John Gledhill FRICS FBEng
John has broadly based Valuation experience having started his career as a surveyor in the Central Government Valuation Office and later in Local Authority Estate Divisions, having had many years experience in property development and in property management.
He has worked within property development companies and in private general practice giving acquisition and disposal advice to clients both private and corporate.
He has considerable experience in valuations for Capital Taxation, Rating and Revenues and has worked as a consultant to International property related Companies and managed the property section of a large Wiltshire based private practice. John is experienced in site appraisals, and negotiations for purchase, lettings and disposals. He is also very practised in giving evidence at tribunals and with rent reviews and in drafting and negotiating lease agreements.
For the last 17 years john has been the Director of his own general practice surveying and valuation Company. He is proud to let it be known he has valued and inspected and reported upon the condition of more than 7000 homes in the south. He has building conservation knowledge and, it follows, also an understanding of the fabric of old buildings. He is a Building Engineer as well as a Chartered Surveyor and currently also finds time to teach surveying students as a part- time distance tutor in Real Estate for the College of Estate Management at Reading.
John qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1974 and has been a member of the Association of Building Engineers since 2003.
Other work related experiences are:-
John is experienced in valuations for Inheritance Tax, Compulsory Purchase, Road Improvements and Housing Schemes.
He has worked in the oil industry as a lands consultant for several years in multi -national oil exploration companies and he remains an active planning consultant.
He is experienced in the presentation of proposals at public meetings and in conducting cases before Local Tribunals for Rating purposes. And has working Knowledge of the Rent Acts and detailed knowledge of Landlord & Tenant Legislation.
John was in private practice for 15 years before setting up his own successful property and Valuation Company of which he is a Director. Residential and commercial properties are evaluated, as are development opportunities to give advice on investment potential on portfolios of properties. His experience also embraces letting commercial contracts and in project management work.
