Office-to-residential conversion

Class O PDR or full planning conversion. BCIS conversion rate is roughly 70 to 80 percent of new build.

Preset defaults

  • Units: 12
  • GIA per unit: 580 sqft
  • NIA ratio: 84%
  • Build cost: 1,750 £/sqm
  • Professional fees: 11%
  • Contingency: 12.5%
  • s106 / CIL / BNG per unit: £0
  • Finance rate: 10.5%
  • Duration: 14 months
  • Target PoC: 22%

What this preset is for

Class O PDR or full planning conversion. BCIS conversion rate is roughly 70 to 80 percent of new build.

BCIS conversion rate

  • BCIS conversion £/sqm typically runs 70 to 80 percent of new build, but heavily condition-dependent.
  • £1,750 to £2,000/sqm is a working London band; £1,500 to £1,750/sqm elsewhere.

Prior-approval costs

  • Class MA prior approval: noise, contamination, flood risk, transport, daylight.
  • Daylight (BRE 209) often kills schemes pre-residual. Always run a Mott or comparable study before bidding.

Open in workbench

Inputs
MAX LAND BID£624,028At 22% profit on cost, 12 units, 580 sqft GIA each.
MARGINAL
GDV£2,484,720
Build cost£1,131,559
Prof fees£124,471
s106/CIL/BNG£0
Contingency£157,004
Finance interest£86,548
Target profit£329,908
Total costs (excl land)£1,499,582
Senior debt @ LTGDV£1,615,068
PoC17.0%
PoGDV14.5%
LTC76.1%
Sensitivity (PoC %)
Build -5%Build +5%Build +10%Build +15%Build +20%
GDV -15%19%20%21%22%17%
GDV -10%18%19%20%21%22%
GDV -5%17%18%19%20%21%
GDV 0%16%18%18%19%20%
GDV +5%16%17%18%18%19%

Cells show profit-on-cost percentage at each GDV stress / build-cost shock pair. Cells below your target PoC turn amber-warm; cells below 10 percent abort.

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