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Four Winds, Quackers Walk, London N21 2DE
As promised, I’ve uploaded all the documents I have on this site above. This one is openly marketed via Savills, so it’s not off-market. The edge here isn’t exclusivity — it’s interpretation. The Basics • Consent for 3 houses (still needs verifying but assume for now) • 2,400 - 2500 sq ft each • Small, manageable scheme • Executive end product End Values (My View) Conservative: ~£1.4m Strong market: up to ~£1.75m I would not underwrite this at the top end without strong evidence. Where I Think the Opportunity Sits 1. The GDV assumptions in the marketing feel optimistic in parts. 2. Build cost sensitivity is everything here. 3. If build cost per sq ft is controlled properly, there is margin. 4. If build costs drift — margin evaporates quickly. 5. This is not a lazy deal. It requires discipline. What I’d Be Stress Testing • Build cost per sq ft • Professional fees & abnormal allowances • Sales rate realism • Specification level vs achievable value Where I Think the Agent May Be Slightly Loose There are a couple of areas in the marketing material where I think assumptions are being presented as certainty. That’s our job — to challenge those. Sometimes value is created not by finding secret sites — but by spotting where numbers have been framed too confidently. My Early Traffic Light View......This is probably Amber. Not a walk-away and not a no-brainer. It becomes Green only if build cost discipline is real. I'm here to talk on the deal if of any interest.
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Morning, Adrian, I enjoyed looking at this one with you yesterday. It’s not a home run on day one, but if you’re realistic on end values and properly control build costs, there’s a strong margin in it. As you've pointed out, this feels like a deal where discipline is everything. Keep a tight grip on cost per sq ft and don’t get carried away on spec, and it stacks nicely. Let something drift, and it tightens fast. In the right hands, there’s good money in it...
Assess 8X the amount of deals 🚀
I’ve been using the same site finance appraisal since I was 21. It’s detailed, it works, and I’ve shared it for years. It's here in the classroom btw... But the question I’m asking now is different....What if you could assess deals far more quickly, without losing the signal that actually matters? Not full feasibility. Not spreadsheets and hours of work. Just a fast, reliable way to assess the numbers and returns and decide: - worth digging into - or move on I’m exploring a much simpler appraisal that gives a clear Red / Amber / Green outcome, so time is spent on the right sites. So a quick question for those assessing deals regularly: - Does an Ai inspired workflow make you nervous? - or do you still want detail upfront, even if it slows things down? I know from talking to developers what my thoughts are.. But it's you we need to help and I've made it easy with a poll below...
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Assess 8X the amount of deals 🚀
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When I'm looking at lots of sites day in, day out, a simple AI-driven traffic light at the very front end is really useful. I’m not looking for it to replace proper feasibility or due diligence, just a quick sense check to help decide what’s worth digging into and what isn’t. Used that way, it’s a big time saver.
☕ Weekly Coffee Hour – Wednesdays at 2pm (UK/GMT)
I’ve now scheduled a weekly coffee hour in Skool for every Wednesday at 2pm (UK time/GMT). If you push the link in the calendar it puts a link in your diary as a reminder! There’s no agenda. No presentation. No pressure to attend. I’ll simply have the link open while I’m working. If someone drops in for a chat about a deal, a site, finance, or a problem they’re chewing over, great. This is another step to committing to the growth of the group, consistently. One day, one week, one month from now, someone will join for a chat, and that’s how real connections start. So: - Come along if you fancy it - Drop in for five minutes or fifty - Or ignore it completely and just know the door is open - No expectations. No awkwardness. Just a standing invitation. See you if you’re there.
☕ Weekly Coffee Hour – Wednesdays at 2pm (UK/GMT)
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Great GIF 😂
A conversation I had with a developer this week stuck with me.
They said something along the lines of: “When a genuinely good deal lands on your desk, your instinct isn’t to shout about it. Why would you? The last thing you want is to draw attention from competitors.” And they’re right. Most serious developers don’t broadcast deals. They quietly pressure-test them with a very small circle of trusted people — an architect, a planner, a broker, maybe one investor. People who can help improve the deal, not compete for it. That presents an interesting challenge for a community like this. If everyone feels they can only share deals once they’re fully de-risked, publicly identifiable, or already gone… we’ll never really talk about deals at all. So I want to be very clear about something. It is absolutely fine to use a masked or invented address here! No shame. No judgement. No need to explain yourself. If you want to call it “12 ABC Avenue” instead of the real site.... do it. If you want to change the town but keep the planning context, numbers, constraints, and strategy please do it. What matters is not the postcode. What matters is the thinking. This community works best when: - The deal logic is real - The numbers are real - The questions are real And the learning is shared with people who are here to help you think better, not to race you to the site. My hope is that this becomes a place where: - You can safely workshop a deal before it’s ready for the outside world - You can stress-test assumptions with people who understand development - You can improve outcomes without increasing risk So please don’t hold back because you’re worried about being “found out” for protecting your position. That instinct is sensible. We just need a structure that allows good conversations to happen anyway. If you’re ever working on something and unsure how to share it (real address or masked) post it and say what you want feedback on. That’s how this community gets useful.
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Morning @Adrian Cormican Sorry, I missed this the other day. I've been working on some other opportunities this week, but this deal is on my list for today, so I'll share some info once I've had a good look at it...
AI Classroom – Video 1 is live
Hey all I’ve just uploaded the first video into the AI in Real Estate classroom, and I wanted to give a bit of context before you watch it. This video is a high-level walkthrough of how we’re using automation to search Rightmove for company names within a specific niche, rather than manually trawling listings one by one. It’s not a polished “push button, magic happens” demo — deliberately so. What I’m showing is: - How we think about lead discovery differently - How Rightmove can be treated as a data source, not just a website - How tools like Airtable, Make, and AI can reduce hours of manual work into minutes For our own business, this is about: - Speed - Consistency - Giving team members better starting points for conversations For you, I’m hoping it helps spark ideas. Even if you never scrape Rightmove yourself, you might start to see: - How automation could support your sourcing, research, or admin - Where AI fits practically into a property business (not as hype, but as leverage) - What’s possible when systems are built around process, not tools This is video 1 for a reason. We’ll go deeper over time, breaking this down step by step, fixing things when they don’t work (they often don’t), and building in the open. If you watch it and think: - “That could work for my business, but applied differently” - “I don’t fully get it yet, but I can see the direction” - “I’d like to understand one specific part of that better” …then it’s done its job. Drop any questions, reactions, or ideas underneath the video. This classroom will evolve based on what you want to apply in the real world. More to come! Adrian
AI Classroom – Video 1 is live
1 like • Jan 7
This is a great video, @Adrian Cormican. It’s good to see the focus on the thinking and process rather than a polished demo. Treating Rightmove as a data source and using AI to do the heavy lifting makes so much sense, but it’s real outside-the-box thinking. Looking forward to seeing where this goes...
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Property Developer & Investor | Commercial Finance Broker at Hallcroft Finance | Development & Bridging Finance Specialist

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