Berkeley Group

Berkeley Group has handed over 4203 schemes since 1976. On-time delivery is measured against the original brochure handover date; the figure is republished on each project page after handover. The desk has access to the granular delay history per scheme.

Off-plan payment plans typically run 60/40 (60% during construction, 40% on handover) or 70/30. Branded-residence schemes sometimes carry a 30/70 plan (lower construction-stage burden, larger handover slug). The desk pre-screens the plan against your liquidity profile before launch.

In the UK, off-plan deposits are not held in escrow by default. We restrict the UK panel to NHBC-protected schemes with developers carrying multi-decade balance sheets; deposit protection is via contract trust arrangements with the solicitor.

Yes. Berkeley Group has 4203 completed schemes; we can arrange a viewing of the closest equivalent to the off-plan you're considering, ideally a building that's been handed over and lived in for 12+ months so you can see how it ages.

Standard developer SPA clauses include compensation triggered after 12 months of cumulative delay; the desk negotiates harder terms (penalties from month 6) on schemes where our buyer pool represents a large share of allocation.