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PARK AVENUE MEWS - TOOTING, LONDONFreehold row of 4 commercial workshops in a predominantly residential area, purchased at auction with a view to adding significant value.

We purchased the Tooting deal at the September 2019 Harman Healy auction for £212,000 and after some expected competitive bidding, secured the asset with an income of £14,700, which represents a healthy London 6.93% yield.
Our primary exit strategy was to obtain permitted development for change of use from workshop to residential conversion to provide 3-4 houses. If successful we would either sell with the permitted development back into auction or apply for stage 2 planning and again, either sell at this stage or proceed with the development.
We received notification of our grant for prior approval on the 9-1-2020 for creating 4 x mews houses.
Based on local sales and £ per square feet, we have projected a GDV of £1.175M in the current configuration.

Our secondary exit, if the permitted development was refused, would have been to re-gear the commercial leases, aiming to secure FRI Leases for each of the units for 5-7 year terms, at a market rent producing approx. £25,000 per annum.
Based on this projected figure the workshops should sell in excess of £300,000 in a more suitable auction (with only paperwork value added), whilst generating a healthy 7% yield in the meantime.
We considered this the worst-case scenario for the project.

FINANCIALS
Purchase price: £ 212,000Legals: £ 1,800
Legals for serving notices: £ 1,440
Stamp Duty Land Tax: £ 1,240
Planning consultant fee: £ 1,200
Measured surveys: £ 800
Prior approval app fee: £ 100
Total costs: £ 218,580
VALUES3 x 1 bedroom mews houses (approx 40sqm each) -£275,000 x 3 = £825,000
1 x 2 bedroom mews house (approx 50sqm) - £350,000 x 1 = £350,000
Total GDV £1,175,000
Estimated costs of conversion: £275,000
Total costs including purchase: expected below £500,000
PROFITS 1. Expected profit if built out: £675,000
2. Expected profit if sold now with planning: £350,000 to £400,000 All of our auction purchases are bought with multiple exit strategies planned in advance. This is the de-risking, risk mitigation and risk management approach we always take in order to create successful and profitable transactions at auction.