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CENTURION ROAD, BRIGHTON

We are excited to show you our recent renovation completion, Centurion Road, Brighton.  We pushed on during the lockdown with a bare minimum team to complete this renovation for our returning Property Investor client, who has now completed 4 properties with Target Five.

Target Five sourced the property for our client, with works starting at the end of February 2020 and completing (with a slight delay due to Covid-19 lockdown and the difficulty in obtaining building materials).

The property was originally a 3 bed family home and is now a stunning 5 bed (planning for 6 bed) with 3 shower rooms.  The property has been finished to a high specification and the interior design was undertaken by the T5 team, to create a top end rental property, creating a fantastic yield for our client and was let off plan!

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LANSDOWNE PLACE, HOVE

Finally we can reveal our first projects since Covid-19, Lansdowne Place, Hove. Given a new life, 2 houses which were originally both 4 beds are now 7 beds each with en-suites making this a perfect professional sharers house with stylish and well considered spaces.

Both properties were sourced by Target Five and renovated for our returning Property Investor Clients.

As you can see the property is moments from Hove seafront – perfect

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PRESTON STREET, BRIGHTON

We sourced and developed this property for a new investor.  This was a tricky development, as the property itself was a 4 bed flat over 3 floors above a restaurant, to access the flat you had to go through the restaurant itself!  So there was a lot of legal constraints to iron out during the conveyancing process re: leases and then obtaining planning permission to reinstate the separate entrance to the the property, which we cordoned off from the restaurant itself.

Target Five renovated this property in a six week time frame that our investor had to work to.  The property is now a stunning 6 bed HMO located in the centre of Brighton.

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LANSDOWNE PLACE, HOVE

We are delighted to share our recent property renovation, the second of our two properties in Lansdowne Place, Hove.  Both properties were sourced and acquired for our returning Property Investor clients.  Although progress was slowed due to the Covid-19 lockdown, we have managed to complete both properties ready for the summer rental market.

The property was originally a four bed family home, which we have designed and renovated to an 8 bed/9 bathroom house.  The Target Five team also designed and furnished each room, maximising the space available by raising the beds in some of the rooms.  Each bedroom has it’s own en-suite bathroom, making the rental yield for this property fantastic!

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Multi Exits Identified

Following on from our focus on Risk is the need to assess your exit. If you do not have multi exits identified in the following key areas, DO NOT BUY!

  1. Use:  The more versatile the better. There will always be an A plan, the one that is projected to return the most profit, but B, C and D plans must also be potentially profitable. If only plan A is financially viable then DO NOT BUY!
  2. Rental Market: The critical R in BRRR (Buy, Refurbish, Rent, Refinance) in my view is Rent. If you are a long-term hold then it needs to produce good income. This means it needs to be robustly rentable and attractive to multiple markets. The best way to ensure this is spacious, well-proportioned and central properties. They are not always the cheapest but they are generally the easiest to rent! If you are banking on one tenant type to make money – DO NOT BUY!
  3. Sales or refinance: You have to ensure there is a market for your property. Too often people are over reliant on a commercial valuation to refinance a deal. Ensure you have a product attractive to multiple lenders and attractive to buyers. If it is not attractive to both then DO NOT BUY!

We will aim to do £30M plus worth of deals this year as we have each year for the past seven years. We are always looking for the best way for our clients to potentially achieve success through investing. Through our partnership with @LEOcrowdfunding we feel we have found an interesting and considered way to invest small and potentially build to bigger returns. We are excited to be working on our first project with them and although we are not quite ready to ‘lift the lid’ on that yet, we have some similar recent project case studies on their website now. (https://www.leocrowdfunding.com/property/detail/case-study-hmo-preston-street-brighton-by-target-five)

Get in touch to find out how you can get involved 01273 525656 or email information@targetfive.co.uk

Investment in property related assets puts your capital at risk and returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future success.  Please read the full risk warning at www.LEOcrowdfunding.com/risk before deciding to invest.

 

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We Love Commercial & Mixed-Use Properties

T5 love mixed-use and commercial conversion to residential!

I have always found it impossible to understand why residential investors ignore commercial and mixed-use property. Why? Whilst there are many reasons, I have distilled this down to three key reasons why I feel they create a true arbitrage opportunity:

Price per sq/ft: If you are not already valuing everything on a price per sq/ft or sq/m basis, then start now. It is how commercial and development opportunities have always been valued and is the easiest way to assess value, potential uplift and to show value to a valuer. Put simply these properties offer the best 3/sq ft rate around.

Locations: Mixed-use or commercial and ancillary use properties are historically located in busy, central and well-connected areas. Perfect for renting to every type of market.

Permitted Development rights: Build, Build, Build! You heard the man!  With the extension of Permitted Development rights, it is not only just the case that you can often add two flats above, but in many cases the entire building can be converted under Prior Notification, which means a simple planning process and no need to comply with space standards – ideal to create yield in central locations!

We will aim to do £30M+ worth of deals this year, as we have each year for the past 7 years. We are always looking for the best way for our clients to potentially achieve success through investing. Through our partnership with @LEOcrowdfunding we feel we have found an interesting and considered way to invest small and potentially build to bigger returns. We are excited to be working on our first project with them and although we are not quite ready to ‘lift the lid’ on that yet, we have some similar recent project case studies on their website now. (link to bio/ case study for Preston Street)

Get in touch to find out how you can get involved 01273 525656 or email information@targetfive.co.uk

Investment in property related assets puts your capital at risk and returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future success.  Please read the full risk warning at www.leocrowdfunding.com/risk before deciding to invest.

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What stage are you currently at in your investing in property journey?

What stage are you currently at in your investing in property journey? 

Seasoned Investor? 

Accidental Landlord? 

First Time Investor? 

It is not a ‘one size fits all’ industry.

Most of our investors have these common goals: 

  1. To achieve appropriate returns on the investment made, in line with market competition.
  2. To carefully consider the risks involved
  3. To look for financial freedom

How can we help you?

Through our various investing opportunities: 

  1. Passive Investing with our associates LEOpropcrowd
  2. Portfolio Review and Improvements
  3. Strategic Investing Opportunities 

Of course, there are no guarantees and that is a very important first lesson that we discuss in our initial meetings.  There is an element of risk that must be considered when investing in property and although we aim to invest well and offer the potential returns that we are asked for, it can sometimes not work out as planned. 

What do we do? 

Assess your needs

Find The right strategy 

Offer a few opportunities

Work with you throughout the process. 

We are always looking for the best way for our clients to potentially achieve success through investing.  Through our partnership with @Leopropcrowd we feel we have found an interesting and considered way to invest small and potentially build to bigger returns. We are excited to be working on our first project with them and although we are not quite ready to ‘lift the lid’ on that yet, we have some similar recent project case studies on their website now.  Take a look and ask any questions you have through the forum or message us directly. 

 

You can see an example here https://www.leopropcrowd.com/property/detail/case-study-hmo-preston-street-brighton-by-target-5

Risk Warning: Investment in property related assets puts your capital at risk and returns are not guaranteed.  Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future success.  

 

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We often get asked how we find our new investors

We are proud to say that our existing investor clients have all come from recommendation or referral from clients who have invested with us and had proven results on completed projects where the target returns were met or surpassed.

It is not however always a fairy-tale ending and we have had our fair share of less successful projects too, but we feel it is a testament to our tenacity, resilience and consideration of an exit strategy that our clients continue to return to us and recommend us to friends, family and colleagues. Our model for conversion of large residential properties to form higher density houses of multiple occupancy to potentially achieve our clients desired yield return figures, has proven to achieve great results more often than not. You can see an example here https://www.leopropcrowd.com/property/detail/case-study-western-road-littlehampton-by-target-5 

Our client base has grown naturally since we founded in 2013. It is only recently that we have begun to promote our services and begin discussions with new and unrelated investors. We feel that our unrivalled knowledge and experience along with the unique service and opportunities on offer should be shared. 

Capital is at risk and returns are not guaranteed. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results. 

 

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What is freedom to you?

We all have goals. Not all are life changing some are simply to be better at something or learn from challenges, but I believe we all have one common goal and that is to be free.

Freedom. What does it mean to you?

It is commonly perceived that money equals freedom, in fact our experience is freedom is achieved by gaining more time. More time for family, for fun, for learning. Our aim is to find ways to offer our clients that valuable commodity of time, and in turn freedom. Does this sound appealing to you? We can help, but first we have to understand a few things about your goals.

Being able to live free from your financial restraints can seem impossible, we all have bills to pay, mortgages to cover, school fees due perhaps. To help you to start on the journey to becoming less beholden to these constraints we have to first understand these costs and work out what your ‘ passive income’ figure is.

Passive income is the amount of money you would need to receive from your investment to cover the cost of living for you. Passive income by its very nature is income received without having to work. Consider how much you need every month to live comfortably and ensure all your obligations financially are met. When we know this figure it allows us to start to focus and hone in on what type of property investment is right for you. This isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ situation and we are very committed to making sure we really listen to your needs and end goal and tailor the search and investment for you.

Our next step is to consider how much you are looking to invest. It doesn’t always have to be large sums of money for us to be able to offer you a return on your investment. We are look at the best way to make your money work hard for you.

We also need to consider your appetite for risk, there are varying options for investing and some offer more risk than others. For example buying a plot of land unconditionally without any planning on hope that you will get the planning for development you are hoping for can be risky if you haven’t considered all the elements that could go wrong, however this comes with a larger reward if handled correctly and bought well.

We offer a range of investment opportunities and can help you choose the right one to give you the freedom you are looking for;

  • Standard Buy-To-Let Investment – this is a ready made option, usually buying a small one or two bedroom apartment in a central location offering an immediate monthly rental return to you.
  • Small Conversion Opportunity – Purchasing a lower value apartment, or small house where we have identified an opportunity to add value through refurbishment, extension or conversion into multiple units.
  • Large Block Investments – Purchasing a larger block that can be converted through a planning process or change of use to form large HMO’s or flats.
  • Mixed Use Investments – these have a commercial shop, office or restaurant on the premises but with a residential element usually found above. This allows a spread of your risk as the commercial space can be rented out on a longer lease. The residential spaces can often be converted and extended and the allowed permitted development rights make these slightly easier than standard residential opportunities.
  • Land with Planning Uplift potential – Our experience, knowledge and team of specialist make these opportunities the most existing for us. We can often identify opportunities where others have not been able to and working along side our award winning planning consultants, Whaleback we are actively sourcing these opportunities right now for investment. The added value to property like this can be extremely profitable if done well.
  • Funding Investment – We can offer returns for investments of varying sizes through standard lending agreements, crowdfunding opportunities, joint ventures and other ways you can invest small to start to build up to a larger investment.

We work with you to consider which option is best for your needs and then we get to work on sourcing the right opportunity for you.

We get the most amazing sense of satisfaction helping you achieve financial freedom and our incentivisation is based on the success of the opportunity sourced.

If you having been thinking about a plan for your future, start now, get in touch to learn about our different options and let us help you embark on the journey to financial freedom. Send me a message, email me on Tina@spp.agency or give me a call to discuss how we can help you be free.

Tina Wenham – Target Five Director
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Covid 19 Secure

We would like to take this opportunity to update you, following the positive news from the Government on the reopening of the offices of property industry, we are delighted to announce our office will be open for staff to return on Monday 18th May 2020.

Whilst we have not been  ‘closed’ during this unprecedented time we are pleased to be returning to some form of normal and to be returning to our offices. We have been working hard behind closed doors these past 8 weeks to ensure we are ready to take advantage on your behalf of new opportunities and have implemented new strategies reviewed and refined the existing ones and would welcome the opportunity to chat to you all about these plans.

We have, in line with the governments health and safety guidance, considered carefully all risks that are presented to us by re opening and have implemented a detailed policy and guidance for our colleagues, clients and construction teams  to ensure we minimise the risk of spreading the virus.

Below are the relevant points for our clients consideration;

  • Attending our office – we love it when our clients pop in with cakes and coffee’s to say hi, however for now all office visits will need to be by pre appointment and we ask that the necessity of the visit is considered carefully.
  • Meetings – We are keen to catch up with all of our clients but do ask that we continue, for now to be mindful of social distancing guidance when we do so. We will therefore happily meet on a 1-2-1 basis in open spaces, or over video conference.
  • Viewing property – We will continue to search for appropriate properties for investment on your behalf, however we will be completing an assessment of the risk presented in visiting before arranging viewings on our clients behalf. Each case will be assessed on an individual basis.
  • Visiting construction sites – Our sites will be fulling up and running again very soon, and we are working with our sub-contractors to ensure their safety. We ask that all site visits be by prior appointment and in line with social distancing guidance. We will have masks, gloves and hand sanitiser available for use during these visits.

We all need to continue to be vigilant and mindful of the government guidance while still ensuring we continue to press forward with positivity and grab the opportunity to maximise on any potential investment that we come across.

Andy Babbayan & Tina Wenham: Target Five Directors