A defined method, not a promise to try hard.
Every property moves through the same six stages. Each has a stated turnaround, a defined output, and a place in the software where you can see it. This is the methodology we take into a tender, written out in full.
- 01
Sourcing and acquisition
Viewings arranged fastYou are onboarded onto our software and it is configured to your all-in cost targets, locations and EPC targets. Every candidate property gets a profile holding EPC, listing, a desktop Schedule of Works, purchase and stamp duty costs, photos, floorplans, a National Space Standard review, planning and conservation review, and historic sold prices.
- Viewings arranged at the earliest opportunity, viewing report within 2 days of the viewing
- Schedule of Works updated within 1 day
- Internal title check the same day, before the conveyancer is instructed, to cut abortive cost
- Your approval sought before any agreed price limit is exceeded
- 02
Conveyancing
~8 weeksSearches are instructed early to mitigate delay. The Report on Title is reviewed by our in-house Transactions team, and material issues are escalated to you with a mitigation attached rather than a problem passed on.
- Subject to searches and the seller's solicitors
- Material issues escalated with mitigation, for example a retention against service charge arrears
- 03
Technical due diligence
~2 weeks, in parallelRun alongside conveyancing rather than after it. A standard survey suite is commissioned through a pre-selected panel, returns are reviewed within 2 working days and reflected in the Schedule of Works.
- Panel of surveyors for technical property due diligence
- Remedial quotes obtained where issues are found
- Reductions negotiated with the seller where the survey supports it
- 04
Refurbishment
Rates fixed, reviewed quarterlyA schedule of rates is fixed per line item and presented at onboarding. We target roughly 80% direct labour to 20% specialist subcontractors, so the programme is not hostage to a subcontract market.
- Core A-Team of multi-disciplined operatives deployed to stand up a local team of trades, then withdrawn as the local team becomes self-sufficient
- Weekly site audit by the site manager or the Delivery Director
- Weekly client updates
- Specialist subcontract retained for electrical and asbestos
- 05
Completion and handover
Five-day handover targetWhen recorded progress reaches 95%, PM-Ops automatically triggers the pre-completion inspection and snagging process; Practical Completion is assessed and certified in accordance with the applicable contract. Snagging is closed with photographic evidence, and a post-works 3D survey doubles as a letting and marketing asset.
- Handover pack: final costed account with variations, compliance certificates (asbestos, building regs, electrical, EPC, fire risk assessment, gas where required), pre and post virtual tours, warranty certificates and manuals
- 3D scan on completion as a benchmark, producing measured floorplans, an inventory and a commentary walkthrough video
- Target: completion and handover within five working days of the pre-completion inspection, including clean and garden tidy
- 06
Post-handover
12-month defects periodReconciliation is completed within one month of handover. For twelve months, defects are acknowledged and attended within 2 working days; where immediate rectification is not possible, you receive a documented action and completion date.
- Long-warranty materials specified as standard, for example boilers carrying 10-year warranties
- Reconciliation within 1 month of handover
Sized to the programme, not the other way round.
We size the team to the programme rather than the programme to the team. Concurrent throughput across a live portfolio:
A core A-Team of multi-disciplined operatives is deployed to stand up a local team of trades, then withdrawn as the local team becomes self-sufficient. Capacity scales with the portfolio, not with our overhead.
Cost certainty is a system, not a promise
Integrated project management software handles budgeting, scheduling and reporting, with real-time cost against budget per property and automated overrun alerts. A dedicated finance team runs project budgets, cash-flow forecasts, monthly reconciliations and variance analysis, grant funding compliance and IMS submission support.
A live risk register is maintained throughout, with a full audit trail.
The financial risks, named, and how each is mitigated
Rates fixed per line item at onboarding. Real-time cost against budget per property with automated alerts, and multi-level expenditure approval by spend threshold.
Internal title check completed the same day, before the conveyancer is instructed, so abortive legal cost is caught early.
Searches instructed at the earliest possible point and tracked in the software rather than chased by email.
Identified at Report on Title and mitigated by a retention against the purchase price.
Schedule of rates reviewed quarterly rather than repriced mid-programme, with local merchant relationships and consolidated deliveries holding cost down.
See the method against your brief.
Send us the outline of a programme or a tender you are shaping, and we will show you exactly how each stage would run and where you would see it.