Feasibility, development management and project management for property owners, developers and investors
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Independent development consultancy

Independent development advice, from the first decision to the finished building.

Baily Consult works for owners, businesses, investors and developers with a site, a building or money to put into property. We help you decide what is worth doing, then manage the planning and the build on your behalf.

What do you need?

What could this site or building be? Each option compared: what it costs, how long it takes, what could go wrong and what is left at the end.
Feasibility studies
£5bn+of development worked on
20+ yearsin development, from buying the site to handing over the building
Independentno stake in the design, the build contract or the sale

01 / When to call

Most clients call when
there is a decision to make.

Decisions made early cost the least to change and matter the most: to what you pay, how long it takes and what you are left with at the end.

Before you buy Should we buy it, and at what price? Pre-acquisition due diligence Before you put money in Does the scheme really work? Investment and scheme reviews When you own a site or building What is the best thing to do with it? Feasibility studies When a building could do more Hold, improve, convert or sell? Asset strategy Before the design goes too far Is this the right scheme for the site? Design, mix and value options When the numbers stop working What has to change? Stalled and unviable schemes Before you build Who should build it, and on what terms? Delivery strategy and procurement When the builder’s price arrives Is the price and the programme right? Contractor cost and programme challenge All the way through Who runs this for me? Development management

02 / Case studies

Recent and current work.

All case studies
Feasibility study · Kent

Three industrial units: occupy one, add value to the rest

A feasibility study for a buyer who will occupy one building and wants the best return from the other two. Land sale · Kingston upon Thames

From stonemason’s yard to nine homes: a landowner’s exit

A competitive sale to developers, subject to planning. Consent for nine homes, and a clean exit for the owner. Development management · East Hertfordshire

From acquisition to consent to sale

Development manager for a developer: site acquired, planning consent secured, asset sold. Development management · North London

One site, two consents: how to capture the value

Consent secured for four houses behind an existing house, and advice on how best to realise the value.

03 / Services

Feasibility, development
and project management.

Feasibility tells you what is worth doing. Development management runs the scheme for you through planning. Project management gets it built. For buildings you already own, asset strategy sets out whether to hold, improve, convert or sell.

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01Core service

Feasibility studies

What a site or building could become, what each option costs, how long it takes and what is left at the end. Read more →
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02Core service

Development management

We act for you across the whole scheme: the purchase, the team, planning and the numbers, through to a sale or a start on site. Read more →
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03Core service

Project management

Once the decision to build is made: the design team, the tender and the builder, managed through to handover. Read more →

All services, including advice for a single decision

04 / One job leads to the next

Start with one question.
Keep us on if it helps.

Most clients begin with a single piece of work and a recommendation they can act on, with or without us. Where it helps, we stay on and run the next stage.

  1. 01 · Before you buy

    Check the site

    The risks and costs in a site, found before you exchange. Pre-acquisition due diligence
  2. 02 · Decide

    Choose the option

    Sell, convert, redevelop or hold, compared on the same basis. Feasibility studies
  3. 03 · Consent

    Secure the consent

    The team appointed and the planning application managed through to a decision. Development management
  4. 04 · Build

    Get it built

    The tender, the contract and the builder managed through to handover. Project management

In Kent, a feasibility study on three industrial units leads into project management of the works. Read the case study

05 / Sectors

Residential, commercial
and mixed-use.

All sectors
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Residential

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Commercial and industrial

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Mixed-use and regeneration
Portrait of Philip Baily

06 / Senior judgement

“Our advice brings senior judgement across design, revenue, cost, programme, finance and delivery into one review.”

Philip BailyPrincipal, Baily Consult · MBA Real Estate · MCIOB
About Philip

07 / Insights

Guides for owners and investors.

All insights
Guide · Development

What does a development manager do, and do you need one?

The role explained stage by stage, how it differs from a project manager, and when it is worth appointing one. Guide · Development

What a development feasibility study covers, and what it costs to skip one

What goes into a feasibility study, who contributes to it, and the mistakes it is there to prevent. Guide · Existing buildings

Refurbish, convert or sell? Deciding what to do with a commercial building

The options are usually wider than the first one put to you. How to compare them on the same basis before you commit.

Have a site, a building
or a scheme to talk through?

Discuss a project Email phil@bailyconsult.co.uk or call 07814 717088