Discreet acquisition of retail and hospitality sites.
I'm Andy. For twelve years I ran London restaurants and bars, including Happiness Forgets, Chesham Arms and Bad Sports. I sourced the sites and negotiated more than forty leases.
Now I do the same for retail and hospitality operators.
Get in touch →There are just under 40,000 restaurants, bars and pubs in London. I start from all of them, not from what happens to be marketed this month.
I work with founder-led and growing operators opening their first, second or tenth site. The search is the same at any size, though the first lease is often where someone in your corner matters most.
Method
I source sites on and off market: overlooked listings, empty units, operators quietly winding down and freeholders open to the right approach.
The property portals are usually the last place a site appears. Earlier signals show up in licensing, ratings, vacancy, lease and ownership data.
I use 30+ public sources to narrow the field, then trace the ownership, establish the lease position, walk the street and inspect the building.
How it works
We meet, free, and define the requirement.
I search on and off market, check the strongest sites and approach the ones you approve.
When you choose one, I negotiate the terms and manage the process to completion.
| First meeting | Free |
| Setup | £2,500, credited against completion |
| On-market | 10% of first year's rent |
| Off-market | 20% of first year's rent |
Half is due at heads of terms and half at completion. No retainer. No fee on sites you do not take.
One operator per requirement. Nothing I work on goes on a list.
Contact
Looking for a site? Email me or call and we'll book the first meeting, in person or on video.
andy@bird.properties
07973 695517
92–96 De Beauvoir Road, London N1 4EN
For agents and surveyors
You bring the requirement. I extend the search, including direct and off-market approaches.
You keep the client. Fees are agreed in advance.
Current requirements: café and bakery units of 1,000–2,000 sq ft, delivery-led food units of 800–1,500 sq ft, and wine-led sites in the City and central London.