Investment Thesis

Structured entry points into compounding real estate.

Calvarygate acquires and operates cash-flowing residential property across the UK and US — engineered on a repeatable capital cycle, not a single purchase. Built for partners underwriting a decade, not a deal.

The Thesis

Three property types. One underwriting standard: net positive from month one.

Every acquisition is modelled against fully-loaded costs — debt service, management, vacancy, licensing, reserves — before it qualifies for the portfolio.

01

Long-term rental

The stability layer. Single-family and small multi-family units let on standard tenancies, underwriting the portfolio's base cash flow and its refinance capacity.

02

HMO conversion

Room-by-room lets in licensed, compliant houses in multiple occupation — 4–5 tenants per property post-renovation, materially higher yield per door than a standard let.

03

Short-let / Airbnb

Selected units in high-demand corridors run as short-term lets, capturing rate premiums where local licensing and demand data support it.

The Mechanism

Capital recycles. It doesn't sit still.

Buy, rehabilitate, rent, refinance, repeat — each cycle returns the bulk of deployed capital for redeployment into the next acquisition, compounding the portfolio without a proportional new raise each round.

$200,000 deployed recycled across acquisition cycles — not spent once
01

Buy

Acquire below-market or undervalued property matched to target-market underwriting criteria.

02

Rehab

Renovate to licensing and letting standard — including HMO compliance where applicable.

03

Rent

Stabilise occupancy and 6–12 months of income history to season the asset for refinance.

04

Refinance

Cash-out refinance against the seasoned, post-rehab valuation — returning the bulk of capital deployed.

05

Repeat

Redeploy recovered capital into the next acquisition. Portfolio scale compounds; new capital calls shrink over time.

Target Markets

Yield-first geography, on both sides of the Atlantic.

Markets are selected on rental yield, entry price, and regulatory clarity — not familiarity or prestige.

UK · HMO
Liverpool
L7 Edge Hill and adjacent postcodes — strong student and young-professional demand, low entry pricing.
7–7.5%gross yield
US · BRRRR
Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Memphis
Affordable acquisition basis with strong rent-to-price ratios, supporting the refinance-and-repeat cycle.
7–13%gross yield
UK · Regional
Nottingham, Bristol, Sheffield
Secondary HMO markets under active evaluation for regulatory clarity and licensing cost.
6–9%gross yield
Acquisition Channels

Every deal is sourced through a named channel and underwritten before it enters the pipeline.

No acquisition proceeds on a listing photo. Each opportunity — however sourced — is run through the same net-cash-flow underwriting standard before it's considered live.

Sourcing Partner — UK

Foot Forward Properties

Turnkey HMO specialist based in the North of England, handling sourcing, refurbishment, and management on fully renovated HMO stock.

Focus: HMO, turnkey
Sourcing Partner — UK

Knight Knox

Manchester-founded property investment specialist (est. 2004) sourcing off-plan and buy-to-let opportunities across UK growth cities.

Focus: Buy-to-let, off-plan
Independent / Direct

Independent agents & direct sourcing

Local and regional agents across target markets, plus off-market and direct-to-vendor deals identified and evaluated in-house.

Focus: Off-market, BRRRR

Live deals & current phase

Reflects Calvarygate's own underwriting and phase tracking — updated as each deal moves through acquisition.

Phase reflects Calvarygate's own tracking, not sourcing-partner marketing status. Data loads from deals.json — edit that file to update deals without touching this page.

Partnership Model

Operator brings the deal and the management. Capital brings the equity.

A joint-venture structure: the capital partner's contribution is placed as equity into acquisitions, not handed over unsecured. Ownership, security, and reporting terms are set per deal before funds move.

Operator — Calvarygate

Sourcing & execution

  • Deal sourcing, underwriting, and acquisition
  • Renovation and HMO/licensing compliance management
  • Letting, tenant management, and day-to-day operations
  • Refinance execution and capital recycling
  • Reporting to capital partner on agreed cadence
Capital Partner

Structured equity position

  • Equity contribution secured against the underlying asset
  • Defined ownership split, agreed before acquisition
  • Priority return terms negotiated per deal
  • Transparent reporting and exit terms
  • No unsecured cash transfers — funds move against agreed legal structure
Principal

Background

Nonso Ndeokwelu
Founder, Calvarygate
Managing Director, Ubirak Limited
Abuja, Nigeria

Nonso Ndeokwelu has worked in the oil and gas trade and services sector since 2007, currently as Managing Director of Ubirak Limited, an Abuja-based company providing trade and services to international oil companies — including active procurement work on multi-category industrial tenders.

Calvarygate applies that same discipline — rigorous underwriting, vendor and contractor management, and compliance-first execution — to residential real estate acquisition and operations across the UK and US.

Partner With Us

Structured capital starts with a conversation, not a wire transfer.

Tell us where you sit and we'll follow up directly. Every enquiry is reviewed personally before any deal terms, structure, or figures are discussed.

Contact

General enquiries

For anything outside a direct investment enquiry — sourcing partners, press, or general questions.

info@calvarygate.com Abuja, Nigeria