Research suggests that there are between 40 million and up to as many as 80 million searches on property portals per month in the UK alone, yet until now, there is not one portal dedicated to unmodernised property, despite a pent up demand for this kind of property.
The rise in TV programmes focusing on property renovation has led to an increase in people wanting to buy and renovate their own property, however, people have to trawl through hundreds of sets of property details on portals or estate agents' websites in order to find something suitable.
New portal, unmodernised.com, is set to make the search for that hidden gem that's ripe for renovation, a whole lot easier, as these properties are now in one place online.
unmodernised.com features a live search function of unmodernised property throughout the UK, as well as news and features for property developers and buyers interested in searching for, or renovating, unmodernised property.
The website works by agents uploading their property data in the same way as they do to their own website, selecting unmodernised.com's portal button in their software interface as they do so.
Users can search for property in a specific area or price range, and unmodernised.com presents results in a list and resizable map format. unmodernised.com's database currently consists of more than 3,000 properties, with more being added every day by estate agents.
The website offers more than just a property search tool, with a range of information for those interested in unmodernised property.
There's a daily feature on unmodernised properties fresh on the market, a ticker-tape of links to live, newly uploaded property, a Real-time section featuring video coverage of property developments as they progress, an 'Ask the Experts' section where users can ask experts for feedback and help with their property development questions and information on upcoming auctions.
Registered users can also receive email alerts of content updates, feature properties and newly-added unmodernised property. In future, users will be able to access specially developed buying and renovation calculators and easy-to-use project management software.
Julian Bryson, one of the founders of unmodernised.com, comments:
"As a property investor and developer myself, I would spend hours trawling through portals and agents' websites to find the right property, so I realised that there was a gap in the market for a portal dedicated to unmodernised property.
"Our research and personal experience has proven that there is enormous pent-up demand from buyers for unmodernised property, either for a personal project or as a means to investment, yet there is not one portal dedicated to this kind of property.
"We wanted to create a 'one-stop-shop' for unmodernised property, so there's not only the search facility, but a whole range of advice and information for anyone interested in unmodernised property.
"Our experience tells us that property buyers and investors will find the site useful, and we will continue to progress the site and increase the volume of property on it every day."
