As urban areas continue to expand, mixed-use development is emerging as a sustainable and innovative approach to modern urban planning. By blending residential, commercial, and recreational spaces into a single, cohesive community...
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Land more deals.
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Nimbus is a game-changer for residential developers and investors. Match your property requirement to all viable opportunities and connect directly with owners to secure the best possible sites at scale, on and off-market.
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We'll also save you around 80% of the time you spend checking site viability, giving you a full 360-degree view of all the best opportunities in any area - freeing you up to land more deals.
As a residential developer or investor we can help you
- Develop a scaleable pipeline of off-market residential development opportunities
- Connect with owners at scale to acquire at a price that suits you, and on terms that suit you - every time.
- Access all the information you need in one place
- Save 80% of the time you usually spend on researching a site's viability
- Effortlessly check financial viability of any proposed opportunity
- Easily check planning potential for any scheme
Develop a scaleable pipeline of off-market opportunities
Our powerful search tools allow you to identify pre-qualified opportunities at scale, so you can build a scaleable off-market pipeline of sites to target, with or without planning.
Connect with owners at scale
Use our in-built My Sites tool to effortlessly connect with owners of properties and sites that match your requirement. Track interest received and stay organised so you can land the best deals.
Access all the information you need in one place
Access everything you need from the various sources you'd usually go to, including ownership, property sizes, uses, values, planning applications and constraints, comps, and local market trends, all in one place, and in real-time - saving you 80% of the time you'd usually spend checking a site's viability.
Save 80% of the time you usually spend on researching a site's viability
By bringing information together from places such as the Land Registry, councils' planning portals, Historic England, Environment Agency and many more, you no longer need to waste your valuable time bouncing between websites. Our customers tell us that this alone saves them 80% of the time they'd usually spend trawling sites.
Effortlessly check financial viability of any opportunity
Access complete information on residential and land comparables together with commercial property listings and comparables, to give you a complete picture of your predicted sales price as well as existing use and land values of the site you're acquiring, so you can be sure an opportunity truly stacks up.
Easily check planning viability for any scheme
Use our real-time planning information to instantly see planning histories on or around a target site together with potential planning constraints such as flood zones, listed buildings, greenbelt and AONB that could impact your proposed development. Make a swift assessment of whether your site will obtain consent or not.
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residential developers
Site-finding filters
Match your unique property requirement to opportunities in any location using an array of easy-to-use filters (size, use class, EPC rating, start and end lease dates, planning constraints and more) – or let us do the work for you with one of our inbuilt pre-defined strategies.
Permitted development (PD) rights searches
Use Nimbus strategy overlays to instantly plot opportunities where PD Rights, such as Class MA, ZA, G, A, AA apply, having first checked for planning and financial viability - so you can be sure you're targeting sites where obtaining planning will be quicker and easier.
My Sites
Efficiently manage your property searches with our inbuilt Kanban-style project board, My Sites. Use it to track updates and response rates and as the launch pad for your direct-to-vendor letter campaigns so you can contact owners at scale, with ease.
Info panel
See all the information you need on a property in a single click – including ownership, property sizes, uses, values, planning applications, constraints, and more – saving you 80% of the time you would usually spend on assessing a site.
Residential comparables
Our comparables tool for commercial and residential properties (including land comps for the latter) gives you the existing use and land values and predicted sales prices. Gain a complete picture of the value proposition so you can make sure your proposed scheme stacks up.
Planning history and constraints
Use our real-time planning information to see planning histories on or around a target site so you can see at a glance if any potential planning constraints (such as flood zones, listed buildings, greenbelt or areas of natural beauty) could impact your proposed development.
Key reads for residential developers on the Nimbus blog
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Uncovering hidden development opportunities using Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) sites involves a blend of detailed research, strategic analysis, and proactive thinking. SHLAA is a vital resource that highl...
The Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) is a vital planning document in the UK, offering insights into the availability and suitability of land for residential development. By leveraging SHLAA data, property dev...