Case Study Questions Flashcards

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How was the valuation in line with the RICS Red Book?

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  • VPS1 - Terms of Engagement
  • VPS2 - Inspections
  • VPS3 - Valuation Reports
  • VPS4 - Valuation Bases
  • Loan Security Valuation VPGA2
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How did you provide the valuation subject to vacant possession?

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Valued as one site. Adopted a rate of £17.50 psf to the entire area.

£3.2M

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How did you prepare for the inspection?

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  • Received instruction and Terms of Engagement
  • Arranged with the bank’s customer
  • Undertook a risk inspection
  • Enquired for a lease plan
  • Assessed PPE requirements
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How did the location of the property affect the value?

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  • Consider access routes
  • The town - Hull (secondary city)
  • The location - good road links (motorway access)
    Popular industrial estate
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How did you notice the asbestos roofs?

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  • Dark corrugated roof
  • Aged
  • Banks customer informed us that it had been identified as Asbestos
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How did you report the asbestos roofs within your valuation?

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  • Asbestos roofs to the Omar units
  • Informed by the property manager that asbestos was present and had a management survey (required 6 monthly)
  • Duty of the tenant if a repairing lease
  • Did not have site of the asbestos register but understood asbestos to be present
  • We clarify that our valuation inspection does not constitute a building survey and therefore we do not comment in detail about the asbestos containing materials
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How did you account for the value of the office unit in your valuation?

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  • I included the office property within the GIA area as it was ancillary to the industrial space and not out of the ordinary at (8-9%)
  • In terms of value, I included it within the same MR psf figure to reflect this.
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What did the 1954 Act Protection mean for the tenants?

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The 1954 Landlord and Tenant being contained within the lease gives Security of Tenure and the right to a new lease for the tenant. The terms of this are to be agreed.

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Were your land comparables fully surfaced?

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The majority of the comparables were fully surfaced and therefore the value returned for the subject would be below this evidence.

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Who did you discuss the valuations with?

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  • I spoke with my supervisor, other valuation colleagues, as well as agency colleagues.
  • I spoke with other agents and professionals within the market to undertake market research.
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Why did you adopt a rate of £3.25 psf to the Omar units and £2.55 psf to the Rettig units?

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  • The additional to the Omar units was reflective of mostly the yard area
  • The Omar unit was also of a more open plan space with better access from Hedon Road also
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Where did you get evidence for £20,000 per acre for the land in option B?

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Gathered rental comparable evidence for industrial land in the area. This is Appended within the comparables.

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Why did you adopt the same yields for both leases?

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  • Both properties of a similar covenant strength
  • Both similar natures of companies
  • Both had a similar amount of time remaining on the lease
  • Both similarly under-rented slightly
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What was the rent review clause in the Omar lease?

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Review to Market Rent

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Why did you adopt a 9 month re-letting period?

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Despite being a demanded market, two units to let with a shared site. Additional time to reflect the difficulty of marketing the unit on this basis.

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Why did you adjust the yield by 1.5% on the reversion?

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A suitable adjustment to reflect:
- The unknown of a new tenant
- Adjustment to paying a slightly higher rent (MR)

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Why did you deduct purchaser’s costs and how did you do it?

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  • Good practice to deduct purchaser’s costs
  • SDLT
  • 1% agency
  • 0.5% legal
    + VAT 20%
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What does the Equivalent Yield represent?

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  • Weighted yield from the Term and the Reversion
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How did the property fall against your comparable evidence in the end?

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Market Rent:
- Towards the lower end of the comparable evidence - relfecting specification, size

Market Value:
- At the higher end of the yield evidence
- Reflective of the occupier, the remaining term, the rent, the location, specification

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What were the clients requirements and how did you meet them?

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  • The bank required a valuation for secured lending purposes and detailed there requirements within the instruction and Terms of Engagement.
  • They required advise on the value of the property
  • Made secured lending comments:
    *Age of the property
    *Economic life
    *Estimated marketing period
21
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What competencies have you demonstrated and how?

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Ethics, Health and Safety, Client Care, Conflict Avoidance, Data Management, Inspection, Measurement, Valuation, Loan Security Valuation

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How did you abide by the RICS Rules of Conduct?

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Competency - undertook competency checks prior to accepting the instruction

Good-quality and Diligent Service - Gaining copies of the lease documentation

Respect - Liaising with the client and the bank’s customer to gain full details of the property and arrange a successful inspection

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What valuations have you done since that time that supports your valuation?

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Valuation of industrial estate in Hull. 13 units of 1,250 sq ft. Very close location to the subject property.

  • Evidence shows demand for industrial space in this location
  • Investment evidence in the same region
  • Have to account for the significant difference in size between the properties
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How does the shared site work? Are there any agreements?

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  • Shared right of way within the leases
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What else do institutional investors target in an industrial property?
- 8m eaves - 5-10% offices - c.40% coverage - Profile metal cladding and blockwork to 2m
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What were the EPCs on the properties?
- All rated C having been assessed a few years ago - Advised that new EPCs would be required when re-let or refurbished
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What is the likelihood of the units being let in the same configuration if brought to the market?
- Come available at slightly different times - Could suit separation although difficulties with circulation space - Spoke with agents and others within the firm - Gained comparable evidence that proved similar units on the market - Willbery Homes nearby comparable
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What does the 1954 Act Protection mean?
- Both leases have Security of Tenure - Potential for new leases at Market Rent - Inserted void periods for vacating at end of lease - Could potentially separate units a bit
29
What is the circulation space of the site like?
- Shared access - Rettig self-contained yard - Omar self-contained yard - Limited circulation space to the centre of the site - Reflected in comparable evidence
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What did you include in your confirmation of instruction?
- Returned confirmation of the instruction - Updated bank manager as to arrangements of site inspection - Terms of Engagement signed and returned
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What were the EPCs of the properties?
- Two main EPCs for the properties reflecting the largest units. - Rettig C - Omar D - Others D rated - Recommended that whilst these meet current requirements, there would be some reassessments required for a new letting - A few years old so try to get new assessments for better reflection of current spec
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What was the rateable value of the property?
- Total circa £300,000
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What advice did you give to the client about the security of the investment?
- Covenant strengths very good - WAULT - not long if assume break - Potential to re-let, 9 month void factored in - Chance to increase both rents to MR in near future
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What is the Acid Test for checking if a tenant can pay rent?
- Compares short-term assets with short-term liabilities - Determines the level of turnover required to pay the rent - Ratio of 1:3
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What was the turnover of the tenants?
- Omar = £70M - Rettig = £80M
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Why did you apply the same yields to both of the leases on the Term?
- Omar = Worse condition Longer lease - Rettig = Land-locked - Both under-rented
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You have identified a comparable at West Carr Business Park which is very similar. Why is the rate so different from £5.01 psf?
- Far smaller unit - Quantum reflected for the difference in size of the property - Similar at Amsterdam Road
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Your comparable at Seafood Village Grimsby has a Long Leasehold with ground rent of £75,000 p.a. How do you reflect this when assessing the comparable?
- Deducting the ground rent from the income would create a profit rent - This is then reflected in the yield which will be altered
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What do you know about demand from this type of tenant in this location?
- Large quantity of caravan manufacturers in the location - Willerby Homes - Europa - Delta
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Are Rettig and Omar connected?
- Not connected - Checked on Companies House
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Why did you adopt a void period of 9 months to the Rettig reversion?
- Both 9 months - Landlocked... however: - Better quality unit than the other (more attractive) - Less maintenance works to be done
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How would you account for dilapidation's in your valuation?
- LL has potential liability over dilapidation's - Lease stated to be returned to condition of occupation - Some roof works to undertake - Valuation reflects this in the yield - Assume return to condition - Building Surveyor for further investigation into dilapidation's
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What about business rates liabilities for the Landlord?
- Void period 9 months - Business rates relief for 6-months - Potential liability there - Factored into the yield
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How does the shared access route work? Who is responsible for it?
- The access is not within the demise of either tenant and is a communal area - Therefore the Landlord charges a service charge to maintain the shared yard - The rent I have capitalised is net of costs - Yield reflected the condition of the property and site - Can't capitalise or profit from a service charge