Yellow Turtle Homes

Thoughts on spiral staircases??

Personally I don’t think they’re practical or safe… 🥴🫣

I’d look to take out the wall into the kitchen and straighten the stairs against the wall…✅

And move the kitchen into the living/dining room.. ✅

I’d also therefore put a downstairs toilet in the old kitchen area.. ✅

Any other suggestions? 🤔

Another great call tonight with the Prosperity Network - The Community

Lots of facts from the boss Danny Inman Property on where the property market and inflation is and future forecast…

Then an emotional share from Nic Clark on his recent awful experiences 😩… total respect for the way he has dealt with them 💪🏼👏

Always a valuable way to spend a Monday evening 🤩

Great weekend started with some of the Prosperity Network South East group talking all things property 😍

Followed by a family BBQ 😍

And finished off with a visit to the beach for sunshine and coffee 😍

Grateful to have all those involved in the weekend in my life 🙏🏼💛

Wow where did that week go?!?? 🤯

Viewed some really promising projects this week 🤩…. And we’re getting close to committing to an offer on one 🤞🏼

Ensuring we are doing our due diligence on:
✅ current EPC rating
✅ land registry details
✅ cost of works to bring up EPC and desirability
✅ checking planning portal for any previous works or applications
✅ checking flood risk
✅ true end value through speaking to local agents
✅ considering the current market
✅ availability of financing

Anything we’ve missed? 🤔

Once we are certain and comfortable with all of these we will place our offer with certainty that we can progress with speed 🤩

If you’re looking to make your savings work harder and you’d like to be involved in our next project then please DM us 🤓

Do you hate doing your year end accounts? 🫣

I used to dread getting my head around what had happened the year before….🤯

So last year I refined my processes and all areas of my spreadsheets… ⭐️
bank accounts, savings accounts, credit card accounts. Mileage etc….. 😅

I reconcile each one weekly… ✅
which takes me about 30 minutes ….🤩
These 30 minutes a week has probably saved me three times or more this amount of time in trying to remember why transactions were made or what mileage I should be claiming 🥴🎉

And has meant that I have now been able to give the accountants everything they need for my self assessment a week after the end of the tax year 🤩🎉

Just two weeks on a busy market and a tenant has applied 💻…. Passed the necessary checks ✅….. and paid the deposit 💸

This previously neglected property will now provide a safe and comfortable home 😍

If anyone knows of any neglected properties that need bringing back to life then please let us know through a DM or email… 🙏🏼

Hope everyone had a great Easter 🐣

Why do maintenance issues always happen on bank holiday weekends 🤷🏼‍♀️🥴

So the weekend started with a call Thursday afternoon from our handyman who had been to our HMO a couple of times to investigate a smell of burning 😬 from one of the bathrooms 🤔

Turns out it was actually the switch that burnt out so we needed an electrician 😳the end of the during half term and just before the 4 day weekend 😱

Normal electrician… not answering 🫣
Second electrician couldn’t go Thursday but could go Friday 🤨
Third electrician (referral from second🙃) could go after 5 🎉

Pleased to say he did a great Job and all fixed and working ..phew 😅…

However the electrician pointed out one of the shower switches was down on the fuse board… not the one he had worked on… 🤔

So then we were confused 🫤 … was it always down had someone else switched that one off…. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Turned out the handyman had switched off thinking it was the problem shower switch 🙃 even though that would’ve naturally tripped 🥴🫣… got there in the end 😂

Easter Sunday… tenants asking why the heating isn’t working 😫
Checked our Hive app and the thermostat batteries had run out 🥺
Talked the tenants through how to change them… luckily they had some spare … all up and running again 🎉😅

The joys of property investing 🙃😁

Great to catch up with the lovely ladies 😍 Elahe Cito Cimo Group (sorry forgot to take a photo.. too busy cooing over the baby 👶 🥰) and Trish Crooks today…. Who kindly turned up in our company colours 😉😂💛🐢

A flying (literally ✈️ 😂) visit to Aberdeen today to check on progress with Project Bedford 🏠 🔨 🎨

A few tweaks… and finalising finish… and should be ready for photos next week🤞🏼🤩

Quick catch up with Chris with some great news on the rental value 👏🙏🏼

Can’t wait to share the final photos….💛🐢

Hi, I’m Della, proud owner of Yellow Turtle Homes 💛🐢.
I have been trading as DJB Property Investments which some of you may know me by, but last year I decided to rebrand my business to reflect what I do and offer as a property developer and investor.

I have been working closely with the lovely Miranda 🥰 Kerb Appeal Property Branding who has helped to create this beautiful branding, website and investor brochures in line with my vision for Yellow Turtle Homes. We wanted to create a professional but friendly feel to the brand and its touchpoint. 😍

I have been property developing over the past few years and this year it will become my full time job having left local government after 20 years. A huge leap, but one which I am looking forward to embracing and bringing on new challenges and rewards. 🤩

I invest and own properties in Sussex, South Wales and Scotland. If you would like to find out more about what I do, please check out my new website (link in bio) or pop me a DM to book a call. 📞

Viewing a property back on the market after two fall throughs 🙈…
I last viewed it in November 2021…
Wore my Prosperity Network hoodie for luck 🍀😘.
Now to crunch the final numbers to see how this one could work 💰 🤞🏼.

What an amazing day with the Prosperity Network course community… talking all things Finance 💰..
Great conversation with the boss Danny Inman putting my loan interest concerns into perspective 🙈🤩…
So good to also catch up with..
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And many others 😍..
Looking forward to seeing more of the community in July 😍

What an amazing day with the community… talking all things Finance 💰..
Great conversation with the boss putting my loan interest concerns into perspective 🙈🤩…
So good to also catch up with..
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.properties .
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And many others 😍..
Looking forward to seeing more of the community in July 😍

Another great Monday night zoom call with the community 😍

This weeks news headlines challenged and explained by in an easy to understand way 🤩

Finance updates with 💰 lots of increases happening 😬

Finished off with some straight talking from 😄… really inspiring to see how he has scaled 👏

I first met Michael 5 years ago and he helped me to decide to take those first steps into property ✅

Grateful for his straight talking then … and now 🙏🏼🤩

Love a Monday night zoom call with the amazing community 😍.
All the media hype put into perspective by the knowledgeable and supportive 😎..
And bonus tonight we had lovely running us through some key skills in connecting with all the people we have to deal with in property 😍..
Some elements from the current book club book Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss . 📖 ✅

Great to be able to catch up on a weekly zoom call I couldn’t make 🤩

Some perfectly timed mindset reminders from the brilliant 😍…

🌟 to be conscious of our environment 🤔
🌟 to clear out the clutter
🌟 write lists
🌟 record audio notes
🌟 provide fast and straight forward communication
🌟 complete less than 2 minute tasks immediately

And many other golden nuggets 🌟🌟

Followed by some great information from .x about working with and supporting International Investors 🤗

Really heart warming work that he is doing to enable others to have more time to spend with family 🥰 through investing in the UK property market 🏡

Trip to the relaxing coast 😎..
Great to have some downtime with a lovely friend 😍.
Definitely trying to get better balance to make me more productive and focused 💪🏼.

Ready to make the plan for this coming week now 🤩.

Think I’ve managed to break my car on the way to this viewing 😬.
Limped there though… I was so close 🤷🏼‍♀️..
Now checking the numbers in the pub while I wait for recovery… always prepared for plan B 🤩😁.

Great to look round this auction bungalow.. 🏡…
Around 80 viewings on this one 👀😮..
Guide price of £220k… 💰.
Update to follow on what it actually goes for…. 🤑.

Great to finally have our in person meet up of Kent Prosperity Network group 😍.
Amazing bacon rolls supplied at Angelos Interiors in Gillingham 🤩. Amazing kitchens and appliances 😍
Thank you for hosting and Steve for cooking the bacon 🤩.
Good to talk to you again and ….. 😃
Lovely to meet you Lisa and Joey 😃.
Love finding out what everyone is doing and sharing ideas and experiences

Sorry there were a few that couldn’t make it… but hope to see you next time…
Luke and Kendall .
Lucy .
Ben .
Lauren and Joe .

Great Level Up Goal mastery workshop session tonight with the knowledgeable 😍… helping us refine what we want to achieve in 2022!! 💪🏼
Goal setting always feels so overwhelming 😅 but in just 2 hours Cat has managed to guide us through finding our real key goal outcomes that will make the biggest difference to our progress in our many roles 🤩…
Looking forward to the next two sessions 🎉🙏🏼..

We’re on the hunt for our next project 🏚..
If you know of any properties that are empty or someone struggling with the upkeep 🙁… then please let us know 📱.
We pay a £1,000 referral fee for all referrals that we complete a purchase on 💰✅.

Completed on our flip yesterday🥳

However it’s not as positive or easy as it sounds 🙈

🌟Purchased as a BTL through a sourcer with a refurb estimate at £11k ✅
🌟Delayed personal visit to the property which then highlighted there was more to do than portrayed 🤨
🌟Negotiated a reduction of £2500 but this was no where near enough for the amount of additional works needed 🙈
🌟Too desperate to just have a “deal” so continued 🤷🏼‍♀️
🌟once completed had to find a new builder 🛠🪜
🌟Builder quotes now in at £26k 🤯
🌟Chose a builder who could start soonest ✅
🌟Later found out they actually couldn’t start then so had got subbies in that weren’t at the same standard 💩
🌟This led to works having to be re-done so actually took longer 😡
🌟Too much money would’ve been left in the deal for the rent achievable 📉
🌟Put up for sale at the GDV of the lower refurb proposal 🤔
🌟offer received after a couple of weeks ✅
🌟Agreed completion date….my solicitor saying he was waiting for a settlement figure from the lender…💰
🌟Day of exchange and completion… settlement figure still not received… 😬and solicitor realises my signed transfer form hasn’t arrived in the post 😲🤯
🌟Scan completed form over … and put in tracked post so funds can be transferred to me today😅

😩….All that for £5k profit….😩

🌟Lots of lessons….
🌟taking them on board…
🌟making sure they aren’t repeated
🌟failing our way to success
🌟taking onboard mantra… tie up our camels!!

Property truly is a rollercoaster 🎢 but I’m always looking for the lessons and the solutions to keep moving onwards and upwards 💪🏼🤩…

A summary of my week…😅

Monday - a great start with the community… a comprehensive and just as importantly an understandable update and impact of the budget 📈 from 🤩…. Mortgage update from 🤓And some well needed mindset checkin from the lovely 😍… Talking about the brilliant book “Chimp Paradox”

Followed by three great deal updates from the community 💪🏼

Tuesday - week 7 of course… 🤓talking all things adaptation ✅

Then a great call with my fellow Kent community.. we’ll do better with the screenshot next time 🙈🤣.degiorgio_ ..

Wednesday - a lovely trip to the theatre with Jade to watch Pretty Woman… 💃🏼started by a meal and finished with a walk through Covent Garden… where Christmas seems to have arrived 🎄🙈

Thursday - Q&A Session with with more golden nuggets of information 🤩

Friday - confirming completion day with the solicitor ✅🙏🏼

Writing my DTV letters for posting to some great properties spotted 👀 🤞🏼…
And lots more to do over the weekend..✅📈💪🏼

Feeling inspired this week after spending time with the amazing community at the weekend 🤩😍

We’ve been quiet on social media for a few months after moving home…. 🏡

This wasn’t just the time it takes to pack and unpack but it’s then the overwhelm of catching up and getting back into our routine 🤔😟

However after and sharing their wisdom with some of the community on Saturday…🥰 we are now resetting our routines and time blocking and reviewing to make sure we are focusing on the important things that will achieve our goals ✅

Thank you 🙏🏼 Danny, Cat and all the Prosperity team for a great event… it was very much appreciated 🤗

Here’s to a productive Quarter 4 💪🏼🤩….

This was definitely one of the ugliest bathrooms I’ve seen 🙈🏚

We removed the water tank and gave some space back to the bedroom behind but the real lessons from this bathroom were:

⚠️ Make sure the plumber doesn’t put in a cloakroom sized towel radiator in a large family bathroom 🤷🏼‍♀️❎

⚠️ Check the tiles to make sure they feel flat… with ours you could tell it wasn’t great from the ceiling line… or they’ll have to re-do them 😮❎

⚠️ Be 💯 specific about the grout colour as again it is apparently subjective (although our previous builders seemed to understand)🤦🏼‍♀️❎

⚠️ Run the taps and shower before everything is sealed up and the flooring is laid…. You may find there’s a leak 🤨❎

⚠️ When the LVT flooring is laid ensure they have swept first and you can’t feel any bumps under the flooring… there may be a random screw 👀❎

⚠️ Have written on your spec the exact bath, shower sink and toilet units you expecting.. otherwise you may not get the sink vanity unit that was originally discussed 😡❎

I thought I would explain why we are giving our lessons learned this week on our latest project 🔨🏠

One of the chapters in this great book “13 things mentally strong people don’t do”(thanks for the recommendation ) is around failure..

It started with a great quote from Robert Kiyosaki….
⭐️ Failure is part of the process of success ⭐️
⭐️ People who avoid failure also avoid success ⭐️

On each project there have been failures…
The important thing is we:

✅ find solutions to them
✅ don’t let them define us
✅ don’t repeat them by learning from them
✅ acknowledge that we’re one failure closer to success

Don’t get me wrong I’d rather we didn’t have them… but we know that’s not realistic as there are so many things that aren’t in our control 🤷🏼‍♀️

So we focus on what we can control and make sure we have done our research, numbers, due diligence 💪🏼

So we hope that the last couple days of lessons learned will help others to be aware of what to look for 👀 🏠✅..

So today we are looking at lessons learned in the living/dining room 🏚➡️🏠..

⚠️ Ensure you check inside any cupboards to make sure the trades haven’t left any of their packaging and mess inside ❎

⚠️ Work with the builder from the beginning to ensure the radiators and USB sockets are in the correct places with thinking about how the room will be lived in ✅

⚠️ When any vents need to be fitted on old chimneys ensure the vent is the right way up 🤦🏼‍♀️❎

⚠️ Check around door hinges to ensure fitted and finished properly so there aren’t any bare bits of wood ❎

⚠️ If new cupboard doors are fitted make sure the hinges are on the right side of the door 🤦🏼‍♀️ ❎

⚠️ Check all doors open and close okay once the flooring is fitted. ❎

⚠️ If you have any built in cupboards get the same flooring put in them as there is in the room ❎