Welcome to Chard Robinson Property Investment

Services

Property is a proven method of wealth creation that delivers time and time again. Whether your aim is to secure an additional source of income, to attain short term profits, provide security for your pension or build a substantial property portfolio for long term benefits, Chard Robinson Property Investment can assist you and offer off-market Cambridge buy-to-let opportunities.

Working on behalf of UK and overseas clients, Chard Robinson Property Investment has developed a highly professional yet tailor-made and totally personal approach to residential property investment, property acquisition and buy-to-let opportunities in Cambridge. Working on behalf of private individuals, consortiums and investment funds, our services include:

• Single property acquisition
• Buy-to-let advice and portfolio building
  
• Investment resales
• Off-plan, new build opportunities
• Refurbishment projects
• Property preparation for letting
• Interior design and furnishing
• Property portfolio review and strategy
• Lettings and property management services

Quite simply, we at Chard Robinson Property Investment represent you, the buyer, in the purchase of Cambridge property, whereas an estate agent represents the seller. Cambridge estate agents do not have a contractual duty of care to the purchaser in the transaction. Chard Robinson Property Investment acts solely for the purchaser/s providing impartial and objective advice. We offer two routes to securing the most appropriate buy-to-let investment property for your requirements:

1.   Investment Resales
We list selected investment properties available for resale exclusively to investors. These properties are typically ‘sold as seen’ and do not usually require further investment in terms of presentation, preparation or furnishing. The properties are often sold with tenants in-situ and therefore income-producing from the day of completion. Investment Resales are most suited to clients looking for an investment or Cambridge buy-to-let property with a short lead time, limited only to the duration of the legal work and funding arrangements (typically 8-10 weeks).

2.   Off-Plan Opportunities
We are offered pre-release (often pre-planning) property investment and buy-to-let opportunities in Cambridge and the surrounding local area by land agents and developers. We negotiate discounts on the most suitable propositions for a bulk purchase, often comprising entire blocks of individual leasehold Cambridge apartments. The discount is apportioned and the properties are offered individually to our registered clients. Many of the discounts are only available to facilitate developer funding for the development and are therefore often made off-market within a confidentiality clause. The lead time to completion is typically 12-18 months, with a deposit of 10% payable on exchange of contracts and the balance on completion. Further savings thanks to bulk acquisition include a single solicitor representing all clients and bulk carpet, curtain or furnishing contracts.

It is important not to rush into purchasing an ‘almost suitable’ investment or buy-to-let property in Cambridge, whether because of a perceived bottoming out of prices, shortage in supply, developer discounting, other incentives, or (most importantly) misinterpretation of current tenant demands. Such mistakes can prove less profitable in the longer term. 

We are continually viewing investment and buy-to-let properties in Cambridge and negotiating purchases on them, as well as other exciting areas in development, both locally and further afield. For more information on property investment and buy-to-let in Cambridge, or to arrange a no obligation initial consultation, please contact either of the Chard Robinson Property Investment directors - Stephen Chard and Neil Robinson.