Our specialist land team has worked successfully on the purchase and development of over 150 projects on behalf of clients. The key to our success is a good working knowledge of London and the Home Counties knowing where to investigate possible sites and the best possible strategy for negotiating the purchase price.Our team has a large database of contacts and sources to ensure that the best locations are selected. We also act as land agents, approaching freeholders to ‘start the ball rolling’ through to negotiation and purchase wherever possible to reduce commissions and lead times.Land acquisition is about much more than the purchase of the land itself, it involves a detailed assessment and analysis of each parcel, the possible planning and build issues and many questions; from how expensive will this project be to deliver, to questions about the build and construction and difficulty of the site.We’re particularly accomplished at thinking through the issues and scenarios and how they effect planning, the designs for the building the impact on budgets - before any recommendations are presented.
Assessing potential sites
1 Each site is assessed on its own merits and fit within a location
2 How does the topology work,
what tests and evaluation needs
to be conducted?
3 What is the footprint of the building
– how will planning and design need
to be handled?