In the build-to-rent market, success doesn’t end when the development is complete. Long-term performance depends on effective asset management – whether it is being operated by the investor, an opco, or a third-party operator – ensuring your investment delivers consistent returns, remains competitive, and meets evolving tenant expectations.
Good asset management means:
- Maximising occupancy and income - Through tenant retention strategies and operational efficiency.
- Controlling costs - Identifying savings without compromising service quality.
- Enhancing value - Strategic improvements and ESG compliance to future-proof your portfolio.
- Reducing risk - Managing legal, financial, and operational risks throughout the asset lifecycle.
- Reporting - Being able to measure the efficiency of the asset though comprehensive reporting.
How we can help
Gateley provides end-to-end support for BTR asset management, combining legal, tax, and property expertise to optimise performance and protect value:
- Structure - Ensure your investment structure adequately protects your interests whether that is the negotiation of the Property and Asset Management Agreement or the implementation of a PropCo/ OpCo structure.
- Legal and compliance oversight - Stay ahead of regulatory requirements and manage contractual risk effectively. Support includes certificate verification and documentation, compliance checks at scheme handover, and ongoing review of legislative changes.
- Data coordination and reporting - Collecting over 150 data fields per asset to support day to day asset management and portfolio level reporting as well as forecasting, valuations and risk management – allowing up to date, data-driven decision making.
- Tax and financial strategy - Maximise tax reliefs such as Land Remediation Relief, optimise structures, and plan for long-term profitability.
- Operational performance - Advice on service charge management, lease structures, and tenant engagement strategies.
- Defects - from defects identification and tracking to developer liaison and defects resolution, we support the full process to ensure defects are resolved effectively and make good certificates issued.
- Portfolio growth - Strategic guidance on acquisitions, disposals, and refinancing to drive returns.
With Gateley, you gain more than an advisor – you gain a partner committed to helping your BTR assets thrive. Our multidisciplinary approach ensures your portfolio is profitable, compliant, and future-ready.
just some of our experience
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We advised a national property manager on its precedent form of Asset Management Agreement for contracting with funds in relation to the asset management of multi-million-pound PRS funds. Controlling Costs: Identifying savings without compromising service quality.
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