Dave Hartnett - £50m GDV in 18 months

The Growth Show with Matt Lenzie

Dave Hartnett joined the latest edition of "The Growth Show", Dave is a property developer has amassed a £50m GDV portfolio of property during the Covid lockdowns, spending many hours identifying properties and securing JV's with landowners.

Dave specialises in approaching landowners off-market and entering into joint ventures with landowners to add value through planning and development. The approach of using JV’s reduces the capital requirement for the development deals which he is doing, as there is “money in the deal already”.

Dave offers the landowner the “land value” plus an uplift based upon the additional value which is created through development.

Dave believes this is potentially the biggest time for property opportunities in our lifetimes, therefore he is hugely optimistic about the value and volume of opportunities which are out there due to recent changes in planning rules with class MA and class ZA.

Dave has done a huge amount of personal development and is an advocate getting a mentor at the right time and he strongly feels that this has helped him on his journey.

- Don’t be put off by lack of experience, you can borrow this from other partners

- The money is out there if the deal stacks, don’t not get started because you don’t have enough cash

- Go for 5-10 units rather than 1-2 units, these sites have economies of scale

- Create a win-win-win scenario with the landowner the council and for the developer

- Build up your list of contacts and your investor pool

- Identify a good area, make sure it is profitable, high £ per square foot

- Download the Jim Rohn Audible book The Ultimate Jim Rohn Library - trust me I've done this, it is worth the time!

Dave is contactable through:

https://www.mountbattenestates.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/davehartnet