Agent notes strong demand in National Park Shropshire based Guyzance Hall has acquired The Wordsworth Hotel and Spa in Grasmere in a deal worth almost £5 million. It has also been announced this week that an unnamed investor has completed the purchase of an historic Irish hotel. Both deals were led by Colliers International with... Read More
Award winning commercial property consultants Burston Cook have completed the sale of 17 Portland Square, Bristol on behalf of private investors. The Grade I listed building is located in an attractive Georgian Square just a short walk from Bristol city centre and the new Cabot Circus retail development. It also benefits from easy... Read More
Leading commercial property specialist Charles Darrow has reported an exceptionally pleasing early response to its marketing of a Torbay residential and commercial investment portfolio on behalf of a major client. “Taking into account the time of year, we are delighted with the level of enquiries that we are receiving from individual... Read More
A Tyneside scheme to transform an abandoned Maling jam jar factory into a state-of-the-art office hub is on course to open this summer. Newcastle-based Naylors has been appointed sole agents for the £3m development. Work to convert the historic factory — vacated by the Maling Pottery at the start of the Second World War — is... Read More
Acting on behalf of a local landowner, Southwest property consultants Vickery Holman have concluded the sale of development land in Redruth to Halsall Construction for an undisclosed sum. The 1.19 acre site, adjacent to Trekye Close on the outskirts of Four Lanes, will be used for a residential development. Alan Treloar, of Vickery... Read More
Responding to an "extraordinary" 2014, property management company Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH) has made two senior appointments to its capital markets team. With over 20 years' experience in the investment market — and advising on more than £1bn worth of transactions in the past decade — Paddy Brennan has been appointed national... Read More
Commercial property occupiers have less than 60 days left to appeal against their business rates — or run the risk of losing up to five years’ worth of savings. The warning comes from one of the West Country's leading commercial property specialists which claims that any appeal submitted after the 1 April will not be backdated to... Read More
Movehut was the Match Ball Sponsor as Bath topped their European Rugby Champions Cup pool with a 20-15 win against Glasgow Warriors at the Recreation Ground on Sunday (January 25th). In a tie described by the BBC as a ‘West Country Thriller’ Bath survived a late assault from the Warriors to become the first side ever to reach the... Read More
In a landmark move, commercial property adviser GVA has appointed a woman to head one of its nine regional offices. Already a senior member of the firm's national planning development and regeneration team for the South West and South Wales, Jo Davis will now head up GVA's Bristol office. Her new role carries the title of regional... Read More
A devastating fire which destroyed several units on a Wellingborough trading estate is being seen by many as the start of a new era for the town's property industry, with one leading commercial agent predicting some "interesting activity" over the coming years. Following the Leyland Trading Estate blaze, which gutted many of the... Read More
Southwest property consultants Vickery Holman enjoyed a successful end to 2014 with over £7 million worth of transactions completed in the final two months of the year. The deals included the sale of Plymouth’s Tamar House, Royal Building and Kinterbury House for £3 million, £2 million and £350,000 respectively. The St Ives... Read More
Property firm Bellrock has released details of three recent deals completed by its London Office. One of these is a new sub-lease for shop on Melbourne Street, Stalybridge (pictured). The premises comprise a 972 sq ft ground floor sales area together with a 282 sq ft first floor room. The property has a rateable value of £11,500 and... Read More
North East based Naylors Chartered Surveyors is confident that 2015 will the most successful year in its 25-year history, as it sets its sights on further growth. Last year the property consultants disposed of in excess of 1.3 million sq ft of commercial space, which included the largest office letting in East Durham in over a... Read More
A Black Country law firm — which last year saw its annual turnover top £7.5m for the first time — is spearheading its push into the commercial sector with the appointment of two property experts. After a 15 per cent rise in its commercial and industrial transactions, QualitySolicitors Talbots has made it a "family affair" after... Read More
South West commercial property specialists Vickery Holman are taking to the road to deliver their fourth annual market review. The presentations will take place in Truro, Plymouth and Exeter on 3rd, 4th and 5th of February respectively. At each event Vickery Holman will provide an update on local market trends and map out their... Read More
Auction House is celebrating after becoming the first UK property auctioneer to sell over 3,000 lots in a single year since 2008. During 2014 the award winning company sold 3,058 properties from the 3,903 offered at its regional auctions throughout the country, equating to a success rate of 78.3 per cent. The figures represent an... Read More
Charles Darrow has announced the forthcoming sale by auction of one of Torbay’s largest private investment property portfolios, with an estimated combined value of around £6 million. The high yielding portfolio, comprising a mix of residential, commercial and HMO properties, is for sale either as a whole, in part, or as individual... Read More
A former Savills director responsible for the company’s planning teams from the Midlands to Scotland has joined the niche property consultancy Quod. Richard Serra will be based at the company's Leeds office — which celebrates its first anniversary this month — as a director, taking the strength of Quod's northern team to 12.... Read More
Homeowners across Wales who allow invasive plants to grow on their land could end up with a hefty fine and an ASBO for allowing plants such as Japanese Knotweed to spread unchecked. Other invasive plants include Giant Hogweed which can harm health. The warning comes from Caroline Jones from Bruton Knowles’ Cardiff office, who said... Read More
Zerum — the property consultancy founded by former Manchester United and England international Gary Neville — has completed three new signings. Brendan Caloe is joining the project management team as construction director. With more than 25 years’ experience in the industry, he has been hired to develop the Manchester-based... Read More
Commercial property agents GVA has signed a former premiership rugby union star as the latest member of its Manchester team. Dan Hyde, who played for Leeds Tykes before retiring and moving into property in 2006, is joining GVA as a retail director. During his rugby career he also played professional rugby for West Hartlepool RUFC. He... Read More
Award winning property surveyors, Page Hardy Harris, have been appointed as the sole agent for an extensively refurbished office building in the centre of Bracknell. 329 Bracknell, formally known as Doncastle House, has undergone a £1.8 million revamp since being acquired by Mckay Securities and now offers high-quality office space... Read More
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