AVOID INHERITANCE TAX ERRORS FOR PROPERTY AND LAND

With Inheritance Tax being scrapped for main residences valued up to £1 million from April 2020, most family homes will no longer be subject to this tax, but this won’t be the case for rental properties, second homes and most country homes and country estates, says Jonathan Mountford, Director of...
Read more September 2018

TAKE EARLY DILAPIDATIONS ADVICE – COURT DECISION

A court decision has emphasised the need for early advice on dilapidations, especially when considering exercising a break in a commercial property lease, says Mark Davies, Director of Building Surveying Services at Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon.   The outcome of the case - Office Depot International (UK) Limited...
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GJS DILLON SELLS WORCESTERSHIRE MIXED USE INVESTMENT

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has sold the freehold of a mixed use investment property in Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire.   Acting on behalf of a private client, Mike Pritchard, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, sold 6 Old Street, Upton upon Severn, Worcestershire, WR8 0HA, a...
Read more September 2018

We are celebrating GJS Dillon’s Eighth Birthday!

It’s been a year of growth and investment.  We’ve re-launched our website and updated our brand identity.  We’ve taken on Andrew Lewis as associate director and appointed him as head of our agency team, to allow me to spend more time growing our four departments - Commercial Property Agency, Valuations,...
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MALVERN TOWN CENTRE OFFICE BUILDING SOLD FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has sold a 7,000 sq ft office building, close to the centre of Great Malvern in Worcestershire, for residential development, for £800,000, following final and best offers.   Acting on behalf of Malvern Hills District Council, Mike Pritchard, commercial negotiator at...
Read more August 2018

HOW TO SAVE THOUSANDS OF POUNDS AT THE START OF A COMMERCIAL LEASE

Many business owners are unaware that they have to reinstate, repair and re-decorate their commercial property at the end of their lease, or pay the landlord to do it, and end up with a surprise bill, says GJS Dillon Director of Building Surveying Services Mark Davies.   These legal repairing...
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“BEST LOCATED” WORCESTER OFFICE SPACE COMES TO MARKET

Some of Worcester’s “best located” office space has come to market, in the shape of 7,000 sq ft of modern accommodation at Red Hill House.   Positioned on the main A44 London Road on the eastern side of the city, half a mile from Junction 7 of the M5 motorway...
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“BEST” KIDDERMINSTER INDUSTRIAL / WAREHOUSE UNIT COMES TO MARKET

Worcestershire-based commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has brought the highest quality modern industrial / warehouse unit in Kidderminster to market.   Unit 14 Finepoint Way, Kidderminster, is a very highly specified 10,171 sq ft warehouse, with 1,147 sq ft first floor office space, in a well located...
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GJS DILLON SELLS BROMSGROVE MIXED USE INVESTMENT

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has sold the freehold of a mixed use investment property in Bromsgrove.Acting on behalf of a private client, Charlie Green, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, sold 6, 10a and 10b The Strand, Bromsgrove, B61 8AB, a mixed use commercial and residential...
Read more July 2018

GJS DILLON LETS WORCESTER BUSINESS UNITS

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon has let two flexible business units at a business park in Hallow near Worcester.   Acting on behalf of private landlords, Mike Pritchard, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, let units 11 and 12, Ball Mill Top, Main Road, Hallow, Worcester, WR2 6LS.   Water...
Read more July 2018

RARE MALVERN COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLOTS COME TO MARKET

Worcestershire-based commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has been appointed to market rare freehold commercial property development plots in Malvern, Worcestershire.   Sites from one to four acres are available at Blackmore Park Industrial Estate, Malvern, WR8 0EF, close to Malvern Technology Centre and Malvern Hills Science Park....
Read more July 2018

AGENTS APPOINTED TO MARKET DROITWICH DEVELOPMENT SITE

GJS Dillon and Harris Lamb have been appointed to market the freehold of a well located one and a half acre development site in Droitwich in Worcestershire.   Surrounded by national retail warehouse occupiers and next to the site of new Lidl store, the land at George Baylis Road, Droitwich,...
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GJS DILLON HELPS TWO GROWING TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES EXPAND IN MALVERN

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has helped an award-winning Malvern technology company double the size of its business premises and a Worcester technology company relocate to larger premises on Malvern’s leading business park.   Acting on behalf of a private landlord, Mike Pritchard, commercial negotiator at...
Read more June 2018

80% OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AFFECTED BY UNDERINSURANCE

Up to four in five organisations will be disappointed with the pay out from their buildings insurance when they look to claim for damage, according to a leading building surveyor.   Mark Davies, Director of Building Surveying Services at Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon, says that the insurance industry...
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GJS DILLON HELPS LAW FIRM TO ACQUIRE WORCESTER OFFICES

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has helped West Midlands law firm Thursfields to acquire the freehold of its Worcester office building.   GJS Dillon advised Thursfields Solicitors on the purchase of the freehold of K2, 9 The Tything, Worcester, a 6,424 sq ft multi-let, three-storey office...
Read more June 2018

DESIRE FOR WORCESTERSHIRE FREEHOLD OFFICES REMAINS STRONG, AS SALES OUTSTRIP LETTINGS

Sales of Worcestershire offices outperformed lettings in the first three months of 2018, underlining the continuing high demand for freehold office buildings throughout the county, according to one of the county’s leading commercial property agents.   More than 36,000 sq ft of office space was sold in Worcestershire in the first...
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DEMAND FOR WORCESTERSHIRE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY REMAINS STRONG

Worcestershire industrial and distribution property remains highly sought after with strong, consistent enquiry levels and good take-up across the county, according to one of the county’s leading commercial property agents.   More than 180,000 sq ft of property was let or sold in the first quarter of 2018, following a take-up...
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GJS DILLON SELLS “HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER” BROMSGROVE INDUSTRIAL UNIT

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy and Chartered Surveyors GJS Dillon has sold the freehold of a Bromsgrove industrial unit to a UK manufacturer of automotive lubricants, oils and additives. Acting on behalf of a private client, Charlie Green, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, sold the freehold of 3 Warwick Court, Saxon...
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GJS DILLON SELLS BROMSGROVE OFFICE FREEHOLD

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon has sold the freehold of a Bromsgrove office building for the new headquarters of a national construction and engineering recruitment firm. Acting on behalf of Commercial Designs Solutions Holdings Ltd, Charlie Green, commercial negotiator at GJS Dillon, sold the freehold of CDS House, 7...
Read more May 2018

NEW APPOINTMENT TO BOOST GROWTH AT WORCESTERSHIRE CHARTERED SURVEYORS

Worcestershire commercial property consultancy GJS Dillon has expanded to keep pace with a growing workload with the appointment of a new Associate Director.   Andrew Lewis joins the Chartered Surveyors practice, which has offices in Worcester, Bromsgrove and Droitwich, from Lambert Smith Hampton’s London office.  At GJS Dillon he will...
Read more May 2018