How it works
We agree scope and rhythm at the start: how much time each month, what it covers, and what would be scoped separately. That boundary is what keeps a retainer from quietly becoming a delivery contract at a discount.
In practice it is a standing line — a call when a question is too big for an email, attendance at a board or investment committee by arrangement, and a considered view on live decisions rather than a report three weeks later.
Discrete pieces of work are quoted separately, so the retainer stays what it is meant to be: access to judgement.
What is included
- Investors — market entry, sector strategy, portfolio questions, board and investment committee attendance, opinion on live deals.
- Proptech — product roadmap, sector direction, pre-launch feedback, competitor movement, advisory board seat.
- Suppliers — sector intelligence, a client-side view of what operators will actually buy, commercial model input.
Why RESI Consultancy
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We have sat on the other side of this work. The people delivering it have run the buildings, written the budgets and defended the numbers to owners — which is a different starting point from a framework and a benchmark.
We take no introduction fee or commission from any operator or vendor, and we do not bid for the work we advise on. Any interest that could be perceived as a conflict is declared in writing before an engagement begins.
Outcomes
Judgement when you need it
A considered view on a live decision, rather than a report three weeks later.
Fewer avoidable mistakes
Sector knowledge applied before a commitment rather than after it.
A clear boundary
Scope and rhythm agreed up front, so the retainer stays what it is meant to be.
Common questions
Asked often enough to answer here.
What does a retained arrangement include?
An agreed volume of advisory time each month, direct access between scheduled sessions, and attendance at board or committee meetings by arrangement. Discrete pieces of work — a tender, a report, a full review — are scoped and quoted separately so the retainer stays what it is meant to be: access to judgement, not a discounted delivery contract.
Free first conversation
Tell us what is not working.
Most people arrive with a scheme that is not performing, an operator they cannot read, or a board paper due Friday. Any of those is a fine place to start. Thirty minutes, no proposal attached.