One of the things I’ve noticed over the years is that refurbishment projects often tell you quite a lot about themselves on the first day. Some start well. People arrive, know what they are doing, have what they need, and get on with it. The place feels reasonably organised from […]
One of the more frustrating things about refurbishment projects is that when there is a loss of profit, it is not always because of something dramatic. Sometimes it is not one big disaster at all. Sometimes it is a series of smaller mistakes, each of which may not look too […]
If you ask most people why renovation projects go wrong financially, they will usually point to the obvious things. The costs overran. The market moved. The builder let them down. And of course those things do happen. Sometimes one of them is the problem. Sometimes two or three of them […]
A surprising number of renovation mistakes do not happen on site. They happen before a single contractor is booked, before a single quote is requested, and before the keys have even changed hands. They happen at the planning stage, or more accurately, because there has not really been enough planning […]
One of the great things about being in property today is that there are so many different ways we can raise our finance. And if you find yourself in a situation where you find yourself a fantastic refurb opportunity, but you can’t get standard buy to let lending because it […]
How do I choose a good property management company and what do they do? First of all, let’s clarify what that means because sometimes you will hear people refer to letting agents, and you will hear people referring to managing agents, and often the two are interchangeable and they do […]
In this series of posts (read part one here and part two here), I’ve been considering how to find great deals through estate agents and in the last post, we looked at how coming across with a clear plan is the best way to show that you’re a serious investor […]
10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 8) It’s possible to work smarter rather than harder One of the things I’ve learnt over the past 20 years of investing in property for myself is that you shouldn’t try to do everything on your own because by having help with the areas that […]
10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 7) Keep on going – no matter what! Over the last few weeks I’ve been thinking about what I’ve learnt over the past 20 years of investing in property for myself, and this week I’d like to share with you this: If you just keep […]
10 Things I’ve Learnt (Part 2) With over twenty years of experience investing for myself, over the next few weeks I’ll be sharing with you 10 things that I’ve learnt whilst on my property journey. Last week we began by discussing that there’s rarely just one way of doing things […]
