Building Consultancy | Property Investment

Whether you’re an occupier, landlord, investor or developer, we offer the full range of commercial property consultancy services to support you throughout the property lifecycle - at the pre-acquisition stage, during the lifespan of the property, or at the end of your occupation.

Whichever stage you are at, our expert team of Building Surveyors can help to protect your interests. For further information please download our infographic.

Pre-acquisition

Before you decide to commit to a property, either as an occupier in need of commercial lease advice, or as an owner-occupier or investor acquiring a property, our Building Consultancy team is here to advise you.

Drawing upon expertise from across our commercial property acquisition and property asset management teams, we provide the following services:

Pre-commercial property acquisition advice and building surveys
Schedules of condition
Due diligence

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Throughout the property lifespan

Whether you are an occupier or owner, we can support you throughout the lifespan of the property and are here to help should anything go wrong.

Working with our corporate real estate management team, our services include:

Building pathology (surveys)
Planned maintenance programmes
Party Wall and neighbourly matters
Reinstatement cost assessments for insurance purposes

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At the end of your property journey

We act for both landlords and occupiers in connection with commercial property dilapidations and help to negotiate the best possible outcome for you.

Our services include:

Exit strategy
Dilapidations assessments
Commercial lease advice on conditional lease breaks
Dilapidations schedules and negotiations

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Construction Consultancy

We can also advise on:

Feasibility studies
Property planning and design
Procurement
Project management
Project monitoring
Contract administration
CDM Regulation 2015
Sustainability and energy conservation

Pre-acquisition / Pre-release

Buying a home is the biggest investment most people make. From a London house or Apartment to a country home Over £1Million, our specialist building surveyors give your home the inspection it deserves to highlight issues that might cost thousands of pounds to rectify.

Key contact: Nigel McDonough Partner

Nigel McDonough BSc (Hons) MRICS

Tel: +44 (0)20 3589 0054
Mobile: +44 (0)7775 853368
nmcdonough@vailwilliams.com
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Development Monitoring for Funders

Investing in residential development need not be risky. Our monitors ensure the schemes are well designed, financially viable and ensure they are built to standards to ensure the investment return is achieved.

Understanding the pitfalls of residential development is a complex process. Making sure a development is properly monitored protects your investment in the short medium and long term and ensures risk of financial and reputational damage are minimized.

Party Wall and Neighbourly Issues

Developing residential property in the UK has grown more complex. Home owners and Developers must consider Rights to Light, Boundaries and if within 6metres the party wall Act. Our Specialist Neighbourly surveyors have the expertise to assist developers of all sizes avoid the pitfalls and the litigation that awaits the unwary.

Key contact: Nigel McDonough Partner

Nigel McDonough BSc (Hons) MRICS

At Vail Williams, we offer the full range of property consultancy services to support your property needs from start to finish – from before purchasing a property and during the lifespan of your time in it, right through the point at which you choose to move on.

Whichever stage you are at in your property journey, our expert team of over 12 Building Surveyors, based across our network of eight offices in the UK, is on hand to protect your residential property needs.

For further information about the advice we can provide, please download our service flyer.

Featured Case Study: Superhire

We were appointed by Europe’s largest TV and film prop hire company, Superhire, to help the business relocate to new premises, following an order to demolish their existing premises to make way for HS2.

Type of client: Occupier
75,000 sq ft warehouse
Urgent fit out and business relocation
Fast track design and procurement
Cost budgets and value engineering
Outline designs with storage solutions
Procurement of statutory approvals
Detailed layouts and full design
Production of specification and contract details
Definition of construction procurement route
Scheme tender and review
Project management to completion
CDM Compliance

Featured Case Study: Private Client, Hampstead, London

Vail Williams’ building consultancy team specialises in the provision of property advice, including the completion of pre-acquisition surveys, on behalf of high net-worth individuals, both here and abroad.

Undertook pre-acquisition survey
Produced report detailing several issues
Negotiated with developer on remedial works
Secured a reduction on acquisition price
Saved client £1.3m

Key contact: Jeremy Firth Partner

Jeremy Firth BSc MRICS IMaPS

Mobile: +44 (0)7770 220302
jfirth@vailwilliams.com