20/10/2026
🏠 Case Summary: Structuring Finance for Supported Living Expansion
How do you expand a Supported Living facility without draining your cash flow during the pre-regulatory phase?
We recently structured a tailored financial solution for a healthcare client looking to acquire and develop a new property. The challenge with healthcare expansions is the "revenue gap"—the time between buying a property, completing specialized refurbishments, and securing necessary HMO licenses and regulatory approvals. Paying full mortgage repayments during this pre-operational phase can severely strain working capital.
The Solution:
We arranged a specialist structured finance facility that perfectly aligns debt obligations with operational milestones:
Phase 1 (Development & Compliance): An Interest-Only (IO) payment structure while the property undergoes adaptation, HMO licensing, and local authority commissioning.
Phase 2 (Operational Launch): A seamless transition to a Capital & Repayment mortgage only after the facility is fully certified, tenants are placed, and rental income streams commence.
By eliminating heavy principal repayments during the refurbishment and regulatory runway, our client preserved vital working capital to invest in high-quality adaptations and staffing.