Field notes

Short pieces from the drawing room: how we treat lease averages, income that moved because you sold something, and maps that do not impersonate credit quality.

Daylit office interior with long desks

Drawing WALE so a single tenant cannot hide

A weighted average lease expiry that looks tidy can still rest on one covenant. Here is how we split the bar before it reaches the committee table.

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Keys resting on a residential property brochure

Like-for-like income and the lots you sold in March

A rising income line after a disposal is not a miracle. It is a change of stock. This note sets out how we keep those two stories on separate plates.

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Empty contemporary office floor awaiting occupiers

Occupancy colour that does not impersonate covenant strength

Green for let and red for void feels obvious until a weak covenant is painted the same green as a government occupier. We keep those keys apart.

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Calm meeting room with a wooden table and chairs

What to bring to a holdings sitting in Magdalen Laver

The sitting is not a tour of our office. It is a working pass through the stock list. This is the bundle that lets us finish in a morning.

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Exterior of a large industrial shed

Lot mix on East Midlands industrial estates

A fund that looks ‘all industrial’ on a pie chart can still be a handful of large sheds plus a fringe of yards. The mix plate should say so.

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