From the moment your Call is answered our agricultural background is clear. Our staff in this department, all of whom have an agricultural background, understand the current pressures that face the agricultural industry and the complexities of this unique sector. We pride ourselves upon our long-standing relationship with Brockholes Auction Mart and close connections with Garstang Agricultural Show.

From 1acre paddocks to 400 acre mixed farms and from Glasshouses to poultry units our additional services specific to agriculture include:

• Quota sales and leasing
• Fibre Optics advice
• Utilities compensation and negotiation
• Telecommunications
• Landlord and Tenant
• Farm Purchase
• Family division
• Probate & Divorce
• Taxation

Click here for more information on our agricultural services.

Within the residential property sector we specialise in property with land and more specifically rural and semi-rural property. The condition of property will vary too.Dilapidated farmhouses, redundant barns, cottages and large country residences have been handled with varying amounts of land attached, from a large garden to over 40 acres of grassland.

We realise that no two rural properties are the same and it is this that has allowed our market share in this sector to increase dramatically in recent times.

As Chartered Surveyors we specialise in a variety of marketing techniques including public auction, formal tender and informal tender as well as what is often the standard marketing method of private treaty. It is important that every single method is considered if you are to truly maximise the potential of your property.

We also deal with combinations of the above and have experience in dealing with individual entities as well as multiple combinations of these categories.

Throughout any marketing campaign we utilise various bespoke marketing techniques which we tailor to the needs of both the client and the property. These needs can only be identified following an inspection of the subject asset.

Our commercial property department also focuses upon the more specialised markets. Our services can relate to property as basic as a lock-up retail unit of below 200 square feet however we also have the expertise to handle large industrial and storage premises.

Recently our instructions from hotel chains, breweries and other leisure-based companies have increased. To these clients we provide specific advice relating to maximising the potential of non-core assets.

We have advised and continue to advise upon and market a variety of development
opportunities. At the smaller end of the scale are barn conversions and single building plots, whilst larger schemes relate to Residential development sites and option agreements. However due to changes in government policy we are finding an increasing number of potential Brownfield sites are coming to the fore.

In a marketing context our contact with developers allows details of any property to be
passed far and wide but more importantly we can target the right type of potential
purchaser for each site, thus creating greater realisations. We can also negotiate options to purchase, sales subject to planning and advise upon the benefits of imposing covenants or claw-back clauses.

Both valuation and marketing advice can be offered in relation to Livestock, Deadstock, Plant & Machinery and Chattels. Sale can be by tender; by private treaty; as a sale with a business or property or by public auction.

We regularly sell by auction and have particular expertise in the sale of agricultural livestock, machinery and produce. We are employed as Auctioneers to Brockholes Arms Auction Mart.

Other areas in which we act are those such as workshop premises or household equipment.