Overview

The Waterford Group was formed in the early part of 2000 by Philip Moross, (the Managing Director of the General Partner) a seasoned real estate professional, whose principle area of expertise is in planning, development and sales of high value residential properties in London.

Waterford believes it can generate superior returns for its investors by employing a disciplined investment approach, making investments in individual, high value residential development schemes in desirable locations in London.

The management of Waterford takes advantage of their in depth understanding of local planning rules, acquiring sites which will benefit from prudent and careful redevelopment and securing the optimum density for such development on each acquired site by entering into planned negotiations with the local planning offices.

Waterford believes that by consistently pursuing a specific, opportunistic approach to real estate investment in its area of expertise, it can achieve premium returns at a lower risk within relatively short holding periods. The approach focuses on market and property fundamentals to identify well located opportunities where demand  outweighs supply for the product that they are able to construct.

Waterford’s management team has the goal of establishing and maintaining, “market presence” in its target markets. Waterford seeks to establish strong market intelligence, attempting to generate leading edge information and produce investment opportunities before they become broadly known to competitors.

Waterford concentrates in a sector of the real estate market which is considered to be less volatile than most sectors and is reasonably protected against modest recessionary conditions. The high value residential market is generally not affected by a rising interest rate environment which has a negative effect on most sectors of the for-sale residential market.Waterford focuses on markets where:(a) it perceives favourable supply demand dynamics over medium to long term and (b) on developing in markets that allow for sales to take place in the near term.

In short Waterford aspires to acquire the “best” properties in locations where it has an intelligence advantage and it can secure a planning gain to reduce the risks ordinarily attached to speculative development.