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"What a beautiful house you have there 🏚...it would be a shame to smash it up 🤣"Said no one ever 🤣🤣The reality is, there...
13/03/2023

"What a beautiful house you have there 🏚...it would be a shame to smash it up 🤣"

Said no one ever 🤣🤣

The reality is, there are so many houses like this one that needs to be modernised in to bring back into the market for rental 👍👍

Think about it from the end users point over view or put yourself in their shoes. If you were to go into a rental home would you rather have one that is riddled with issues such as damp, dodgy plumbing and a kitchen straight from the 80s?

Chances are, unless you like the challanges of the above, you would like a home that is ready to move into without having to do anything. 😉😉

For me, I see my living space (home) as one of my most important asset because it is the environment that will influence you the most. Not only from a basic shelter needs fulfillment kind of way, but also for mental health and growth.

If you live in a house full of problems and disrepair, it won't do your mental health any good ❌❌

This is why, as a responsible property developer / landlord, I would always do my homes to the standard that I would like to live in - in fact, I would often also go the extra mile and upgrade things that don't need it 😁

I truly believe that us responsible property investors are doing the work of providing an important service to others and we should be celebrated 🎉🎉

Here are some before pictures of my next property investment before we send in the boys to start a ripout. This is the starting point and I can't wait to turn this house into a home again 🏡🏡

Follow me for more updates on this project 👍

PS. If you are looking to invest or earn a return on your savings, feel free to reach out to me for a chat 😉😉

If you are a property investor, here are my 4 reasons why you should work with property sourcers at some point in your p...
13/02/2023

If you are a property investor, here are my 4 reasons why you should work with property sourcers at some point in your property journey 😉😉

Since I'm being spammed by Black Friday sales, it would be a good idea to share this around as a reminder and a bit of s...
25/11/2022

Since I'm being spammed by Black Friday sales, it would be a good idea to share this around as a reminder and a bit of sanity check 🐸🐸

Before you rush out and spend your money on more stuff take a minute to stop and think...do you really need it? 🤔🤔

Chances are you don't and just because it is 40% off, doesn't mean you need to buy it...you're just spending 60% on something when you could have spent 0%. 💸💸💸

Because people are naturally wired for instant gratification, you could be making a bad decision based in feelings rather than logic.

This is important even more so now with high inflation and increase in the cost of living, you can't afford to waste money on luxury items and ignore the fact that you might struggle to keep the heating on this winter or put food on the table...you know the necessities.

Be smart with your money and look after yourself. Don't be foolish. 🙏🙏

That being said...if there is a Friday sales for properties...I'm all over it 😂😂

Did you know that valuation reports are extremely useful tools for property investors. 🔨🔨When you purchase a property, t...
22/11/2022

Did you know that valuation reports are extremely useful tools for property investors. 🔨🔨

When you purchase a property, the lender will instruct a valuation report to be carried out through a surveyor to “value” the property. 🏡🏡

Whilst this report can be long and daunting (my latest report was 50 pages long!), if you were to dive into the details, you will uncover a lot of information that the Lender is looking for which will give you an idea of what the lenders want to see and what areas they are covering in regards to their risks. 👀👀

This also gives us an indication of the lending appetite and minds of the lenders and what their opinion on the property market as a whole.

Here are some areas I pay attention to when reading a valuation report:

- The specific instructions given to the valuer from the lender ✍️✍️

- Location and general market information 📍📍

- HMO specific checks ✅✅

- Cost of conversion checks 💰💰

- Local Rental and Sale comparisons and the evidence to support this📈📉

- The methodology of calculation the valuation of the property you are purchasing / refinancing 📊📊

Each of these points is really useful for you to understand the point of view of the valuers and lenders when it comes to the property you are buying.

Regardless of what you think the property is worth, it can be vastly different from what a valuer would see it as and this could mean the difference between leaving little money in to leaving a LOT of money in the property deal. 😨😨

However, if you are to study the reports and with enough time and experience, you can learn the way valuers value properties and do the same for yourselves as a part of your due diligence process. 💭💭

If you are able to nail this skill down, you will be able to accurately predict what the property would be worth with a methodology behind it rather than “hoping” for the valuation you want. 🔥🔥🔥

I hope this is useful and if you have more questions about valuations, feel free to ask me! 😁😁

Behind door number 2 👀👀7 months on and we have carried out an inspection on one of the flats that we completed on earlie...
18/11/2022

Behind door number 2 👀👀

7 months on and we have carried out an inspection on one of the flats that we completed on earlier this year.

I can honestly say that I wasn't expecting to see the flat in such a prestine condition when walking in. 🤩🤩

So much so that I asked the tenant if he would be happy for me to take pictures and use his flat as a example case study ☺️☺️

Very often we see projects completed and them being nice and shiny. But what actually happens 6 months down the line once it is being lived in is another story and can be a bit of hit and miss at times. 💫💫

But after seeing this I am ever more certain that if you provide the right product for the right people (and a bit of luck), you will have a match made in heaven 🏡🏡🙏🙏

I'm so proud of this project and happy to provide a quality and comfortable home for my tenants.

This is part of the joy of being a property investor and the positive contribution you are making by taking the housing crisis and providing a solution 🙏🙏

Have a great day everyone ☺️☺️

Part 2 - the rooms 📸📸Big Reveal✨✨🤩🤩After a couple of weeks of working on this conversion, I finally have the finished pr...
09/11/2022

Part 2 - the rooms 📸📸

Big Reveal✨✨🤩🤩

After a couple of weeks of working on this conversion, I finally have the finished product for my 5 bedroom SA unit in Stoke. 🔥🔥🔥

For this one we took an existing HMO and updated the look to give it a new modern feel. 📸📸

I think it came out really well with the colour combination and a blend of urban (thinking New York urban apartment 💭💭) with modern and classy styles.

Working around with what I have existing was easy for me since the foundations of the property was done properly in the beginning (it had a full renovation in the past already). This allowed me to make recent upgrades with minimal effort and costs 👌👌

I'm looking forward to seeing how this unit performs 🙌🙌 (checked today and we have already got booking locked in for next week!! 🎉🎉).

What do you guys think 😁😁

Big Reveal✨✨🤩🤩After a couple of weeks of working on this conversion, I finally have the finished product for my 5 bedroo...
09/11/2022

Big Reveal✨✨🤩🤩

After a couple of weeks of working on this conversion, I finally have the finished product for my 5 bedroom SA unit in Stoke. 🔥🔥🔥

For this one we took an existing HMO and updated the look to give it a new modern feel. 📸📸

I think it came out really well with the colour combination and a blend of urban (thinking New York urban apartment 💭💭) with modern and classy styles.

Working around with what I have existing was easy for me since the foundations of the property was done properly in the beginning (it had a full renovation in the past already). This allowed me to make recent upgrades with minimal effort and costs 👌👌

I'm looking forward to seeing how this unit performs 🙌🙌 (checked today and we have already got booking locked in for next week!! 🎉🎉).

What do you guys think 😁😁

Part 2 with rooms coming soon. 🤩🤩

And here is one that we have done earlier 🙌🙌When you scale up from doing residential conversions to commercial conversio...
07/11/2022

And here is one that we have done earlier 🙌🙌

When you scale up from doing residential conversions to commercial conversions, there are a whole new set of skills and challanges that you will be faced with that will force you to grow 🌱🌱

For this project, we converted a former office into a block of flats and it gave a lot of new challanges to consider and solve.

One of those challanges was figuring a way to keep the existing floor and working around the head height of the ground floor flats (as the building was on a slope and the elevations weren't the same). 😑😑

We tried to save costs by trying to reuse the existing floor but after the ripout and exposing beams that were rotten and brickwork that was unsafe, we ultimately decided to put in a complete new floor in the end.

It ended costing more but it is a better job than to try and keep the existing follow. One positive outcome that came with this was that the new floor meant that we are able to create a flat floor through the building which made all the other jobs (such as joinery and sound proofing) a lot easier job...and probably ended up saying us money 😂😂

The key takeaway from this is to have contingencies built in when doing any projects and also think about the level of job you are trying to do! This is just one decision amongst a lot more when doing a commercial conversion and it definitely isn't an easy ride. 😅😅

But the results and reward at the end are all worth the hard work and sweat (and sometimes tears) put into it! 🔥🔥👌👌

If you are interested in investing in projects like these and would like to learn along the way, I am currently looking for funding on my next projects and am offering earn and learn opportunities to you. DM me and let's have a chat 😁😁☕☕

We need to build more houses 🏡🏡For those that are involved in properties, it comes as no surprises that we see news like...
22/10/2022

We need to build more houses 🏡🏡

For those that are involved in properties, it comes as no surprises that we see news like this.

"Demand outstrips supply"
"rental prices increase"
"mortgage payments are no longer affordable"

These headlines above have sadly become all too common in the news cycle.

What is interesting is finding out the actual facts and numbers behind headlines and getting a real view of the current market situations.

The current demand for rental is up by 20% and supply is down 9% according to rightmove. Naturally this pushes rent up- to over £1100 on average outside of London locations.

Tenants are literally fighting to secure accommodation and it has brought in a rise of popularity of hmo rooms and especially studio rooms.

The smaller units, while still expensive, are still cheaper than renting houses and with the energy crisis also being a factor, allows tenants to have some security whilst being able to live in the location they want to.

The pressure is put onto us investors and landlords to increase the supply of these properties to the market to ease demand as the government certainly isn't doing enough themselves.

The government should in turn support us (investors) to increase the housing supply but alas, we are still quite negatively viewed upon despite all the signs pointing to what the solution actually is.

On the other hand, it confirms the opportunities available for us investors to keep on carrying on with what we do. The market is still there and strong and so the best thing we can do now is to just "keep calm, carry on".

Property investment is safe when you invest with facts, not fear 😉😉

Updating your old HMOs. 📸📸If you have HMOs, no matter how new and nice and shiny they look straight after a refurbishmen...
16/10/2022

Updating your old HMOs. 📸📸

If you have HMOs, no matter how new and nice and shiny they look straight after a refurbishment, there will always come a time where you will need to give them a new fresh look. ✨✨

This is down to natural wear and tear of tenants living in them and over time, it isn't enough to use give it a clean and call it a day (if only it was that simple to own HMOs 😂😂).

Styles and tastes also change over the years and to keep your property competitive with other providers, you will have to at some point do a make over.

For this 6 bed of mine, that time has finally come after 5 years of when it was first renovated.

I have given each room a new design that has completely changed the look and feel of the property, bringing it up from an average looking property to a more modern and chique theme (I won't show what it looked previously as it is quite embarrassing looking back 😂😂).

What do you guys think about this? Do you give your own properties a makeover every few years or do you not bother with it? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

I'm very proud to at last present the final pictures of this resi to 6 bedroom HMO conversion in Stoke. 🎉🎉🎉This property...
10/10/2022

I'm very proud to at last present the final pictures of this resi to 6 bedroom HMO conversion in Stoke. 🎉🎉🎉

This property was previously two separate flats which we decided to turn into a HMO with the co-living ethos.

It could have become a 7 bed HMO but the investor really liked the idea of co-living and giving more to the tenants in terms of living space (and all the positives that come with it). ✅✅

As a result, I had the creative freedom to create a house that flows well and allows for multiple zones. It has a living area, dining area, kitchen area, study/work area and separate utility areas. I don't think any students or working professionals would have any trouble saying yes to this property 😆😆

I sourced this project from the open market (it wasn't DTV) earlier this year, designed the layout and finishes from the very beginning and saw it through to the end with getting the furniture and dressings and doing the photographs 🛋🛋🛏🛏📸📸

First time I did a dividing wall feature and totally love it! It not only adds a feature to such a big space, it also gives that all important wow factor 🤩🤩

Had lots of fun with this one and looking forward to designing my next project for myself. It's going to be a 4 bedroom Serviced Accommodation 🔥🔥 be sure to keep an eye out for that!

Will post a part 2 with the bedrooms soon!

Bedrooms are the sanctuary of the house ❤️❤️Whilst the communal areas of a HMO are often the centrepiece of the property...
10/10/2022

Bedrooms are the sanctuary of the house ❤️❤️

Whilst the communal areas of a HMO are often the centrepiece of the property, the bedrooms are the sanctuary.

It is the place where you can have peace and privacy and as such the most important area of a HMO in my opinion 😁😁

This is why we always take care in designing the bedrooms and making sure that it is as welcoming and spaceous as the shared communal areas.

When it comes to design bedroom spaces, I aim to design it so that the room is function, spacious and comfortable. This means designing with the location of the furniture in mind so that it doesn't feel cluttered or in the way of someone living in the room.

The bedroom should be a place to relax and unwind in private and is probably the place you spent most of your time in when living in a HMO.

So by designing this area well, your tenants will really appreciate it once they have moved in and chances are would love to stay longer 😍😍🙏🙏

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