Blackmore Building Consultancy is a RICS regulated commercial building surveying firm created to provide landlords and occupiers with the very best independent, specialist building surveying advice and services based on many decades of experience and a detailed understanding of ‘the game’ to speedily identify and minimise future risk, settling the majority of claims before lease end, saving our clients’ substantial amounts of time and money
Why Us?
There are many big and small building surveying firms, but most have to function at the generalist level of the spectrum to make ends meet - there are very few specialist firms.
Dealing with the big generalist firms is very like looking for that widget in your local DIY warehouse. You spend an hour finding every variant except the one you need, then get handed it in 30 seconds (and half the price) when you finally give up and pop into that little specialist shop on the high St.
We know what we are doing, we respect our clients, they respect us, and that is what sets our company apart from others.
- Commercially aware: We understand the commercial pressures our clients are under and wherever possible tailor our service to meet their expectations and needs
- Track Record: In the last 12 months alone we have successfully resolved many millions of pounds in dilapidations disputes for landlords and tenants
- Fees: Our fees are competitive, reflect the type and level of service provided and whenever possible are incentive based to share the client’s risk
- Experience: The team boast decades of dilapidations experience
- Expertise: Members of the team act as expert witness in court cases and ADR, lecture, sit on related industry committees and write extensively on their chosen subjects
Our Philosophy
We believe all our client instructions are equally important, no matter how big or small. Our company is needed in both good and bad situations in life, and we do whatever we can to make all instructions a good experience no matter the subject. We look at our clients as people with genuine problems and do not measure their wallet before we look at their case. Having your instruction dealt with by a mega 'one-stop-shop' surveying firm might be sensible if you need to justify your decision to hire. It's also excellent for all those juniors who need to learn by their mistakes, but in an ideal world you ought to look to firms that employ them after they learn their trade.
The Team
David and James left senior Directorships in top UK Surveying firms to create a unique RICS regulated commercial building surveying firm able to provide landlords and tenants with the very best independent, specialist dilapidations advice and project deliver services
David Blackmore BSc, MRICS
Director
[London]
David has over 35 years' experience providing Building Surveying expert evidence, advice and services to commercial and residential tenants, landlords, occupiers and owners in London and the South East of the UK.
- 25 years as a dilapidations specialist
- David has personally settled over 900 dilapidations claims
- Average reductions of 70% for tenants, while conceding 20% reductions for landlords, normally all before (or shortly) after lease end
- 18 expert appointments where he has produced expert reports, attended mediations and given evidence in court.
Starting as a Building Surveyor in 1981, David spent 12 years in various central London surveying firms, eventialy focusing on defect analysis, project delivery and lease dispute resolution by the early 1990s, joining Great Portland Estates as their dilapidations specialist between 1993 and 2000. David creating and lead Savills Dilapidations Consultancy for 14 years before joining Lambert Smith Hampton as head of their London building surveying department in 2014, leaving to create his own independent building consultancy practice at the beginning of 2016.
David has a number of published articles, speaks at conferences and seminars and co-founded The Dilapidations Association 2017
david@blackmoreBC.com
07490 819 316
James Leeks BSc, MRICS
Director
[Bristol]
James has over 25 years experience providing Building Surveying advice and services to commercial and residential tenants, landlords, occupiers, owners and investors in the south of the UK. James provides clear, concise and commercially focused recommendations that take account of clients’ business objectives.
- Project managing the construction of a 100,000 ft office building in Bristol
- Numerous office and industrial fit outs,
- Hundreds of surveys and dilapidation claims.
- Acting for Law of Property Act receivers in relation to failed or failing developments.
Starting as a Building Surveyor in 1992, James worked at various large national surveying consultancies including Chestertons, Donaldsons, Fuller Peiser and BNP Paribas before joining Edward Symonds to head up their National Building Consultancy department in 2008. James became Head of Lambert Smith Hampton's West of England Building Surveying Department following the 2015 merger, leaving in 2016 for partnership in Bruton Knowles and ultimately Directorship at Blackmore BC
James career has focused on due-diligence surveys, project delivery and dilapidations resolution.
james@blackmoreBC.com
07951 897947
Questions?
If you have questions regarding our company, you should give us a call. We will do everything possible to make sure we are the right fit for your need - and if we cannot we will probably know someone we can refer to you to.
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