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Every discipline.
One standard.

Every instruction is partner-led and prepared in accordance with RICS Valuation, Global Standards (the Red Book), for the audience that will actually read it, whether that’s an executor, an HMRC District Valuer, a trial bundle or a board.

— Index of services Ten disciplines
  1. 01 Rent review & Lease renewal Commercial · LTA 1954
  2. 02 Probate & matrimonial Estate · Family court
  3. 03 Tax valuations CGT · IHT · SDLT
  4. 04 Expert witness & litigation CPR Part 35
  5. 05 Commercial valuations Office · Retail · Industrial
  6. 06 Residential valuations London · South East
  7. 07 Lease extensions & enfranchisement LRHUDA 1993 · LRA 1967
  8. 08 Pension scheme valuations SIPP · SSAS
  9. 09 Rating Appeals & Business Rates advice Rating List 2026
  10. 10 Reinstatement cost assessment Insurance · BCIS
Plate I · commercial parade
01, Service

Rent review & Lease renewal

Representation in commercial rent reviews and Lease renewals, acting for landlord or tenant, from first analysis through to third-party determination if it goes that far.

  • Market rent (VPS 4) opinions for new lettings, rent reviews and Lease renewals
  • Rent review representations across offices, retail, industrial and mixed-use
  • Lease renewals under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, Part II
  • Comparable evidence schedules and supporting analysis, to a standard that holds up at arbitration
  • Third-party determinations: arbitration, independent expert, PACT
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Plate II · principal facade
02, Service

Probate & matrimonial

Defensible Red Book valuations for estate administration, financial remedy proceedings and family dispute resolution, prepared at the tempo families and their advisers actually need.

  • Date-of-death valuations to s.160 Inheritance Tax Act 1984
  • Matrimonial valuations on a single-joint-expert or party-appointed basis
  • Family court evidence and conferences with counsel
  • Liaison with executors, beneficiaries and probate solicitors
Probate & IHT, in depth
Plate III · measured floor plan
03, Service

Tax valuations

CGT, IHT and SDLT reporting prepared for professional reliance, with HMRC and District Valuer negotiation handled in-house where required.

  • CGT, March 1982 rebasing, principal private residence apportionment
  • IHT, lifetime gifts, settled property, agricultural / business relief
  • SDLT, mixed-use apportionments, MDR, garden & grounds analysis
  • Negotiation with HMRC Shares & Assets and the District Valuer
Capital gains tax, in depth
— A tool, on the practice

Working estimators for CGT, IHT & SDLT.

A rough liability in a minute. Updated for the 2026–27 tax year. Useful for tax planning, not a substitute for the figure that goes on the return.

Open the estimators
Plate IV · subject & boundary
04, Service

Expert witness & litigation

CPR Part 35 single joint expert and party-appointed reports, prepared to a standard that withstands scrutiny at tribunal and in court.

  • Single-joint-expert and party-appointed instructions
  • Lease extensions and enfranchisement at the First-tier Tribunal
  • Conferences with counsel and remote / in-person evidence
Plate V · office elevation
05, Service

Commercial valuations

Office, retail, industrial and mixed-use across single assets and portfolios. Greater London and South East as standard; UK-wide on instruction.

  • Investment, owner-occupied and trading-related (VPGA 4)
  • Development appraisals and residual valuations
  • Qualified Surveyor’s Reports for charity trustees disposing of land (Charities Act 2011, ss. 117–121)
  • Portfolio reporting with single-asset transparency
  • Sectional valuations across mixed-use schemes
Plate VI · stucco villa
06, Service

Residential valuations

Houses, flats, blocks and prime central London assets, for purchase, refinance, internal records or family-office reporting.

  • Single-asset reporting on freehold and long leasehold
  • Block valuations for landlords and management companies
  • Help-to-Buy redemption and shared-ownership staircasing
  • Periodic re-valuations for trusts and family offices
Plate VII · period mansion block
07, Service

Lease extensions & enfranchisement

Premium valuations for leaseholders and freeholders under the Leasehold Reform Acts: statutory lease extensions, and collective enfranchisement of blocks. Prepared to the standard relied on at the First-tier Tribunal.

  • Statutory lease extension premiums under LRHUDA 1993 (Section 42 notices)
  • Collective enfranchisement of blocks (Section 13 notices), with marriage and hope value where engaged
  • Houses under the Leasehold Reform Act 1967
  • Deferment rate, capitalisation rate and relativity analysis
  • Tribunal evidence where the matter doesn’t settle
Plate VIII · trading estate
08, Service

Pension scheme valuations

Independent valuations for SIPP and SSAS schemes holding commercial property, for acquisition, triennial review, and HMRC-compliant reporting.

  • Acquisition appraisals for prospective scheme purchases
  • Triennial reviews under HMRC connected-party rules
  • In-specie transfers and pension-on-divorce reporting
  • Liaison with trustees, scheme administrators and tax counsel
SIPP & SSAS, in depth
Plate IX · retail parade
09, Service

Rating Appeals & Business Rates advice

Independent review of business rates assessments. We identify mis-described or over-rated hereditaments, and pursue check & challenge through to settlement with the VOA.

  • Free initial review of your 2026 list assessment
  • Check, Challenge and Appeal (CCA) representations
  • Material change of circumstance proposals
  • Empty rates and reliefs strategy
Plate X · cross section
10, Service

Reinstatement cost assessment

Building reinstatement valuations for insurance purposes, the day-one cost of rebuilding the asset if it were lost. Under-insurance is the silent liability on most policies; this is how it’s avoided.

  • Day-one reinstatement cost prepared to RICS Professional Standard guidance
  • Element-by-element analysis using BCIS rates and live tender evidence
  • Allowances for demolition, professional fees, debris removal and inflation
  • Listed buildings: like-for-like specification and conservation premiums
  • Blocks of flats, mixed-use schemes, commercial and industrial assets
  • Periodic desktop updates between full reassessments
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