Architectural Visualisations and Land & Partnerships — two sides of the same desk
Land is the hard part. That is the part I do.
I source the land for either private residential developers or Affordable Housing Developers.
Two service lines, one discipline. I source land for private residential developers and for developers and contractors building affordable housing. I take it further, working the Housing Associations and collating package deal offers so you know who is buying the scheme before you build it.
For private residential developers
Land sourcing and acquisition
An outsourced land team for housebuilders and developers who need a pipeline but do not have, or do not want, a full-time land department.
Consented sites, land subject to planning, options and promotion agreements, and off-market opportunities that never reach a set of marketing particulars.
- Sourcing and off-market approaches
- Appraisal against your cost base
- Price and structure negotiated
- Heads of terms through to exchange
Are you looking for a single plot for self-build, then I can help to find those hidden gems.
For developers and contractors
Affordable housing package deals
Everything above, taken through to a buyer. For businesses building for Housing Associations, the land is only half the job, the other half is knowing which Association will take the scheme, at what specification and at what price.
You commit to a site knowing what the completed development is worth and who is buying it.
- Everything in the land service
- Scheme matched to the right Associations
- Worked with development teams and Employer’s Agents
- Package deal offers collated before you commit
Thirty-five years of buying land
I am Nigel j Blanchard, and I have spent my career acquiring land for housebuilders and developers and over the last decade as Land & Partnerships Director covering the North West, East/West Midlands and West Yorkshire.
That has meant dealing daily with HA Consultants, Employers Agents and Housing Associations directly and knowing what they will buy, at what specification and on what terms. It is the difference between finding a site and delivering a scheme.
I work on an exclusivity basis for clients in set geographical areas, so each one gets the time the work needs.
Working together
An arrangement that only pays properly when a site actually lands.
Retained
A modest monthly retainer covering time, travel and the running of the pipeline, reviewed every six months against what has been delivered.
Paid on success
An acquisition fee on each site I originate and you acquire, calculated on the package value so it scales with the scheme rather than sitting flat.
Alongside your team
Time in your office where it is useful - appraising sites and agreeing criteria and the rest of my week in front of agents, landowners and Associations.