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Voted TrailBlazer by Property Week

Humbled to be a Property Week Resi Trailblazer! But can the person who nominated me please step forward! Genuinely, was it you? Over the last 15 years of developing and delivering homes, I have learned that there is so much room in the industry to do things differently and be a solution. Having launched Click Above back 2016, the team and I have worked extremely hard to deliver homes we are…

November 6, 2020
Navigating Project Delays: How the Liquidation of Mid Group Holdings Ltd Has Affected the Completion Timeline of the 238-unit Aspire Development

In July 2022 – the Main Contractor for our 238 homes scheme in Scheme Aspire, the multi award winning contractor Mid Group Holdings went into Liquidation. The Aspire Development in Slough, consisting of 238 units, was progressing steadily towards its scheduled completion date in July 2022. It was behind schedule, but Click were being informed by all the professionals that Mid Group were able to finish the scheme by Sept…

July 4, 2023
Taking the rough, with the smooth…

I’ve been reflecting on this decision for quite some time now, and it is with a tinge of regret that I write to share some important news about one of our SPV companies which sits under the umbrella of Click Above Ltd. Today, I want to address the difficult decision we had to make: placing Click St Andrews Ltd into liquidation. As a Managing Director, this is never an easy…

June 2, 2023
How do property developers identify a property hot spots?

April 13, 2023
Being Silent is a Virtue. ;-)

I’ve been asked so many times about meditation that I thought it was time to explain a little about finding space to make an important decision. I’m not for one moment suggesting that meditation is the answer to everything. Or because I meditate daily, that i’m enlightened, or a guru, or spiritual advanced making me better than any other person. Although put simply because i meditate i find for me…

April 13, 2023
Launch of YouTube Channel

We’ve just launched a new channel on www.youtube.com recently. providing insights into the common questions i’ve been asked over the years regarding property matters. Covering planning, self build, and investment property questions.

September 3, 2022
2007-2008 Financial Crisis and the UK – Property Week Trailblazer Award Winner Aaron Emmett Explains

June 30, 2022
Is there going to be a housing crash in the UK? – Aaron Emmett explains

June 9, 2022
I posed a question to the London Mayor in 2017. Nothing has changed.

We want to build attainably priced houses.. Councils STILL prohibit that.

November 22, 2020
Permitted Development Rights – Will it increase homes built in London?

We made the press again today, in the Evening Standard. The premise of the article is does PD for roof top development help? The answer is partially. Of course lessening the red tape does assist, but in reality there’s still opportunity for the Council’s to refuse. And low and behold, we’ve got a scenario where one such council is using their ability to refuse, despite a perfectly feasible scheme being…

September 3, 2020