Lizzie Sears

Director

Development Consultancy

Expertise

With over 10 years of experience Lizzie specialises in providing Affordable Housing valuation and development consultancy advice; as well as negotiating and advising on complex development viability matters. 

A qualified Chartered Surveyor and RICS Registered Valuer, Lizzie specialises in providing advice relating to the Affordable Housing sector. She also has experience providing advice across a range of residential sectors including, Student Accommodation, BTR and Private For Sale schemes. 

Lizzie has experience working as Development Manager in Joint Venture Partnerships running early feasibility exercises, liaising with wider design teams and planners in respect of ensuring appropriate scheme design to maximise value and deliverability.   

Lizzie works with clients to identify existing asset opportunities running options appraisals to add and realise value. 

Lizzie’s clients include Housing Associations, Pension Funds, Local Authorities; landowners, developers and investors. 

Highlights

  • Providing acquisition, S106 and sales valuation advice to a number of G15 Housing Associations including L&Q, Sage and Home Group
  • Experience working within JV Partnership on Secondment to OUD as Development Manager working with L&G and Oxford University
  • Providing Financial Viability Advice to a range of developer clients including sifgnificant schemes in LB Newham and LLDC for Muse and Danescroft.
  • Provision of strategic development advice in relation to specialist affordablilty linked tenures.
  • Advising on affordable housing input to Strategic Brief and Product Briefs at Masterplanning Stage.

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