Queenshill is a privately owned developer-operator. We buy well, secure planning, build carefully and return capital to the family offices, institutions and private investors who back our schemes across London, Surrey and Portugal’s Lisbon coast.
Who we are
A small firm that buys at a discount, adds value with its own hands on the project, and exits on its own terms.
Queenshill was founded by Chris Price in 2014 after a career in financial services. The model has not changed since: find residential sites that others have overlooked or cannot unlock, buy them at a meaningful discount to completed value, take them through planning and construction with a hand-picked professional team, and sell, let or refinance at the right moment.
Our investors are listed corporates, family offices and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. They are paid first. Queenshill takes its profit only after investors have received their prioritised return, which keeps every decision on site aligned with the people whose capital is at work.
Eight schemes were delivered in London and Surrey between 2014 and 2021, from a converted MOT garage in Brixton to a 47-apartment building in Tottenham Hale. Since 2022 the same discipline has been applied to prime and super-prime residential on Portugal’s Lisbon coast and in the Algarve, working through Portuguese companies with local delivery partners.
Value-add residential
Buy, refurbish or rebuild, then refinance or sell. Single villas to small apartment schemes, 12 to 36 months, bought at a meaningful discount to completed value.
Build-to-rent and income assets
Schemes designed from day one to be let and refinanced rather than sold, building a portfolio structured for an institutional exit.
Commercial and mixed use
Pubs, warehouses, community buildings and offices repositioned into residential-led mixed use, with commercial income retained where it strengthens the scheme.
Strategic land
Land promotion and assembly in the UK through our sister company Open Vu: planning secured for landowners, sites assembled from several owners, and modular delivery.
Track record
Thirteen schemes, two countries, one method.
Select a scheme for more photographs and the story of the deal. Project-level returns are discussed personally with qualifying investors.
London and Surrey
2014 to 2021Portugal
2022 to presentHow we work
Risk is managed before the purchase, not after it.
Most development losses are made on the day the site is bought. So we are hard to please at acquisition: every site is underwritten on a conservative appraisal against a strict internal discount to completed value, and if it does not clear that bar we do not chase it, however good it looks.
Everything after that is about keeping the plan on the rails. Industry-leading architects, cost consultants and employer’s agents are appointed on every scheme, construction is procured on fixed terms with retentions and late penalties, and investors receive a prioritised return ahead of Queenshill’s own profit.
Source
Off-market and probate stock, land assembly and tired buildings, found through a network built over twelve years rather than through agents’ mailing lists.
Underwrite
Base and conservative cases on every deal. Independent valuation and agent evidence before exchange, never a hoped-for end value.
Plan
Planning and licensing handled with specialist consultants. Several schemes were sold with planning secured, taking construction risk off the table entirely.
Build
Fixed-price contracts, employer’s agent oversight, weekly site attention and written approval for every variation.
Exit
Sell into a prepared market, or let and refinance to hold the asset and release partner capital. The route is decided at underwriting, not at the end.
Where we work
Two markets we know on the ground.
London and Surrey
Where Queenshill began. Brownfield conversions in Brixton, Tottenham, Clapham and Kentish Town; prime houses and apartments in the Cobham, Oxshott and West Horsley corridor. Strategic land through Open Vu.
Lisbon coast and Algarve
Prime and super-prime villas in Monte Estoril, Cascais and Sintra, and a licensed plot at Quinta do Lago. Delivered through Portuguese companies with local architects and employer’s agents, with Chris resident in Cascais.
Leadership
Chris founded Queenshill in London in 2014 after revenue-generating roles at blue-chip companies in financial services, including Ernst & Young, HSBC and Investec Asset Management (now Ninety One). He leads origination, deal evaluation, partner management and delivery.
He has a proven track record in finding sites, adding value and managing risk to preserve investors’ capital, while delivering homes where they are most needed. His network spans the industry professionals, corporate investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals who have backed Queenshill’s schemes, together with the agents, lenders and consultants who bring sites and finance to the table.
He is also co-founder of Open Vu, a UK land promotion company, through which Queenshill accesses strategic land and planning expertise.
Partner with us
We work with a small number of partners on each scheme, and we co-invest.
- Family officesCo-investment or joint venture in individual schemes, or a programme of them, in the UK or Portugal.
- InstitutionsForward-funding and build-to-rent partnerships where a portfolio is being assembled for an institutional exit.
- Private investorsPrioritised-return equity in single schemes from £250,000, with regular reporting and site visits.
- Lenders and agentsDevelopment and investment finance, and off-market sites that fit the method above.
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