The Numbers on a Character Conversion

Premium end values versus unpredictable build costs

Character buildings sell on emotion and disappoint on arithmetic more often than any other kind of project. This book puts a hard number on both sides of the deal: the premium end value that distinctive homes can command, and the least predictable build cost in property, from damp, movement and failing roofs to asbestos, old services and heritage materials. It picks out the numbers that matter, shows where to find reliable sold-price evidence for free, and explains why a conversion's income is its end value rather than rent, at least at first. You will build the full cost stack that beginners leave incomplete, then stress-test the deal against a bad month, a void and a rate rise. A complete worked example uses the residual method to find the most you can responsibly pay for a specific building, and the final chapter turns the approach into a deal calculator and names the legal questions it cannot answer. Next in this series: “Listed Buildings, Heritage and Community Assets”.

What’s inside

• The only numbers that actually matter
• Where to find reliable local data for free
• Working out true income, not optimistic income
• The full cost stack nobody mentions
• Stress-testing for the bad month, the void, the rate rise
• A complete worked example, start to finish
• Your deal calculator, and the legal questions it cannot answer

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