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If you do a search for "jardin smith" us...

2011-01-17T08:03:29.078+08:00

If you do a search for "jardin smith" using the google advanced search feature for the last month you will find nothing but entries for job sites. Does Jardin Smith really have so many jobs ? Because of their abysmal performance in returns on investments and return of capital land banking companies are now very restricted in the media outlets they can use. Most reputable newspapers and TV will not touch them. So a strategy is to run adverts for non existent jobs in job sites and farm the responses for contacts. These people are then invited to the next seminar.

To be clear I regard most UK land banking schemes ...

2010-12-23T12:19:24.367+08:00

To be clear I regard most UK land banking schemes as a scam so i am very biased ( I am from the UK). Here are some issues not identified in your post:-

1: The most likely outcome (99%+) is that this land will not gain planning permission. This is Green Belt land in an administrative area called South Bucks.The last 20 years included one of the biggest UK housing booms ever. Zero Greenbelt land was released by South Bucks for house building. Yes that is Zero. 87% of the area is greeen belt but the council has stated they will not need to release any green belt before 2026 . That shows how much greenbelt there is and how much building land there is in the other 13%.
2: What is the open market value of the land in the event that no planning permission is obtained? In the case of Profitable plots they were selling green belt land parcels with a UK open market value of 1500 RM for 40,000 RM claiming they could achieve 120,000RM if planning permission were achieved. Without planning permission and with Profitable Group in the process of closing down the land plots are probably worth 1500 RM minus legal and administrative costs for selling. Basically worth nothing.
3: What if Jardin Smith fails or closes down (most land banking companies do that within 5-10 years) - how will any sale or planning be achieved ?
4: The UK does not need 30M houses between now and 2026. That is either a mistake by you or a lie by them. In any event as stated above South Bucks have already said that they can meet all of their housing needs between now and 2026 from available land without touching the green belt.
5: Lets say they do need green belt. Why will they need to come to asia to buy it in small plots from greedy investors when they can work with a local landowner and voter for less ? 87% of the land is greenbelt. There is a lot of it if they decided to relax the regulations.
6: Search for Jardin Smith Gerrards Cross in Google and you will find all you need to know.

This is very a high risk investment which is not regulated by MAS or any other authority in Singapore. Think very carefully before investing. You may lose all of your money.

ah good one.. =)

2010-12-05T00:19:13.328+08:00

ah good one.. =)

Hey, good work Adrian! Keep up your nice blog :)...

2010-11-22T22:56:38.706+08:00

Hey, good work Adrian!

Keep up your nice blog :)

er excuse me I'm from USJ 12 too and there'...

2009-08-20T11:22:01.954+08:00

er excuse me I'm from USJ 12 too and there's something wrong about your post. Its true that the students immediately started wearing face masks after the death of Miss Chai was announced. But most of the students didn't bring their face masks, they bought them at the school book store. So please don't say that they weren't bothered to wear them because some of them were my friends and, next time do your research before you talk.