Sell, let, transfer, invest, with the bank’s figures in hand
Investment properties, retail premises and offices, businesses, mixed-use buildings. A market where the price is read in the lease, the yield and the risk, and where discretion matters as much as speed.
Five assignments, one method
Sale of investment properties
Rent roll verified, charges itemised, capitalised value and bank test before going to market.
Sale and letting of premises
Shops, offices, workshops, storage: a market rent backed by evidence, qualified tenants, a negotiated lease.
Business transfers
Restaurants, shops, practices, salons: business value, lease assignment, confidentiality until signing.
Mixed-use buildings
Residential and business use in a single property: each part valued on its own market, then reconciled.
Advice for investors
Targeted search, real yield, leases and upcoming works. Never on a property for which we hold the mandate.
A file the buyer takes to their bank as it stands
The file in a few hours
- Rent roll, leases and expiry dates summarised
- Charges, maintenance, gross and net yield
- Capitalised value and bank test
- Federal register, zoning, noise, transport links
- Building permits and neighbourhood plans
The transaction
- Technical visit and reading of the local market
- Price set and defended, with figures to support it
- Selection of buyers with verified financing
- Negotiation, coordination with the bank, the notary and the property manager
The right tenant, at the rent the market pays
Selling or taking over a business, in complete discretion
A business is sold differently from a building: what holds the value is the activity, the clientele and the location. And nothing must reach employees, customers or suppliers before signing.
What is transferred
The clientele and the trading name, the fittings and equipment, the stock, and above all the right to the lease that secures the location.
What creates the value
The actual results of the last three financial years, the rent and term of the lease, the location, the condition of the installations, the operating licences.
The commercial lease
Transferring the lease to a new operator requires the landlord’s written consent, which may be refused only on valid grounds. We prepare this step from the outset.
Confidentiality
An anonymous file, a signed confidentiality undertaking before any information is shared, viewings outside opening hours.
Buying a yield, not a promise
For investors, we search, analyse and negotiate: the real rent roll, upcoming works, vacancy risk, the value the bank will accept. Independent advice, never on a property for which we hold the sale mandate.
To sell a building
- Up-to-date rent roll
- Leases and amendments
- Property management accounts for the last three years
- Works completed and planned
- Land register extract and plans
To transfer a business
- Balance sheets and income statements for the last three financial years
- Commercial lease and amendments
- Inventory of fittings and equipment
- Operating licences
- Staff and current contracts
To let premises
- Plans and floor areas
- Current rent and charges
- Permitted use
- Availability
Commercial mandates: fees on quotation, set in writing before anything begins, according to the property and the assignment.
Commercial property, the essentials
How do you value an investment property?
First by its capitalised value, based on the net rent roll and a justified capitalisation rate, then by comparison with sales in the area. We also calculate the value a buyer’s bank will accept.
How is the price of a business set?
From the actual results of recent financial years, the lease (rent, term, transferability), the location and the condition of the installations. We bring these elements together into a reasoned value that the buyer and their bank can verify.
Can the landlord refuse the new operator?
Transferring a commercial lease requires the landlord’s written consent, which may be refused only on valid grounds, for example an insolvent buyer. That is why we qualify buyers before presenting them.
How do you keep things discreet?
An anonymous file, a signed confidentiality undertaking before any detailed information, viewings outside opening hours. Staff and customers are informed only when you choose.
What are your fees for commercial property?
On quotation, set in writing before anything begins, according to the property and the assignment. As in residential, they are paid on completion of the transaction.
A building, premises, a business? Let us talk, in complete confidence.