Courses

House to Apartment Tower (Current)
Episode 1 is now available
This course is the first episode of our feature course on ‘How to turn a house into an apartment tower, and it provides an introduction to the
House to Apartment Tower (Current)
Our Inaugural Starter Induction Course
This course is the first episode of our feature course on ‘How to turn a house into an apartment tower’ and it provides an introduction to the Hypothetical Development Method (HDM101) and other developer tools and analytical methods (see below).
It is also our inaugural offering and the student input is used to improve the ongoing course offerings
These lessons provide immediate skills, tricks and tools used by Property Developers to assess a development site.
Preview the Course Here
Watch these introductory videos by Dr Drane where he outlines the course and its objectives which are focused on your progression path and competence.
Video Introduction by Dr Drane
Video Introduction to Course Design
Included in the Starter Induction Course
‘How to turn a house into an apartment tower and the Hypothetical Development Method (HDM101)’
Which includes:
-Video introduction to the ‘Faster Class’ animated lesson concept by Dr Drane.
-Video introduction to our assessment process and your progression and competency score.
-An animated lesson on the city and property development.
-6 animated lessons on ‘how to turn a house into an apartment tower’ and HDM 101
-Immediate Skills Achievement
-These lessons provide immediate skills, tricks and tools used by Property Developers to assess a development site.
-Your Feedback Survey
-Compulsory: feedback form to help us evaluate and improve our system of learning.
-Your competency test; where you use one of our site analytics tool to analyse a ‘site based case study’ and see how good you are at optimising the site.
-Upon completion of the course and competency test you are eligible for our Starter Status Membership which is a separate subscription offer and provides:
- a progression programme with milestones
- access to offers and discount vouchers for our ongoing courses
- access to Dr Drane’s Master Class workshops.
- a pathway to you first project or new job.
How to turn House into an Office Tower (Upcoming)
Pre-requisite for this course:
You need to have completed the Starter Induction Course and the How to turn a house into an apartment tower course before commencing
How to turn House into an Office Tower (Upcoming)
Pre-requisite for this course:
You need to have completed the Starter Induction Course before commencing this course.
Course Summary
This course takes us beyond the ‘geometric’ tower testing in the induction course and looks at the numbers, the impact, the funding, the acquisition and development. A must for novice developers with all the tools of the trade and the developer smarts.

You need to have completed the Starter Induction Course and the How to turn a house into an apartment tower course before
How to turn Shops into an Office Tower (Upcoming)
Pre-requisite for this course:
You need to have completed the Starter Induction Course and the How to turn a house into an apartment tower course before commencing this course.
Course Summary
This course takes us into the development world of office towers which replace the traditional streetscape shops that we are so familiar with in our historic town formations.
The course gives a higher understanding of how office demand can create development value and render the shops as redundant value wise.
You need to have completed the Starter Induction Course and the How to turn a house into an apartment tower course before
How to turn Shops into a Mixed Use Tower (Upcoming)
Pre-requisite for this course:
You need to have completed the Starter Induction Course and the How to turn a house into an apartment tower course before commencing this course.
Course Summary
This course takes us into the development world of mixed use towers (apartments over offices over shops) which replace the traditional streetscape shops that we are so familiar with in our historic town formations.
The course gives a higher understanding of the complex demand mix for each use ( shops, offices and apartments) and how developers create development value and render the shops as redundant value wise.