Robert Howells

Strategy with the Sales Process

Those in the business of selling commercial property can achieve the best price within a short period of time through a staged approach to technical due diligence. 

The old adage of ‘buyer beware’ typically means that purchasers conduct their own technical due diligence which can uncover late in the day surprises relating to condition, deferred maintenance, non compliances with statutory obligations or capital expenditure needs. These may include deal breakers or points of negotiation on price and contractual conditions.

These late in the day uncertainties can be mitigated by vendors who take a staged approach to technical due diligence and where the end result, the technical due diligence report, can be assigned to the purchaser.  Continue reading