Suresh Vagjiani

This week we exchanged on a small deal on behalf of a client.  What was interesting was the story around the deal.  Of course merely doing the deal has a buzz to it as well; though it was a small…

Are you running your business, or is your business running you? Over a decade ago, I wrote about a visit to a client at 8am on a Saturday morning; before he opened up his pharmacy.  At the time of writing,…

Many deals, especially development ones, are held in a company.  There are many tax benefits for holding a property in this manner.    We are looking at a deal where the clients have held a property for about 38 years, they…

We are exploring an interesting deal in West London.  The reason it’s of interest is not architectural, it’s the numbers.  More specifically the certainty of the numbers.    The property is a mixed use building, a shop and uppers.  The…

There is a property in a prominent location in Holborn, notably near to Bury Place, where the first Hare Krishna Temple in Britain was opened in the 70s, which keeps turning up to auction, but doesn’t sell.  Normally a property…