Our Rural Property Services

Tailored estate management solutions from strategic oversight to day-to-day operations, covering maintenance, lettings, planning, diversification and ownership structures.

Balanced, pragmatic guidance for residential, agricultural and commercial property, including agreements, rent reviews, notices, and tenancy management.

Support in building resilient, profitable, and environmentally sustainable farming enterprises, with practical, hands-on advice.

Assessment of underused assets and buildings for alternative use, conversions, leisure or residential projects, including planning applications, appeals, feasibility and enabling development.

We have achieved a 95% success rate in securing planning consents for our clients within the New Forest National Park.

Design, submission and management of Environmental Land Management schemes and grant funding (including ES, SFI, CS, LR and FiPL), alongside emerging natural capital markets such as carbon, biodiversity, nitrates, and phosphates.

We support clients with the management of shoots, stalking and fishing enterprises, ensuring sporting interests are balanced with other land uses and responsibilities. We prepare and negotiate sporting agreements and represent clients at deer management groups, working collaboratively across landscapes to achieve sustainable population control.

Our experience spans commercial timber operations through to the management of amenity woodland. We assist with planting, woodland creation, grant applications, felling operations and the sale of timber. We also help clients consider the operational, environmental and tax implications of their woodland strategy.

We provide comprehensive Red Book valuation reports for rural assets including estates, country houses, farmland, horticultural sites, equestrian units, residential property and mixed portfolios. As RICS Registered Valuers and Fellows of the CAAV, we stay abreast of legislation, taxation and market drivers.

Typical valuation purposes include:

• Probate / Inheritance Tax
• Capital Gains Tax
• Family planning and restructuring
• Internal management and dispute resolution
• Stocktaking valuations
• Market appraisals

Comprehensive management of rural property projects from concept to completion, ensuring programme adherence, budget control and compliance with regulations.

Bespoke, high-quality farm and estate plans for accurate day-to-day management and long-term strategic planning.