so will your priorities as an investor. Consequently, once you’ve made your first investment, you’ll probably want to consider your next steps. You may choose to sit back, take your time and simply enjoy the rewards of your investment, or you can start to look at options for building your portfolio. In either case, we can help.

Find out about our investment consultancy services

Research

Research is essential to our work and we conduct it at multiple levels. First, it’s vital that we keep a close watch on the broader, general trends and developments within the residential sector. As you’d expect, we monitor all the relevant indices and influential market reports to get a clear sense of the market at the national and regional levels.

In addition, we devote considerable time to researching more localised markets – looking beyond the headlines to evaluate cities, towns and commuter-belt locations where we’ll often find excellent opportunities that others have missed.

Find out more about how our research considers essential factors.

Find out about our Research services

Purchasing

Buying an investment property can be a big decision, but by providing all the necessary advice and step-by-step support, we’ll make sure that you can do it safely, confidently and in full possession of the facts. Our structured purchasing process keeps things clear and easy to follow.

Initial Meeting

As a first step, we’ll book a meeting with you so we can explain what to expect throughout the buying process. Prior to the meeting, we’ll send you detailed literature and other information, so you’ll have all the relevant details to hand.

During the meeting, our consultant will help you decide which properties are of most interest, based on location, budget and your personal investment priorities.

Additional Meetings

It takes time to come to a properly informed decision, so we’ll never rush you. We’ll take whatever time you need to discuss any concerns and to review your options. In these meetings, we’ll work with you to:

Provide detailed research and information
Refine your investment shortlist
Give you clear guidance on the steps ahead
Provide access to any necessary legal and financial expertise
Agree your final choice

Reservation and Exchange of Contracts

Once you’ve made your choice, you’ll be asked to pay 5% of the purchase price on reservation. This secures the property for you and represents the formal start of your investment journey.

The exchange of contracts takes place 28 days after reservation. A further 25% is payable at this stage.

Construction Updates

During the construction of off-plan projects, you’ll receive regular quarterly progress updates. These will keep you fully informed about the status of your investment property.

Arranging Finance

3 to 6 months before completion, you will be contacted by our finance partner if you have elected to use them to find you a mortgage. They will discuss the most suitable product for you.

Completion

Once your property is completed, the remaining 70% of the agreed purchase price will be due, payable either in cash or via finance.

Rental Management

Our rental management services are designed to make life easier for landlords by taking care of all the vital tasks associated with owning, managing and letting a property. You can choose to use as few or as many of them as you wish.

Examples include

Property marketing and tenant finding
Key-holding
Rent collection
Inventory and inspections
Repairs and maintenance
Safety tests and certification
Emergency call-outs

Through a long working partnership with the rental management specialist Addressed, we offer clients a full turnkey service.

Find out about our Rental Management

Exit Strategy and Sales

A property investment portfolio can be retained as a long-term working asset with the potential to deliver a regular income and long-term capital growth. It’s something that can also be passed on to family as a valuable inheritance. Knowing this, many of our clients remain lifelong investors but, of course, holding on to your property isn’t the only option.

In time, your circumstances may change and, for whatever reason, you may wish to release some or all of the equity that your portfolio has amassed. If so, then we can help you to sell your property quickly, easily and on the best possible terms. We’ll help you to find a buyer in a timescale that suits your needs, while also guiding you through the associated paperwork.

Alternatively, if you intend to pass your portfolio on as an inheritance, we’ll be happy to introduce you to our specialist tax adviser partners, who can help you plan for that in the most tax-efficient manner.

Sales & Exit Strategy

Get in touch with us today.

We’re here to help and discuss your next property investment. Whatever your interest in residential property, we’re here to help. For practical support or just some good common-sense advice, please send us a message and we’ll get back to you.

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Expert Property Consultancy

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Supporting Your Investment Success

How we help

Consultancy

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Research

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Purchasing

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Rental Management

Examples include

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Exit Strategy and Sales

Sales & Exit Strategy

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