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Langdon Building

Langdon Building is a family-run new home builder based in Regional Victoria.

Why They Came To Us

  • Unprecedented industry challenges for builders resulting in significant cashflow pressure and losses.
  • The builder was locked into fixed price contracts with no ability to pass on enormous price rises from suppliers.
  • Difficult industry conditions resulted in evaporating goodwill with suppliers and trades.

What We Did

  • Developed a go-forward business model to reflect market conditions and be cashflow positive immediately post-restructure.
  • Developed a restructure strategy that enabled the business to trade during administration while retaining goodwill, enabling the creditors to assess the Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA).
  • Led negotiations with all suppliers, trades and creditors.
  • Developed a DOCA that resulted in a materially better outcome for creditors.
  • Raised equity to support the business and the DOCA.
  • Procured majority customer support to finish projects that had commenced.

What We Delivered

  • Finished the majority of all homes that had commenced.
  • Protected and preserved customer deposits.
  • Re-established supplier and trade base, enabling homes to be completed.
  • The business continues to trade with a model that reflects market conditions and is poised for growth.
  • All ongoing trades and subcontractors were repaid in full.
  • Suppliers and trades continue to have a customer, unlocking future economic benefits.

Why They Came To Us

What We Did

What We Delivered

  • Unprecedented industry challenges for builders resulting in significant cashflow pressure and losses.
  • The builder was locked into fixed price contracts with no ability to pass on enormous price rises from suppliers.
  • Difficult industry conditions resulted in evaporating goodwill with suppliers and trades.
  • Developed a go-forward business model to reflect market conditions and be cashflow positive immediately post-restructure.
  • Developed a restructure strategy that enabled the business to trade during administration while retaining goodwill, enabling the creditors to assess the Deed of Company Arrangement (DOCA).
  • Led negotiations with all suppliers, trades and creditors.
  • Developed a DOCA that resulted in a materially better outcome for creditors.
  • Raised equity to support the business and the DOCA.
  • Procured majority customer support to finish projects that had commenced.
  • Finished the majority of all homes that had commenced.
  • Protected and preserved customer deposits.
  • Re-established supplier and trade base, enabling homes to be completed.
  • The business continues to trade with a model that reflects market conditions and is poised for growth.
  • All ongoing trades and subcontractors were repaid in full.
  • Suppliers and trades continue to have a customer, unlocking future economic benefits.

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