by admin | Feb 15, 2026 | Investor Strategy
Per-m² estimates are a useful first-pass filter when you’re looking at twenty potential properties. They’re fast, cheap and accurate enough at that stage. They are not accurate enough to base an offer on.A feasibility take-off prices the property in front of you, not...
by admin | Feb 7, 2026 | Investor Strategy
The inputs that matter most: per-flat build cost, per-flat post-conversion value or rental yield, fees and finance, planning context (probability and timeline of consent), and any structural complexity in the existing building.If three of the five are clearly...
by admin | Dec 5, 2025 | Homeowners
The natural rhythm of a project is: brief, design, planning, price. The problem is that by the time pricing happens, emotional investment in the design is high. Compromises feel like losses rather than choices.Pricing early — at concept stage, before the design is...
by admin | Nov 17, 2025 | Homeowners
The cost lines that surprise people: services connections (often substantial in rural locations), structural strengthening of existing fabric, insulation strategy that respects the building, drainage solutions where mains aren’t available, and finishes that match the...
by admin | Nov 5, 2025 | Homeowners
The conventional path is to commission an architect, develop a design, take it to planning and then discover at tender stage that the budget was unrealistic. The redesign that follows is expensive, demoralising and avoidable.For Tavistock homeowners we offer...