There are 80 Direct Sale categories. Each one is spread over three separate lines to provide flexibility for most types of development - both commercial and residential. You can re-title them as required (notice that re-titling any one entry will apply the same title to all three related lines). The 3 components that make up each Direct Sale are: (1) Number of Units, (2) Area per Unit and (3) Rate per Unit.
Unlike Unit Build Costs and Rents, the Direct Sale categories default to a price per unit rather that a rate per sq ft/m, so the middle (Area) entry is initially redundant. For example, to sell a 20 home residential scheme with each house selling at 200,000 each enter as 20 Units at a Rate of 200000 (ignore the Area).
If you wish to work in square feet or square metres then use the ‘Units’ button to change the category and enter information for all 3 lines (as you normally would for Unit Build Costs and Rents).
To specify an overall sales amount then enter as 1 Unit with an Area of 1 and provide the total sales figure as the Rate. For example if you have a known sales value of £2,000,000 then enter it as 1 unit of 1 sq ft at a rate of 2000000. Prodev will recognise that the unit and area components are not relevant and exclude them from the report.
Whenever the cursor is in the Direct Sales Section you can use the ‘Units’ button to change the type of sale unit. Select the appropriate unit type from the drop down that displays in the top right hand corner of the screen. Note: If you select Sq Feet, Sq Metres or Plots then all three lines are used in the calculation. In other cases (Units and Car Spaces) only the first and third lines are multiplied together because the area component is not relevant to the calculation. Always take care to check this is set up correctly otherwise you could incorrectly calculate sales. A more detailed description of how the ‘Units’ button works is provided in the section ‘Data List Commands’.
Individual Direct Sales can be exempted from Direct Sale Fees by using the ‘No-Fee’ button.