Our Work

Studies And Schemes, Side By Side.

Every feasibility we publish and every project the group has delivered, in one place. Pick a category to browse.

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

Nine-Bed HMO Conversion

Nine-Bed HMO Conversion

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Bedrooms, all en-suite

Communal amenity

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

Conservation Area

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 UseOptions Tested

Office To Residential Or HMO

King's Lynn, Norfolk

Routes compared

One building, two viable futures. We drew both the conventional residential option and the nine-bed co-living option so the client could compare returns directly.

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Office To High-End Houses

Commercial to ResidentialOptions Tested

Office To High-End Houses

Compton, Newbury

Sketch proposals tested

Unit mix identified

Three-bed units

A rural office building tested against three different 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

Winchester, Hampshire

Co-living design

Listed building

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

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Existing HMO Reconfiguration

HMOOptions Tested

Existing HMO Reconfiguration

Manchester, Greater Manchester

An existing Manchester HMO tested for reconfiguration, checking whether the current layout was leaving room count or room quality on the table.

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Six-Bed HMO To Thirteen

Six-Bed HMO To Thirteen

Croydon, South London

Bedrooms, all en suite

Indicative value at 8.5% yield

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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Three-Bed House To Seven-Bed HMO

Three-Bed House To Seven-Bed HMO

Luton, Bedfordshire

Bedrooms, all en suite

Communal space provided

Indicative value at 8.5% yield

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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Two-Bed Semi To Six-Bed HMO

HMOOptions Tested

Two-Bed Semi To Six-Bed HMO

Cheshunt, Hertfordshire

Bedrooms, all en suite

Planning permission

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

HMO refusal risk

Bedrooms via C3(b)

Planning permission

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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Former Bank To Eleven-Bed HMO And Shop

Former Bank To Eleven-Bed HMO And Shop

Cheddar, Somerset

Bedrooms, all en suite

Retail unit retained

A closed high-street bank going to auction, tested for a mixed-use scheme that keeps the shopfront working and puts eleven en-suite rooms above it.

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