We buy buildings, invest in businesses, and advise companies.
David & Sam is a small firm run by two people. We do three things, and we use our own money for the first two — which is why we’re comfortable advising other people on the third.
We only advise on things we’ve done ourselves.
How long things take
Buildings take years. Advice takes weeks.
Each part of the business works to a different timescale.
What we do
Property
We buy buildings we want to keep, renovate them properly, and manage them ourselves — so the person who owns the roof is the person who answers the phone.
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Venture
We invest our own money in a small number of growing companies. We don't rush anyone to sell, and we stay involved for years rather than months.
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Consulting
Short projects, run by senior people. You get a straight recommendation you can act on — not a hundred-page report that sits in a drawer.
More about consultingHow we work
There are two of us, and we both work on everything.
That limits how much we can take on, which is deliberate. It also means you deal with the people making the decisions rather than being passed to someone junior after the first meeting.
We buy buildings with our own money and invest in companies with our own money. So when we advise you, we’re recommending things we have actually done — and we’ll say plainly when we think something is a bad idea.
Come and see what we own.
Get in touchEmail us. We both read it.