A bridge built for the exit, not the headline rate.
The client wanted to run a buy-refurb-refinance play. Buy a property that needed work, do the refurbishment, then refinance onto a buy-to-let mortgage on the post-works value. The model only works if the bridge gets them in and the refinance recycles the capital back out.
Structured a bespoke bridge that covered both the purchase and the early renovation costs. Planned the exit from day one. A buy-to-let remortgage was lined up to land as the refurbishment completed, clearing the bridge and pulling the client's deposit back out of the deal.
Bridge cleared on schedule. Buy-to-let mortgage in place at the post-refurb valuation. Capital back in the client's account, the property generating rental income, and the next deal already on the table.