One named person in Hong Kong.
Buying transitional housing in a country you have never lived in comes down to who is on the other end of the email. Here is exactly who that is, and what each party is responsible for.
Adam Hannam
Adam Hannam represents SIRE Group and Myshon across Hong Kong. He is the person who introduces UK Transitional Housing to investors in the region, coordinates the purchase end to end, and stays involved for the life of the investment.
The reason the region has its own representative rather than a UK sales line is straightforward. An investor in Hong Kong is asking different questions from a domestic buyer: what freehold means when you are used to government leases, how the non-resident stamp duty surcharge stacks, whether UK inheritance tax reaches a family holding, how rent gets from a council in County Durham to an account in Central. Those questions deserve someone in the timezone who has answered them before.
What that looks like in practice: an introductory call at a sensible local hour, a pack you can take to your own advisers, introductions to solicitors, accountants and currency providers who deal with Hong Kong clients routinely, and a named point of contact after completion rather than a support inbox.
Adam represents a distribution channel, not a regulated advisory business. He does not give financial, legal or tax advice and does not accept instructions to. The role is to make sure you are talking to the right people, and that nothing material is left for you to discover in year three.
Who does what.
Introduces transitional housing across the region, coordinates the purchase, issues the pack, and remains the first call for the life of the investment. A distribution channel, not a regulated adviser.
Sources the transitional housing stock, specifies and delivers the refurbishment to the Decent Homes Standard, and progresses the transaction through to completion with your solicitor.
Manages occupancy, maintenance, safety compliance and local-authority liaison after completion — 150+ directly employed specialists across five regional offices.
The platform behind every property.
Over a 25-year term, the operator is the investment. Myshon is one of the larger specialist operators in UK transitional housing — these are the numbers worth seeing before you buy from overseas.
Myshon places roughly eighty households a week, runs a 24-hour maintenance helpdesk, and operates from five regional offices rather than a single head office with subcontractors in the field.
Historic operating data across a 600-unit transitional housing sample shows 99% occupancy with 100% rent collection, and approximately 95% occupancy across the whole portfolio, with a typical void of about one week. Past operating performance is not a guide to future performance — but it is the record, and it is in the pack.
Filed accounts for the relevant companies are available at Companies House and are included in the due diligence material. They are unaudited, and neither files a profit and loss account under the small companies exemption. We say so on the website rather than leaving you to find it.
Who you will actually deal with.
First point of contact across the region. Handles the introductory call, the pack, property selection and the coordination of solicitors, currency providers and tax advisers.
UK-side distribution and introducer relationships. Works alongside the Hong Kong desk where a client has UK advisers, UK banking or a UK-based family member involved in the purchase.
Leads deal progression and completion — offers, reservations, solicitor instruction and exchange — working directly with your professional team.
Occupancy, compliance, maintenance and reporting once the property is yours. Monthly rent, quarterly written statements.
Talk to Adam.
A 30-minute introductory call, scheduled for Hong Kong hours. No pack, no pricing and no legal material is released before we have spoken.