Property due diligence

Every property deal requires thorough consideration of the risks to ensure you achieve your financial goals. Whether you are looking to bid at the auction, thinking to buy in a new location or need expert support with your deal, we offer a comprehensive assessment of the target property that will help you to:

  • Understand target property and associated risks.

  • Verify and test the assumptions made about the investment.

  • Strengthen your case in negotiations.

Our due diligence report highlights key risks of the transaction and include detailed recommendations for you to consider before purchase.

Investing in a commercial property is similar to buying a business. And as any business, it has its unique risks and opportunities. Understanding and verifying those timely enable you as an investor to unlock the value fully in the most efficient way. At the same time, making decision based on approximations may be at least costly and sometimes lead to catastrophic financial consequences. Assumptions underpinning your financial decision must always be validated and supported by facts.

Think about each purchase taking into consideration your risk appetite: how much will this investment constitute of your total assets such as cash, ISAs, shares, your residential house equity – the higher is its concentration, the higher is your risk. Therefore, the higher the value of potential purchase relative to your total assets, the more robust and focused must be your due diligence.

We offer two options of the commercial due diligence support that ensure your investment decision is fully informed.

Option 2

Includes all the details from the option 1 report and substantially benefit from:

  • One property viewing: video and photos of the street and nearby amenities, 360 interior and exterior, details of any issues noticed e.g. structural, damp, Japanese knotweed etc.

  • Interview with local estate/letting agents verifying the property potential.

  • Commercial market rent review. We will call neighboring commercial tenants to find out what they currently pay.

  • Neighbouring vacant properties and reasons for vacancy.

  • Summary of the lease agreement key terms and conditions.

  • Planning portal search: any agreed, lapsed, refused planning for target property, neighbouring properties that got planning.

Get example report here.

Option 1

This report include details and analysis of your target property, specifically:

  • Location such as population characteristics and potential, demographics, regeneration plans, affluence.

  • Focused analysis of the street and area potential: social grading of the local population, education levels, qualification, economic activity.

  • Detailed assessment of target property risks and potential: key characteristics validation (size, tenure, grade listing, enforcement rights, charges), comparable properties values, results of key searches and checks (local search, environmental, asbestos, Japanese knotweed, water and drainage, coal mining, chancel).

    Get example report here.



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