Lease support

A continuously high degree of occupancy of your investment object, is there any investor saying ‘no’ to that? By matching the building to occupier’s demands, the risk for vacancy will definitely diminish. Rietmeijer Building & Workplace Consultancy offers its extensive expertise of the occupier’s demands for giving insight in the opportunities for improving your investment. Is the building sufficiently appealing to a tenant in its current state? What are the solutions in order that it becomes easier to lease? That can often be done very simply by adapting the entrance, changing the division between tenants or improving the exterior area or logistics. Our close cooperation with CB Richard Ellis gives an important added value in this sense.

Are you already in discussion with a potential tenant? Our Customised Property Marketing Book is the ultimate way to provide more insight into the user possibilities of your building. Via a brief intake with your candidate, we compile a brochure which is entirely directed towards their needs and requirements. The detailed layout plans (test fits) are very recognisable and give clear insight into what the building can mean to their organisation.

Technical advice

In property management and maintenance you may have encountered the need for a second opinion regarding a proposal from your suppliers. It is of course important that any technical solutions are worth the investment that your are considering. Even more so, they should be the right solution for the situation at hand. Rietmeijer Building Consultancy is able to looking precisely at your question and gives clear answers as to the feasibility of the supplier’s proposal. However, also in case there is no proposal yet, our team at Rietmeijer stands at your service for any technical advice.

Technical due diligence

One step further in technical advice is the Rietmeijer service in buying real estate. A Purchaser’s Technical Due Diligence done by Rietmeijer offers information on the technical condition of the building. Be it a single property or a real estate portfolio.

The technical surveys are conducted in a swift and skilled manner. They report clearly on the condition of the real estate, any malfunctions, the nature of the budgets for regular and unforeseen maintenance (arrears), as well as any other areas of attention which might be important. The Technical Due Diligence reports offer you the right basis for deciding to buy a property or refrain from it.

Vendor due diligence

Being a business unit of CB Richard Ellis, Rietmeijer is often closely cooperating in sales processes of real estate (portfolios), the so-called Vendor Due Diligences. The Technical Due Diligence is then the responsibility of Rietmeijer. The duration of the selling process can be considerably shortened by providing an extensive Vendor Pack, offering legal documents on the one hand and on the other any conceivable technical documentation of the most recent dates. By doing so, the candidate buyers can easily dispose of all necessary information beforehand in order to prepare a well-based bid. Subsequently, Rietmeijer is often offering a so-called ‘reliance letter’ on its reports, as a result of which the buyer can rely on the assessed condition of the property also after closing the purchase. It saves time for him and provides you with more securities in the process.

Building records

Technical data is valuable. A part of the Technical Due Diligence is also the overview of the various reports compiled for the benefit of a real estate object. Is there a NEN 2580 measurement report, an energy performance certificate (EPA-U) or are there other technical, constructional or environmental reports? A well documented building dossier will always come in useful. If the essential reports are not available, Rietmeijer Building Consultancy will ensure that the dossier is supplemented correctly by qualified survey firms.

New building developments

There are many monitoring moments during the course of a new building development, from the start of construction through to completion. If you have invested in a development which is not yet ready, you will require monitoring of the building process. Is the object being built and supplied according to the specifications, are any modifications in keeping with the agreed quality level and is the construction process progressing according to the given planning and budgets? You will receive the answers to this and other questions if Rietmeijer does the monitoring on your behalf. And so you keep control of your investment and have the certainty that any periodic instalments are in keeping with the construction rate. Should situations arise to which you must react formally and directly towards the seller/developer, Rietmeijer Building Consultancy will advise you on the steps to be taken.

Renovation

Renovation may sometimes be required or essential in order to increase the options for leasing existing real estate. Think in terms of a different façade finish, upgrading or replacement of the technical installations or improvement of the general areas.

Rietmeijer makes a survey of the current condition, looks into the opportunity for renovation and formulates a renovation plan, including working drawings, working descriptions and the renovation budget. If required, Rietmeijer can supervise the entire renovation process for you, whether you choose to work with a main contractor or wish to contract out the work to various specialist parties. This is all done at the quality level you would expect from Rietmeijer, by working towards results and steering in terms of planning, budget and quality.