No. 00 — Overview
Every site leaves value on the table.
A scheme is only built once. The housing mix that informs the land bid sets the ceiling on what the site is worth. It's the highest-leverage decision in the appraisal, and currently the one made with the fewest tools. landOptimise answers this problem.
§ I — The spreadsheet
The house type schedule behind every land bid is, today, an experienced guess.
This is what the spreadsheet looks like:
→ Try it: edit Revenue, Build cost or Count.
| Name | Type | Beds | Storeys | Plot Aream² | Revenue£ | Build Cost£ | Profit25% | Land Value£/plot | LV / acre£ | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
Plotted area vs site capacity
— of 10,000 m²
0%
Under capacity
2-bed homes
0
3-bed homes
0
4-bed homes
0
5-bed homes
0
Residual
land value
land value
—
0 units across
0 house types
at 0 units / acre
§ II — The cost
The cost of an under-optimised site.
You have to ask the board to accept a lower hurdle margin.
You buy the site, but leave value on the table which is never identified.
§ III — A different way
What landOptimise does.
landOptimise finds the mathematically optimal set of house types to maximise land value on every site. It respects and considers all your constraints:
- i. Site area.
- ii. S106 obligations.
- iii. SHMA.
- iv. NDSS.
- v. Part M.
- vi. Timber Frame Targets.
- vii. Customer Choice.
§ IV — Today & tomorrow
Optimising your land, both today and tomorrow.
New land bid.
You bid knowing your land bid is the best it can be, giving you the best chance of success.
Land bank.
What would optimising your whole pipeline look like?
§ V — The bigger picture
Viability is the quiet brake on UK housing delivery.
Sites stall because the numbers don't add up. Affordable housing requirements are revised downward when the scheme can't carry them. Schemes get stuck in planning. landOptimise won't fix the macro, but it will ensure every site has the best chance of success. That is how we will do our bit.
§ VI — Request early access
See what landOptimise finds in the numbers.
If your land team is appraising sites this quarter, tell us a little about your team and we'll follow up with the right next step - a conversation, a walkthrough, or early access.