“Audley had built organically and over a long time a very complex appraisal model that suited our retirement village operating model. The model had become very unwieldy and so we turned to Alex to bring order and additional functionality to the model while retaining its overall structure.
The new model now suits us very well and is used both by our land team to appraise new sites but also by our finance team to maintain our business plan model. Subsequent to Alex’s original work we have reverted to him on a number of occasions for tweaks and other changes which as usual have been accommodated swiftly and competently.
We envisage continuing to use Alex’s very strong modelling skills for as long as we can’t justify having someone of his experience within our permanent team.”
Jon Austen
Chief Financial Officer, Audley Retirement Villages
“Our initial brief was complex: to build a financial model for a portfolio of commercial properties comprising a dozen single and multi-tenanted standing assets and developments (with formulae to automatically handle rental growth, rent reviews, breaks, expiries, vacant periods, refurbishments, rent-free periods, relettings, etc), amalgamated quarterly cashflow, annual summary cashflow, financial year cashflow, balance sheet and P&L.
Alex delivered a first draft ahead of time, and was available day and night including weekends to answer any questions and discuss any tweaks. Not only did the final version perform exactly as per the brief, but its clarity and ease-of-use impressed us so much that we started using the individual asset tabs as templates for other projects we were appraising. He then went on to build our in-house master standing investment and development templates which we are all delighted with.
Alex is professional, easy to work with and makes himself available at the drop of a hat. We will continue to call on him and wish him all the best.”
Deirdre Foley
Founder and CEO, D2 Private
"CREIT is a simple to use, easy to follow, highly capable and reliable solution for modelling single-let commercial real estate assets right through to complex portfolios. It provides us with the ability to model a wide range of properties & scenarios (with all of their respective nuances) accurately and efficiently. Having Alex’s expertise on hand is also invaluable."
Will Nelson
Associate Partner, Acre Capital Real Estate LLP
"We have been working with Alex Housego since the start of 2016, and have been incredibly impressed with the Housego Solutions Commercial Real Estate Investment Template and the support service he has provided. For a small business like ours, the ability to bring in an external expert to assist with the financial analysis has been invaluable and allowed us to focus on managing our relationships and expanding the portfolio.
Alex has gone above and beyond to adapt the product to meet our needs."
David Bell
Chief Executive, Darin Partners
“Housego Solutions were given a brief to amalgamate all our varying financial models into a single bespoke template that could be used for a variety of different projects and assumptions that reflected the complex investment strategies that we undertake.
It was also given the brief that inputs and outputs needed to show sensitivities and a clear summary sheet that allowed the data to be analysed quickly and concisely. In addition portfolio functionality was included to compare and contrast underwriting vs actual results.
This has been extremely helpful as it allows us to analyse how we underwrite internally but also perform against given benchmarks.
Alex was on hand throughout and created a model that is now fully fit for purpose.”
Ned Truman
Partner, SW3 Capital
"Alex has been invaluable in helping us to model complex deals encompassing investment, development, joint ventures and operational businesses – often in the same model. Not only is he an excellent analyst but he understands the markets and is quick to recommend effective solutions to the various challenges that we encounter. We highly recommend Alex and look forward to working together on many more deals."
Pedro Milborne
Director, Constantine Real Estate
"Alex Housego has been working with us on a freelance basis since the beginning of the year and has been an invaluable resource for the company. He has conducted detailed reviews of our in-house financial modelling systems and has subsequently improved their robustness and functionality.
He is quick to respond to any queries we may have and has systematically delivered ahead of schedule. In short, we would highly recommend him to any company who is thinking of either outsourcing their financial modelling requirements or bringing in an external expert to complement their in-house resources."
Spencer Steadman
Finance Director, Lumina Real Estate Capital
“Cedarwood had looked to move away from an Excel-based solution to a standard valuation / appraisal programme, but found the debt financing abilities too restrictive for their purposes. Cedarwood therefore reverted back to their original Excel based appraisal system and were looking to take this on to the next level. Cedarwood were introduced to Alex Housego of Housego Solutions.
Alex spent time with Cedarwood understanding their particular model and how the various debt financing arrangements worked. Alex then took the Cedarwood model, and improved it substantially incorporating all the debt finance arrangements Cedarwood use, and updating the model into a more useable format, substantially increasing functionality and at the same time reducing opportunities for errors to creep in. Cedarwood are delighted with Housego Solutions’ attention to detail and speed of delivery as well as their ongoing client support.”
Charlie Withers
Director, Cedarwood Asset Management
“Alex has provided us with a bespoke solution based on his very robust financial model (the HSL Commercial Real Estate Investment Template app). The model is easy to use and the ability to use the output data to layer in specific analysis within a standard Excel sheet is very useful. Alex's willingness to respond day or night to queries gives us comfort that we have the support required to rely on this package for all of our modelling needs.”
Tim Lumsdon
Director, Marchmont Investment Management
"Just a quick note to let you know we are really pleased with how the cashflow model is working – thanks for all your help!"
Chris Northam
Founding Partner, Corbett Northam (formerly Head of City of London Capital Markets at JLL)
“Here at Craigard we have a very opportunist approach to deal making resulting in many different nuances to each potential project. Alex has a very enthusiastic and hands on approach so he has been able to adapt the core model to each situation and has done so very promptly and competently.”
Paul Foster
Director, Craigard
“We have licensed the Housego Solutions Commercial Real Estate Investment Template application as it affords us a bespoke investment analysis system.
The programme, having being prepared by a highly skilled analyst, enables us to present an Investor Presentation in the most professional manner.
The system is easy to use whilst providing us with an accurate matrix of variables.
It is certainly worth highlighting that in addition to the excellent programme one would expect, we also benefit from a superb after sales service.
In short, highly recommended”.
Robert Harris
Director, OXLO Properties
"Alex Housego has been a tremendous addition to the team and helped us fill a much needed gap when several members of the team were away."
Rachel Hanke
Investment Manager, Revetas Capital
"It's easy to master when it's such a good model!"
Tina Salven
Asset Manager, Portus Retail
“We used Alex Housego on a recent green field development that required a strong planning team that were able to commit substantial capital to the vendors up front. This was something that we were unable to source despite contracting the services of the two largest property companies in the UK.
Not only did Alex source the perfect partner but he also used his quantitative skill set to remodel the developers’ appraisal thus releasing an additional 9% profit to us.
His services were invaluable.”
Henry Anderson
Aurora Property Group
“The brief was simple – help us to build a spreadsheet that would allow us to manage a loan book and to incorporate payments received or not, arrears, costs, interest on arrears & costs etc.
Several months down the line and after we changed the brief at least twenty times Alex has created for us an incredible piece of software that not only deals with loan origination & redemptions but also management, costs, monthly statements and detailed monthly accounting. Just for good measure he provided investor cash flows and borrower credit agreements. He delivered the whole suite of software that we needed to run our day to day activities.
Throughout the entire process he has made himself available whatever time of day or night we got in contact. We are not easy people to work for because our standards are extremely high and our threshold for incompetence is very low. He has proved himself to be extremely competent, dedicated, hard-working, innovative and humorous. The value that he has created far exceeds the modest sums that he has charged.
On behalf of the management team at iBridge we thank him for his considerable efforts and for being such a star!”
Robert Sherman
Director, iBridge Loans
“Alex has excellent financial modelling skills. He has modelled a number of complex deals for us including a substantial multi-phased mixed-use JV development involving hurdle rates, overage and several tranches of debt. He is meticulous in his approach and models clearly showing the assumptions, mechanics and outputs of his work with easy access to sensitivities. He is reliable, diligent and a pleasure to work with. We will continue to draw on his skills when needed.”
Nick Shattock
Principal at NS Real Estate Limited. Former Deputy CEO at Quintain Estates and Development PLC
“Alex's Excel and financial modelling skills have been an invaluable resource within the company. He has modelled numerous investment/development and leasehold deals which have been extremely helpful in our clients’ decision making process.”
Anthony Murphy
Senior Surveyor, Ask-re The Property People LLP
The new model now suits us very well and is used both by our land team to appraise new sites but also by our finance team to maintain our business plan model. Subsequent to Alex’s original work we have reverted to him on a number of occasions for tweaks and other changes which as usual have been accommodated swiftly and competently.
We envisage continuing to use Alex’s very strong modelling skills for as long as we can’t justify having someone of his experience within our permanent team.”
Jon Austen
Chief Financial Officer, Audley Retirement Villages
“Our initial brief was complex: to build a financial model for a portfolio of commercial properties comprising a dozen single and multi-tenanted standing assets and developments (with formulae to automatically handle rental growth, rent reviews, breaks, expiries, vacant periods, refurbishments, rent-free periods, relettings, etc), amalgamated quarterly cashflow, annual summary cashflow, financial year cashflow, balance sheet and P&L.
Alex delivered a first draft ahead of time, and was available day and night including weekends to answer any questions and discuss any tweaks. Not only did the final version perform exactly as per the brief, but its clarity and ease-of-use impressed us so much that we started using the individual asset tabs as templates for other projects we were appraising. He then went on to build our in-house master standing investment and development templates which we are all delighted with.
Alex is professional, easy to work with and makes himself available at the drop of a hat. We will continue to call on him and wish him all the best.”
Deirdre Foley
Founder and CEO, D2 Private
"CREIT is a simple to use, easy to follow, highly capable and reliable solution for modelling single-let commercial real estate assets right through to complex portfolios. It provides us with the ability to model a wide range of properties & scenarios (with all of their respective nuances) accurately and efficiently. Having Alex’s expertise on hand is also invaluable."
Will Nelson
Associate Partner, Acre Capital Real Estate LLP
"We have been working with Alex Housego since the start of 2016, and have been incredibly impressed with the Housego Solutions Commercial Real Estate Investment Template and the support service he has provided. For a small business like ours, the ability to bring in an external expert to assist with the financial analysis has been invaluable and allowed us to focus on managing our relationships and expanding the portfolio.
Alex has gone above and beyond to adapt the product to meet our needs."
David Bell
Chief Executive, Darin Partners
“Housego Solutions were given a brief to amalgamate all our varying financial models into a single bespoke template that could be used for a variety of different projects and assumptions that reflected the complex investment strategies that we undertake.
It was also given the brief that inputs and outputs needed to show sensitivities and a clear summary sheet that allowed the data to be analysed quickly and concisely. In addition portfolio functionality was included to compare and contrast underwriting vs actual results.
This has been extremely helpful as it allows us to analyse how we underwrite internally but also perform against given benchmarks.
Alex was on hand throughout and created a model that is now fully fit for purpose.”
Ned Truman
Partner, SW3 Capital
"Alex has been invaluable in helping us to model complex deals encompassing investment, development, joint ventures and operational businesses – often in the same model. Not only is he an excellent analyst but he understands the markets and is quick to recommend effective solutions to the various challenges that we encounter. We highly recommend Alex and look forward to working together on many more deals."
Pedro Milborne
Director, Constantine Real Estate
"Alex Housego has been working with us on a freelance basis since the beginning of the year and has been an invaluable resource for the company. He has conducted detailed reviews of our in-house financial modelling systems and has subsequently improved their robustness and functionality.
He is quick to respond to any queries we may have and has systematically delivered ahead of schedule. In short, we would highly recommend him to any company who is thinking of either outsourcing their financial modelling requirements or bringing in an external expert to complement their in-house resources."
Spencer Steadman
Finance Director, Lumina Real Estate Capital
“Cedarwood had looked to move away from an Excel-based solution to a standard valuation / appraisal programme, but found the debt financing abilities too restrictive for their purposes. Cedarwood therefore reverted back to their original Excel based appraisal system and were looking to take this on to the next level. Cedarwood were introduced to Alex Housego of Housego Solutions.
Alex spent time with Cedarwood understanding their particular model and how the various debt financing arrangements worked. Alex then took the Cedarwood model, and improved it substantially incorporating all the debt finance arrangements Cedarwood use, and updating the model into a more useable format, substantially increasing functionality and at the same time reducing opportunities for errors to creep in. Cedarwood are delighted with Housego Solutions’ attention to detail and speed of delivery as well as their ongoing client support.”
Charlie Withers
Director, Cedarwood Asset Management
“Alex has provided us with a bespoke solution based on his very robust financial model (the HSL Commercial Real Estate Investment Template app). The model is easy to use and the ability to use the output data to layer in specific analysis within a standard Excel sheet is very useful. Alex's willingness to respond day or night to queries gives us comfort that we have the support required to rely on this package for all of our modelling needs.”
Tim Lumsdon
Director, Marchmont Investment Management
"Just a quick note to let you know we are really pleased with how the cashflow model is working – thanks for all your help!"
Chris Northam
Founding Partner, Corbett Northam (formerly Head of City of London Capital Markets at JLL)
“Here at Craigard we have a very opportunist approach to deal making resulting in many different nuances to each potential project. Alex has a very enthusiastic and hands on approach so he has been able to adapt the core model to each situation and has done so very promptly and competently.”
Paul Foster
Director, Craigard
“We have licensed the Housego Solutions Commercial Real Estate Investment Template application as it affords us a bespoke investment analysis system.
The programme, having being prepared by a highly skilled analyst, enables us to present an Investor Presentation in the most professional manner.
The system is easy to use whilst providing us with an accurate matrix of variables.
It is certainly worth highlighting that in addition to the excellent programme one would expect, we also benefit from a superb after sales service.
In short, highly recommended”.
Robert Harris
Director, OXLO Properties
"Alex Housego has been a tremendous addition to the team and helped us fill a much needed gap when several members of the team were away."
Rachel Hanke
Investment Manager, Revetas Capital
"It's easy to master when it's such a good model!"
Tina Salven
Asset Manager, Portus Retail
“We used Alex Housego on a recent green field development that required a strong planning team that were able to commit substantial capital to the vendors up front. This was something that we were unable to source despite contracting the services of the two largest property companies in the UK.
Not only did Alex source the perfect partner but he also used his quantitative skill set to remodel the developers’ appraisal thus releasing an additional 9% profit to us.
His services were invaluable.”
Henry Anderson
Aurora Property Group
“The brief was simple – help us to build a spreadsheet that would allow us to manage a loan book and to incorporate payments received or not, arrears, costs, interest on arrears & costs etc.
Several months down the line and after we changed the brief at least twenty times Alex has created for us an incredible piece of software that not only deals with loan origination & redemptions but also management, costs, monthly statements and detailed monthly accounting. Just for good measure he provided investor cash flows and borrower credit agreements. He delivered the whole suite of software that we needed to run our day to day activities.
Throughout the entire process he has made himself available whatever time of day or night we got in contact. We are not easy people to work for because our standards are extremely high and our threshold for incompetence is very low. He has proved himself to be extremely competent, dedicated, hard-working, innovative and humorous. The value that he has created far exceeds the modest sums that he has charged.
On behalf of the management team at iBridge we thank him for his considerable efforts and for being such a star!”
Robert Sherman
Director, iBridge Loans
“Alex has excellent financial modelling skills. He has modelled a number of complex deals for us including a substantial multi-phased mixed-use JV development involving hurdle rates, overage and several tranches of debt. He is meticulous in his approach and models clearly showing the assumptions, mechanics and outputs of his work with easy access to sensitivities. He is reliable, diligent and a pleasure to work with. We will continue to draw on his skills when needed.”
Nick Shattock
Principal at NS Real Estate Limited. Former Deputy CEO at Quintain Estates and Development PLC
“Alex's Excel and financial modelling skills have been an invaluable resource within the company. He has modelled numerous investment/development and leasehold deals which have been extremely helpful in our clients’ decision making process.”
Anthony Murphy
Senior Surveyor, Ask-re The Property People LLP