Whitecap has worked with BuildStore over recent years providing external support on a number of strategic initiatives, all of which have focused on the significnat growth potential of the self build and custom build markets. The Government has pledged to help the public deliver 50,000 custom and self build homes by 2030, however supply and demand issues are holding the growth of this sector back.

Initially, Whitecap was asked by BuildStore to help develop an outline strategy for a new business venture in this sector. This involved working closely with the chief executive to understand the business vision and aims, then articulating this into professionally structured documentation to enable meaningful conversations with potential industry partners.

More recently we have worked with BuildStore and a third party partner to help develop and articulate an innovative initiative that will help provide increased mortgage funding to the evolving custom build sector. This will help deliver circa 8,000 new homes by 2020, equating to a mortgage lending of just under £2bn, rising to £4bn by 2025. Whitecap developed a proposition document covering strategy and operating model, and outlining how various stakeholders could work together to provide a valuable service to customers and mortgage lenders.

“BuildStore is a forward thinking company in an exciting sector of the mortgage and property market. Their expertise in the self build space is second to none and we are proud to work alongside the BuildStore team at a strategic level, providing the structure and bandwidth required to progress their growth plans whilst they focused on the day to day pressures of running a successful growing business.”
Julian Wells, Director, Whitecap Consulting.

“We believe mortgage lenders will see self build and custom build as a niche of increasingly significant potential that offers opportunity in a market where growth is currently difficult to achieve. With support from Whitecap, we have been developing what we feel is a compelling proposition for mortgage lenders and other key stakeholders, not least the customers themselves.”

“The team at Whitecap has a deep expertise in the mortgage market and this, combined with their core competences in strategy and marketing, makes our working relationship very efficient. They understood what we require and have the expertise to give guidance and produce documentation that is of tangible value to our business.”
Raymond Connor, Chief Executive, BuildStore