Property Due Diligence and Registration Feasibility

Registration feasibility. Whether the property can realistically be registered at all, and on what terms. We assess the building against the regulator's expectations for the service type — Care Inspectorate premises and environment expectations and the Health and Social Care Standards in Scotland; Regulation 15 of the 2014 Regulated Activities Regulations and the Single Assessment Framework in England — and identify the conditions likely to be attached to registration, the realistic maximum capacity the layout will support, and the works needed before an application would stand up. 
 
Where a children's service is proposed in England, we complete the location assessment the Children's Homes Regulations require, covering local risk, proximity to services, and community context. We also flag the adjacent consents that sink registrations: planning use class, HMO licensing where supported living is proposed, building standards or building control approval for change of use, and fire authority engagement.Use of space.
 
A room-by-room appraisal producing a Schedule of Accommodation — bedroom sizes and en-suite provision, communal and dining space per resident, assisted bathing, clinical and treatment space, medication storage, laundry and IPC-compliant dirty-to-clean flow, staff facilities, office and confidential meeting space, storage, and circulation. We assess accessibility and adaptation potential, sightlines and supervision, dementia-friendly design where relevant, garden and outdoor access, and the practical staffing implications of the layout, since a building that forces a fourth staffing zone changes the operating model permanently.
 
Where the space is inefficient, we set out reconfiguration options with an indicative cost band and the capacity each option unlocks. Category of care. A written recommendation on what the building should be registered as, which is not always what the vendor or the agent has assumed. Care home with or without nursing; older adults, dementia, learning disability and autism, mental health, or substance use; supported living or housing support rather than a care home; children's residential. The recommendation weighs the physical fabric against the regulatory expectations for each category, and against what the local market will actually commission — including, in England, whether the model and setting would survive scrutiny under Right Support, Right Care, Right Culture.Demand, need, and viability.
 
Local population and projection data, dependency and prevalence trends, existing supply and grades or ratings of competing services within a defined travel radius, occupancy and voids across that market, local authority and health board commissioning intentions, the split between commissioned and self-funding demand, prevailing and achievable fee rates, and the labour market — because staffing availability determines whether a viable service can be run at all. This is set against a financial model showing occupancy build-up, staffing cost at the recommended registration category, capital works, and a break-even position under base, downside, and upside scenarios.The written recommendation.
 
You receive a single report with a clear position on each of the four areas, a red/amber/green summary at the front, and a proceed, proceed-with-conditions, or do-not-proceed conclusion with the reasoning stated plainly. Where the answer is conditional, we set out exactly what would need to change — works, category, capacity, price — for it to become a sound acquisition. Where the answer is no, we say so and explain why, which is the outcome that saves clients the most money.