Our Service
Professional
With our specialist retailing and office background, and our undisputed knowledge of the area, we offer a practical market led approach across a wide range of professional services. We employ dedicated surveyors experienced in all aspects of Landlord and Tenant work including rent reviews and lease renewals. We can provide expert evidence in dispute resolution and litigation, arbitration and expert referrals.
We work closely with the legal profession and can advise on the most appropriate and beneficial wording in the drafting of rent review and arbitration clauses in leases.
We have assembled a comprehensive database of evidence detailing letting and rent review transactions on shops, restaurants and offices.
We also carry out other professional services including insurance valuations, record of conditions, schedule of dilapidations and rating appeals etc. The professional services team act on behalf of numerous leading retailers and a range of investors in commercial property.
Our Professional Team
Michael Hole: michael@milescommercial.co.ukManagement
Property management can be time consuming and complex and for these reasons many owners seek a professional agent for their own peace of mind.
Miles Commercial manages commercial and residential properties; clients include private individuals (some based overseas), private and PLC companies and Housing Associations.
Listed below our normal management duties:
- Preparation of demands, collection of rent and service charges (all monies held in dedicated client accounts)
- Calculation and collection of interest on late payments
- Regular inspections of the property
- Arranging for minor repairs (to an agreed limit) and overseeing the work
- Administering insurance cover
- Reconciling the landlord’s rent account for the year end and producing service charge accounts and budgets
- Maintenance contracts, management and cleaning of the common areas
- Dealing with routine enquiries from tenants
- Maintenance of all records relating to the property and the tenancies
- Forward planning on rent reviews, lease renewals
- Advising on portfolio policy and maximizing the landlord’s asset
If tenants are getting into financial difficulties, our agency department will try to find a new tenant to take over the lease on a back to back basis (ie with no void period).
Our Management Team
Matt Girling: matt@milescommercial.co.ukOffices
Over the past 15 years we have established ourselves as the leading agents to various landlords in the area, working alongside Cadogan Estates, Benchmark Group PLC, South Kensington Estates Ltd and Brompton Estates Ltd.
We have built a reputation as the specialist office agents in the area, with a strong understanding for market conditions. With an established professional and valuation department we are also able to offer expert advice on acquisitions, disposals, lettings and assignments for both individual and corporate clients.
Our Offices Team
Peter Bromwich: peter@milescommercial.co.ukRetail
Mles Commercial provide unprecedented market knowledge, information and advice which enable us to cater for all our clients needs.
Our specialist regional property knowledge, coupled with a specific focus on changes in retailing and market trends throughout the UK, enables us to provide our clients with a detailed spectrum of information. We focus on key marketing advice focusing on value, trends and market incentives.
Disposals
We work with a number of landlords in disposing of their surplus property. We also work with high net worth individuals, major institutions, property companies, public sector bodies, private trusts and individual Estates. We both advise and act on their behalf of to dispose of their assets.
Acquisitions
We aim to provide a full acquisition service working in close connection with our retail clients to identify and source suitable locations and to negotiate the best possible terms on their behalf.
Our Retail Team
Tom Pain: tom@milescommercial.co.ukInvestment
Miles Commercial is active in both acquisitions and disposals, providing a high degree of professionalism and quality advice throughout, ensuring that clients property returns are maximised.
We provide overall investment advice to include the acquisition of the investment, asset management, or formal private treaty sales. There is no restriction to the size of the investment handled and we emphasize independence and impartiality.
Specialising in the Knightsbridge, Chelsea and South Kensington areas we are able to source investment opportunities early, often off the market. Our in-depth knowledge of the market is supported by an integrated investment valuation and forecasting scheme.
Our Investment Team
Michael Hole: michael@milescommercial.co.ukResidential
We have been active in the Knightsbridge, Chelsea, South Kensington and Fulham areas for over 15 years. We have a number of overseas clients who have purchased property for investment and who then look to us to manage and let the residential element of their portfolio. This year for example we have let flats in Parsons Green, Hammersmith, Fulham and West Kensington, as well as a block of flats in East Molesey, Surrey.
We further advise development companies with the purchase of site acquisitions in Central London and the South East of England. Also we advise clients on the purchase of residential blocks.