Free starter pack / Nairobi development
Start with the evidence the decision will eventually need.
Four editable files and six live calculators for moving from an interesting site to a documented early feasibility case.
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What this pack does
It creates a disciplined path from site screen to feasibility, downside testing, finance readiness, and investment recommendation.
Four working files
Download only what the current decision needs.
Development Feasibility Checklist
Screen site control, market evidence, planning, design, cost, finance, programme, risk, and approval assumptions before building the full model.
Download →Nairobi Apartment Cost Planner 2026
Build an early cost stack with explicit scope, measurement basis, exclusions, escalation, contingency, professional fees, and infrastructure allowances.
Download →Development Finance Readiness Workbook
Organise sponsor, structure, land, approvals, market, delivery, debt-capacity, security, conditions-precedent, and data-room evidence.
Download →Real Estate Investment Memo
Turn the evidence into a decision-ready recommendation covering thesis, returns, risk, sensitivity, governance, and the conditions attached to approval.
Download →Suggested sequence
Five moves, with a decision at each one.
01
Screen
Use the checklist to decide whether the site deserves deeper time and cost.
02
Price
Test land, area, revenue, cost, capital, and programme in the feasibility calculator.
03
Stress
Run residual land value, construction-cost sensitivity, pre-sales, and unit-mix tests.
04
Prepare
Use the finance-readiness workbook to expose the evidence and closing gaps.
05
Recommend
Record the decision, sensitivities, conditions, and unresolved questions in the investment memo.
Live calculator sequence
Use a suite of small tests before trusting one large model.
01
Development Feasibility
Connect land, pricing, cost, finance, time, profit, and margin.
02
Land Residual
Work backward from project value to a supportable land price.
03
Construction Cost Sensitivity
See how package and total-cost movement affects the case.
04
Pre-Sales Requirement
Translate the start gate into qualifying sales, deposits, and monthly pace.
05
Apartment Mix Optimizer
Test mix, ticket size, absorption, parking, and concentration risk.
06
Site Acquisition Go/No-Go
Combine title, planning, market, infrastructure, delivery, and commercial risk.
Use with judgement
A template can expose missing evidence. It cannot manufacture it.
These materials are educational decision aids, not project-specific investment, legal, tax, valuation, planning, design, cost, or lending advice.
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