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Feasibility Studies.

Buildings we have tested for developers: the question asked, the analysis run, and the answer given.

Feasibility StudiesCompleted Projects
Three-Bed House To Seven-Bed HMO
HMOGo

Three-Bed House To Seven-Bed HMO

Luton, Bedfordshire

Room sizes
10 sqm and above

A mid-terrace house tested for a seven-bed HMO, delivered in two stages so the riskiest room is argued from the strongest position.

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Three-Bed House To Six-Bed HMO, With A Rear Extension
HMOGo

Three-Bed House To Six-Bed HMO, With A Rear Extension

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

Room sizes
9.5 to 12.5 sqm

Pre-purchase feasibility testing the conversion of a detached family home into a six-bedroom, all en-suite HMO, with the garage brought into the house.

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Two-Bed Semi To Six-Bed HMO, No Planning Needed
HMOOptions Tested

Two-Bed Semi To Six-Bed HMO, No Planning Needed

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

Room sizes
9.7 to 14 sqm

A two-bed semi tested for a six-bed HMO that needs no planning permission at all, with a five-bed fallback drawn for the loft risk.

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When The HMO Is The Wrong Answer
Supported LivingNo-Go

When The HMO Is The Wrong Answer

Croydon, South London

Floor area
93 to 115 sqm

A feasibility that told the client not to do what they asked for, then found a route that needs no planning permission at all.

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Six-Bed HMO To Thirteen
HMOGo

Six-Bed HMO To Thirteen

Croydon, South London

Room sizes
12.6 to 27 sqm

A four-storey period house already running as a six-bed HMO, tested for more than double the room count using internal works only.

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Former Bank To Eleven-Bed HMO And Shop
Mixed UseGo

Former Bank To Eleven-Bed HMO And Shop

Cheddar, Somerset

Room sizes
10 to 22 sqm
Retained shop
45.2 sqm Class E

A former high-street bank, now acquired, tested for a mixed-use scheme that keeps the shopfront working and puts eleven en-suite rooms above it.

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Nine-Bed HMO Conversion
HMOGo

Nine-Bed HMO Conversion

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Room sizes
12 to 16 sqm

A town-centre house tested for a large HMO. The scheme reached nine generously sized en-suite rooms while staying ahead of the refusal patterns seen locally.

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Police Station To Flats
Commercial to ResidentialOptions Tested

Police Station To Flats

Harpenden, Hertfordshire

Existing use
Sui Generis
Setting
Conservation Area
Sketch scheme
Flats

A 1990s police station in a conservation area, wrapped in policy protections and a restrictive covenant. We mapped the planning route before sketching the flats.

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Office To Residential Or HMO
Mixed UseGo

Office To Residential Or HMO

King's Lynn, Norfolk

Routes compared
2
HMO option
17 en suite
Both options
With extension

One building, two viable futures. We drew a residential conversion and a seventeen-room co-living HMO for the same envelope so the client could compare income, build scope and planning risk directly.

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Office To High-End Houses
Commercial to ResidentialGo

Office To High-End Houses

Compton, Newbury

Sketch proposals tested
2
Homes identified
5
Three-bed units
83 sqm

A rural office building tested against two sketch schemes, landing on a terrace of four three-bed houses and one two-bed unit.

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Listed Building To Co-Living
HMOOptions Tested

Listed Building To Co-Living

Southgate, Winchester

Co-living design
9 or 10 beds
Ground floor
Shop partially retained
Constraint
Listed building

A listed building on Southgate Street tested for nine- and ten-bed co-living schemes above a retained shop, with private and shared gardens worked into the plan.

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