Ensure the planned house types and layouts are aligned with the needs/ wants of today's renters or institutional build-to-rent investors

If the planned homes are to be taken to the rental market it is important to understand the knock-on to lifecycle costs. Investors will be focused on ensuring the operational budgets are considered pre-build and future renters have certain requirements that they would expect to have in order to secure premium rents and there for investor returns.

Investors have ESG targets and future renters are becoming more ethically aware. Tech and sustainability in homes are now considered a given from the demographic of renters in build to rent. We advise on solar panels, EV charging, internet provision, smart locks, in-home monitoring sensors as well as many more aspects of smart and green homes.

It is important to understand the investor/ operator pain points during rental management. Operationally throughout developments can be worth more to an investor if problems are engineered out pre-build. Whether it be parking ratios, phasing & handover planning, green space utilisation or wayfinding, there are many elements to designing a perfect development.

Institutional investors will want to see the estimated rental values (ERVs) and a predicted operational budget for the development to understand their returns. We can produce a full operational expenditure budget and projection of achievable rents based on the specific spec of the development so the scheme is ready for market. 

Once the product is in a great place and ready for sale we can help with the sales packs and introduce you to capital market teams and global, national, or family office investors.