Sutcliffe Torrance Real Estate
Real Estate Consultancy
Lease Advisory | Asset Management | Valuation | Dispute Resolution
Our Services
Lease Advisory
We provide expert valuation and negotiation advice, ensuring that every interaction is handled smoothly and effectively. With a strong background in dispute resolution, we are robust, clear, and unwavering when it comes to promoting your best interests.
Our services cover rent reviews, lease renewals, and lease regears for commercial premises under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 (both contracted‑in and contracted‑out), as well as high‑value residential properties with rents exceeding £5,000 per calendar month.
We believe that a property’s value is not defined solely by its annual rent. We take a holistic approach, considering the full context — the occupational arrangements, the needs of the parties, and the commercial realities — to identify the right solution, even when it requires an unconventional approach.
Asset Management
Our asset management services are built around one principle: aligning every decision with your goals and values.
We recognise that every client has distinct objectives, and we are committed to finding the most effective route to achieving them — including unconventional approaches when they deliver the best outcome.
Working closely with you, we develop and implement tailored data-driven strategies to enhance the value and performance of your real estate assets, whether through acquisition, disposal, proactive development, or ongoing management.
Whether your priority is improving portfolio profitability, increasing operational efficiency, or reducing risk, our asset management services provide the expertise and support you need at every stage.
Valuations and Appraisals
Our valuation, appraisal, and performance‑modelling services provide accurate, reliable information to support confident decision‑making. While we undertake secured‑lending valuations only in specific circumstances, we regularly provide valuations for:
- Financial reporting
- Charities Act compliance
- Dispute resolution, including divorce and succession planning
- Negotiations
- Taxation matters (IHT, CGT, transfers to SIPPs, SDLT, ATED)
- Compulsory Purchase and statutory compensation
All valuations are carried out by experienced RICS qualified surveyors, ensuring the highest professional standards and full regulatory compliance.
Real Estate Dispute Resolution
We understand the importance of resolving real estate disputes efficiently and constructively.
The recent case of Churchill v Merthyr Tydfil [2023] has set an important precedent, enabling courts to require parties to actively explore alternative dispute resolution (ADR), including mediation.
We are professionally qualified to act as your agent in both litigation and ADR processes. We work closely with your legal team and, where appropriate, can approach barristers directly when doing so offers a clear cost benefit.
We are accredited to act as either evaluative or facilitative mediators, drawing on our extensive experience as chartered surveyors and our membership of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. We offer mediation both in person and online, with flexible scheduling — including evenings and weekends — to accommodate your time and commitments.
As mediators, we help parties resolve property disputes while preserving relationships and reducing the time, cost, and stress associated with formal proceedings. We uphold the core principles of mediation: the process is voluntary, confidential, and without prejudice. Any agreement reached remains non‑binding until all parties sign it, and we remain entirely neutral throughout.