Estate Life Property Owners Questionnaire
We would like to learn more about your property and determine some of your needs. Please answer the questions below and return by email to enquiries@estate-life.com. We will supply you with a complimentary Initial View. Please number answers in your reply.
Your History
1. What is the name of the property that is the focus of this enquiry, full address and postcode? Please provide correspondance contact details if different.
2. What is the brief ownership history of your estate?
3. Please provide a cursory history of your property. Understanding that houses are modified over time, a brief idea of the architectural history of the house, and the most historic aspect(s) are helpful, are there any famous historic associations?
4. Do you have any photos of the house and estate that are easy to email to us? (we ask this even if you have a website with photos)
Marketing, Media and Events
5. What sort of event, if any, have you had on your estate (including family events)?
6. Do you currently market or advertise your property anywhere? Has it ever been mentioned in the media?
7. If you do undertake some marketing, what has been the most successful?
8. Do you have a website and if so, how much traffic do you get?
9. Has your property ever been used for a film location and if so, what film?
10. Have you ever done a complete analysis of your marketing endeavors?
Additional business uses
11. Please give us a brief summary of other diversification activities on your estate (i.e. do you hire out your stables for livery, or are there any sporting pursuits or do you generate local produce)?
12. Do you know of any local competition for your commercial activities?
13. How many bedrooms do you have available for hire, if any?
14. Are there any times in the year that you prefer not to have any commercial activity happening on the estate?
15. Can you briefly summarize your short-term and long-term goals for the estate?
16. What are the biggest overhead costs for running your property? (Estate Life creates buying power for estates registered with us).
Estate Life Network
1. Estate Life Networking Events
Estate Life gathers experts to speak on the latest issues regarding business diversification on estates; what are your greatest concerns at the moment / what specialist could offer you the most relevant information?
2. Your Professional Skills
Outside of running your estate, do you have any professional or commercial skills?
If you are looking for an investor, please provide:
3. An overview of existing use of your estate and property assets
4. Details of any recent land valuations with respect to both existing and planned usage
5. Existing and / or planned strategy for management of estate and any related financial projections
6. Projected level of any required investment and use of funds
