Thinking About Buying Another Care Home?
Before you make the decision, ask the questions that 30 years of buying, building and operating care homes taught me to ask.
Get a complimentary copy of my new book
Before You Buy Another Care Home
How to Make Better Acquisition Decisions and Build a More Valuable Group
Before your next acquisition, consider:
Does this home fit the business you're deliberately trying to build?
What are you genuinely buying that you know how to make better?
Are you paying the seller for value you still have to create?
Will this acquisition make your business more valuable — or merely larger?
By Harvey Zemmel — care-home owner and operator for more than 30 years.
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A complimentary paperback copy, posted to you.
For UK care-home owners and senior decision-makers.
One complimentary copy per business.
More than a book about acquisitions
Buying another home is only one of the major decisions a care-home owner faces.
Over more than 30 years as an owner and operator, I've bought care homes, built and managed multi-home groups, worked through the challenges that come with growth, and taken businesses through the sale process.
Today I use that experience to provide an independent owner-to-owner perspective on three of the biggest decisions an established care-home owner can face.
BUY
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BUILD
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SELL
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BUY 〰️ BUILD 〰️ SELL 〰️
BUY
Acquisition Decision Review
Would I buy this care home, at this price, on these terms?
Before you commit, I independently challenge the acquisition from an owner's perspective: what you're really buying, price and assumptions, where value has to be created, downside, management capacity, how it fits your existing group and the alternatives for your capital.
Typical fee: £5,000 + VAT
For larger or more complex groups or situations, scope and fee are agreed in advance.
BUILD
Growth & Value Review
If this were my business, what are the five decisions I would make now?
As a group grows, the way it was originally built may no longer be the best way to build its next stage.
I look across performance, management structure, owner dependency, capital allocation and value—and identify the five decisions I believe would make the greatest difference over the next 12–24 months.
Typical fee: £5,000 + VAT
For larger or more complex groups or situations, scope and fee are agreed in advance.
SELL
Sale Readiness Review
If this were my business, would I sell it now—and what would I do before taking it to market?
Before appointing advisers and starting a sale process, I look at the business from an owner's perspective: what buyers are likely to value, what they may challenge, where value can still be created or protected, what isn't worth changing, and whether I would sell now or prepare first.
Typical fee: £5,000 + VAT
For larger or more complex groups or situations, scope and fee are agreed in advance.
An owner's perspective—not another professional report
Your accountant, lawyer, valuer, broker and lender each have an important role.
Mine is different.
I look at the decision as though it were my business and my money.
Each review follows the same basic approach: I understand you and the decision you're facing, review the information I need, form my independent view, give you a concise written assessment, and then sit down with you to challenge the conclusions together.
I am paid for my judgement—not for getting a transaction completed or recommending a particular course of action.
I've spent more than 30 years making these decisions myself
I've built and operated multi-home care businesses, acquired homes, dealt with the management challenges that come with growth, improved business performance and taken businesses through sale processes.
The Care Home Owner is where I now apply that experience to other established care-home owners facing significant decisions of their own.
Harvey Zemmel
Founder, The Care Home Owner