Landowners
Comparing selling now against developing and then selling.
Real Estate Feasibility Study
Feasibility studies for property projects and investments in Lebanon: location analysis, cost, revenue, scenarios, and how sensitive the outcome is to price and cost movement.
Feasibility study
What the service is
Turning a property project idea into numbers and assumptions that can be tested: is this worth the capital, the time and the risk?
A sworn expertRecognised by the courts and the banks of Lebanon.
Stated assumptionsThe assumptions, the data sources and the date of the study are set out inside it.
More than one scenarioConservative, central and optimistic, with the sensitivity of the outcome.
A decision toolA study is not a promise of an outcome.
Who it is for
Who usually asks for it
Who arrives at this service, and what each of them needs from it.
Developers
Testing a scheme before committing capital and time.
Investors
Measuring the likely return and its risks before going in.
Buyers before purchase
A plot or a let property bought as an investment.
Banks and funders
Assessing a project put forward for funding.
When
When you need it
That last comparison is among the most common questions landowners have, and it is precisely what a study answers.
- 01
Buying land to develop.
- 02
Building a residential scheme.
- 03
Converting a building to another use.
- 04
Buying a let property as an investment.
- 05
A commercial or mixed-use project.
- 06
Comparing selling now against developing and then selling.
Projects
The projects a study covers
Each project has its own assumptions, costs and market, and the scope of the study follows from it.
Land bought to develop
A residential scheme
Converting a building to another use
A let property bought as an investment
A commercial or mixed-use project
Selling now against developing then selling
The work
What the work involves
- 01The brief and the scope
What the proposed scheme is, which specialisms it draws in, and where the study stops.
- 02The property and its planning limits
Location, surroundings and the current value of the land, with the permitted use and development ratios.
- 03Costs and revenue
A preliminary cost estimate, the likely revenue from sale or letting, and the expected occupancy or sales rate.
- 04Scenarios and sensitivity
Conservative, central and optimistic cases, and how the outcome moves with price, cost or timing.
- 05The conclusion and its risks
The principal risks and what can be done about them, with the assumptions, the data sources and the date of the study.
Documents
Documents required
A reference list, not a precondition. Send what you have; what is missing is identified at review.
Title extract and cadastral map
An extract from the Land Registry showing ownership and any registered charges.
Planning documents and development ratios
Planning information and development ratios, which determine what can be built and how.
The proposed project idea or brief
Any earlier study or design
Any earlier study or scheme drawings prepared for the property.
Available cost data, if any
The timescale you have in mind
The outcome
What you receive
A study you can test: numbers and stated assumptions, with their sources and its date.
Every study rests on assumptions, particularly in a shifting market. It is a decision tool, not a promise of outcome.
Tell me the property, the region and why the value is needed.
The file is reviewed first: documents required, scope of work, expected timeframe. No fee is quoted before that.