April 2024
April showers truly lived up to their name this year!
What a month April was! Delays, progress and problem solving! A fairly standard property month!
Capel St Mary -
For the first time since moving in we heard from the tenant in our 2nd development. He has been an excellent tenant and has been maintaining the property extremely well. He mentiopned that there has been a bit of an issue heating the master bedroom at the house. This is likely due to a few things, first being that the aheating system isn’t efficently plumbed and in a dream world should undergo a full replumb. Other contributing factors could be the strength of the boiler pump and the age of the radiator in this room.
We have since agreed to install a new boiler likely around end of August so that it is all working ready for the colder time of the year.
Foxhall Road -
Lots happened this month at the Foxhall road development.
Patio to the rear was finished at Foxhall
Stairs finished
Bathrooms Started - Boilers+ heating installed and running
New window fitted to finally make house air tight
Insulation installed
2nd Fix electrics completed
Plastering all completed
Viewing a few houses
Networking -
A great month of networking and listening to some incredibly talented individuals and their stories.
At PPN Ipswich this month we were lucky enough to listen to Dave Hartnett, the CEO of Moutbatten Estates, an incredible company which within such a short space of time are doing multiple million pound deals, and all without having much prior experience regarding the building world.
Some really insightful tips and tricks with regards to finding development sights and how to go about building your core team to find and be successful within the world of planning.
We met with a few people outside of PPN this month. A couple of people visited Foxhall road to see the development and how it was coming on. The overall feedback felt very positive and people were amazed at the size of the garden more than anything!
A much shorter summary of the month this month. Pictures of the changes to Foxhall Road can be seen on our portfolio page.
We managed to view a few potential developments, however at this moment in time we are not ready to seriously offer on anything. Especially when the large majority of properties these days are via method of modern auction!
Next month holds some serious changes at Foxhall Road and the real turning point for making it look like a home!
What’s to come in May
Kitchen order, delivery + Fitting
Flooring fitting downstairs + order (finding cheaper flooring)
Architraves and skirting fit - Ordered + style
Doors to hang - Doors all done upstairs and downstairs
Fence to order + fit - holes dug - machine hire and garden clear
Garden company booked in - quotes given
Guttering finished off