Off-plan property investment in London

Amoka’s London list is a short one by design. The schemes here are new build residential blocks in neighbourhoods where the transport case is already made rather than promised: Battersea on the riverside, a few minutes’ walk from Clapham Junction; Cricklewood in north London; and High Barnet, next to The Spires at the outer edge of the city. All three are leasehold apartment buildings rather than houses, and all three are bought for the long hold.

Buying off-plan in London works the same way as buying off-plan anywhere else in England and Wales. You reserve a unit with a deposit, your solicitor reviews the contract and the lease, you exchange and pay the exchange deposit, and the balance falls due on completion once the building has been signed off. The gap between reservation and completion is usually measured in years, so the payment plan matters as much as the price. Each development page sets out the developer, the tenure, the service charge where we have it, the completion date and the stage payments, so you can see exactly what is due and when.

London suits a buyer who is not relying on rental income to carry the purchase, who can fund the completion balance without assuming a particular valuation, and who is holding long enough to sit through a soft market rather than sell into one. If that is not you, one of the regional cities is usually the better fit, and we will say so on the call rather than after you have reserved. Register your interest on any development and we will send the full particulars and the current pricing schedule.