Lodge Lane, Essex.
- Acquisition: £4.0m freehold on Ardleigh Reservoir, near Colchester (CO7) — 8-bed mansion with existing holiday cabins generating ~£700k annual revenue.
- Rationale: established hospitality income on day one, plus surplus land and consents for material expansion — clear path from yield to capital re-rating.
- Value-add programme: £500k capex to add 5 further luxury cabins, lifting revenue by ~£250k. Wedding licence and corporate retreat use add further upside not in base case.
- Stabilised: £4.5m total invested · £950k revenue · ~£713k NOI (after 25% opex) · gross yield 21.1% on cost.
- Hold: 10 years. Exit ~£10m via continued operation or sale to hospitality operator. Combined market growth + income re-rating implies ~100% capital uplift.