We’re about to complete on our latest purchase and have been assessing numerous options for it – single let, HMO, splitting it into flats, or flipping it.
Each option has its own pros and cons, and we looked at the numbers for each option in a previous episode as well as the design layouts, but today we’re revealing which option we finally settled on and why!
We’re also looking at where our Brewery project is up to, and how Covid has messed with out HMO refinance.
Listen to this episode below:
Here’s a sneak peek at what discussed this time:
3.45 – Our plans to return to the UK for winter
4.50 – Details of one next project and progress towards completion
6.15 – Analysing the numbers for different strategies
6.35 – Assessing the layouts for each option
7.25 – The HMO Overview
11.30 – The ‘2 Apartments’ Overview
16.30 – The Flip Overview
21.30 – Keeping a build team busy between projects
22.15 – Phase 1 of IPI Brewery is complete!
24.25 – The latest update on Phase 2
28.20 – Why I’ve been spending so much time talking about raising private finance
Full details on our upcoming Raising Private Finance course are available here
32.30 – The refinance/valuation saga on IPI Project H (our 8 bedroom HMO) continues
35.05 – How we’re progressing towards our 5 years goals
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Links Mentioned
Check out the deal analysis and layout reviews of our latest project on YouTube
See how Victoria’s vision has come to life in our IPI Brewery Apartments on Instagram
Find out all the details of our upcoming Raising Private Finance course