Dream Develop Delight
We develop homes that people aspire to, and love to live in.
We develop homes that people aspire to, and love to live in.
01 WHO WE ARE
The shortage in appropriately priced housing in the UK is well documented. There’s huge scope to contribute much needed new homes to the current UK stock, especially here in the southeast where councils have unprecedented housing waiting lists. In many key cities, in popular areas, even the private rentals that are available, are vastly oversubscribed.
With the founder an already established ‘Interior Designer’ and business owner Cedar Rise boasts the rare USP….
In terms of immediate environment Cedar Rise works with the current street scene to ensure complementary newness, not incongruity. Sympathetic interpretations of local architecture and trends will be reflected inside and outside our developments. Preferences of local planning offices will be considered and specifics around the ‘local plan’ will be respected.
All homes are professionally interior designed and finished
02 OUR STORY
Hilary and Clive Spanswick participated so compendiously in self-building their ambitious, grand design-esk, new home they decided to do it again, this time commercially. Transitioning into ‘Property’ from senior roles in alternative but related sectors they bring an abundance of appropriate skills and experience, capability, and drive.
“2019 we invested everything into self-building our dream home. An ambitious multiplex first project, it careered into the start of Covid which brought the world to a standstill, as we’re all acutely aware. With a giant hole in the ground where previously our home had stood, we had to overcome seemingly endless adversity over the following eighteen-month program. Our capacity and resource were tested in unprecedented measure. Despite extraordinary circumstances we managed to build that dream home which continues to delight and overdeliver in equal measures.”—
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“2019 we invested everything into self-building our dream home. An ambitious multiplex first project, it careered into the start of Covid which brought the world to a standstill, as we’re all acutely aware. With a giant hole in the ground where previously our home had stood, we had to overcome seemingly endless adversity over the following eighteen-month program. Our capacity and resource were tested in unprecedented measure. Despite extraordinary circumstances we managed to build that dream home which continues to delight and overdeliver in equal measures.”
03 TEAM
‘We have proven track records in running successful businesses and brands over many years which translates comfortably into property development.’
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Hilary’s held senior ‘Sales and Marketing’ roles, in the beauty industry. She’s been established at senior levels in fashion designer companies and more recently niche fragrance brands in luxury.
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Clive is a successful and sought after ‘business start up champion’ within tech.
These careers have honed skills in the following, core to success in any sector, and indeed in life:
Leadership
Communication
Resource optimisation
Creative thinking to successfully problem-solve.
PROFESSIONALS
“We celebrate experience and work with the best professionals across each discipline. Architects are the authors of any successful development. Similarly, we revere excellence in building companies, project managers, engineers, property lawyers, planning and cost consultants, all of whom are vital to any scheme.”
LEARNING
Formal education with established and reputable property development training providers is established and ongoing.
DESIGN
Function and form. Or is it form and function? Fashion designers are ever present in Hilary’s career. In addition to this she is now qualified in interior design. Her love affair with all things house and home began as soon as their first project was ‘out of the ground’. Extensive research and learning followed by value added networking enabled her to add significant value to the project by competitive buying. She procured approximately 80% of all interior items from staircase to windows, hardware to kitchens. Tactile Interiors uk is her sister business which is leveraged in property deals ensuring a Cedar Rise USP of interior designed and finished homes every time.
04 ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS
Cedar Rise plans to complement existing urbanisation by adding safe and pleasant new developments to established residential settlements. In addition to these Cedar Rise will actively seek less obvious, but ‘up and coming’ neighbourhoods to develop, and to develop in.
The sweet spot is small scale conversions from light industrial and office buildings into residential using permitted development rights in North London, Middlesex, Herts and Bucks.
Opportunities for larger, higher spec individual projects, bespoke or prospected are also sought in the same areas.
Environment
Investment Opportunities
Reform Refunction, Refresh
Construction in the UK is the industry producing the most waste. In 2018 of the 222 million tonnes of UK waste produced, 138 tonnes of that was construction, demolition and excavation waste (62%). By repurposing unloved, light industrial and office buildings into homes, in addition to the primary objective of supplying beautiful homes, we are proud to have minimised the impact on the environment in doing so.
Cedar Rise works across a full range of financing options from self funding, commercial lending and investment from private lenders.
We’re delighted to offer generous investment opportunities to our collaborators and wider networks both in the short term and over longer periods.
