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We are Chartered Surveyors, Valuers, Agents, and planning advisors. Please call us or visit our website for more information.

Our Services & Sectors:

Commercial Property

Commercial property, offices, industrial units, office premises, retail, hotels, care homes and road side uses plus other specialist properties provide the blue print for our economy and the values held in these assets are rarely maximised by their freehold owners. The commercial markets have peaked and fallen, but the properties remain. Thornes Chartered Surveyors are able to provide specialist advice in the strategic review of a properties potential, by working with existing tenants or by the introduction and creation of new and enhanced rent receipts
Asset and property review
Market Rental assessment
Strategic management planning / alternate mixed use assessment
Property management and rent collection
Business Rates re-assessment
Green building and carbon footprint reduction
Identification of tenant demand and enquiries
Investment and added value creation
Lettings and Sales
The commercial market is a fluid ever changing vehicle steered by variances in currency, inflation, bank base rates yet many companies and individuals review property as a static instrument. Thornes Chartered Surveyors are able to provide a 'review of any commercial property interests' to ascertain if we can enhance the inherent value of our clients interests!

Residential and Public Sector

hornes Chartered Surveyors staff have been providing expert advice on the sale and acquisition of all types of residential property, from flats, houses, bungalows and listed buildings across Dorset. We provide tailored advice on the art of home finding, and the tricky aspects of marketing, selling and investing in the residential market. Our staff know the pitfalls and obstacles to avoid and how to work your way through the conveyance process.
Sales
Acquisitions
Affordable housing
Social housing
Interim Rents
Exception sites
Grant transfers
Portfolio Sales
Farms & Estates
Student property
Our marketing takes into account all aspect of your property, from the location, size, floor plan layout and any planning potential, which we can explore for you or it can be used to enhance the value to the next owner. Being at the heart of the local market we are ahead in our knowledge of price changes and bank lending, keeping us ahead of the pack. Please contact the office if you would like to find out more about Thornes Chartered Surveyors residential Property.

Valuations

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) is the worlds leading professional body for qualifications and standards in land, property and construction. As people, governments, banks and commercial organisations continue to demand more assurance of certified standards and ethics, attaining RICS status is the recognised mark of property professionalism.
Thornes Chartered Surveyors are a private practise firm of Chartered Surveyors and a RICS registered company. The practising valuers are RICS registered valuers and our valuations are all undertaken in compliance of the Practise Statements contained within the 'Red Book' ~ 'The RICS Appraisal and Valuation Manual'.
Instructions are received for a variety of valuations;
Market Rent / Worth and Investment Value / Fair Value
Valuations for Secured Lending
Valuations for Public Sector Assets
Matrional Valuations
Valuations for Inheritance Tax / Capital Gains Tax and Stamp Duty Land Tax
Valuations for Financial Statements Under International Financial Reporting Standards
S.36 Charity Valuations
Housing Association Valuations
Development Land Valuations
Shared Ownership of Residential Property
Specialist Commercial Valuations
Thornes are able to provide specialist property valuations for a variety of reasons on unique or individual properties such as Boat Yards, Yacht Clubs, day nurseries, hotels and buy to let portfolios. We also undertake valuations for Doctors reporting to the GPFC (the General Practice Finance Corporation) on Medical Centres, Doctors Surgeries and Dental Practices.

Planning

Thornes Chartered Surveyors are able to provide planning advise to home owners, businesses, corporate clients and developers on a wide range of issues from small domestic private extensions through to town centre redevelopment schemes. Recent examples of the diverse range of work undertaken is the management of a planning application for a private client to extend a residential house in Parkstone, to undertaking a planning verification assessment on a £20m Poole Town Centre redevelopment scheme adjacent to the lifting bridge on behalf of Poole Borough Council.
The extent of work undertaken includes;
General Pre-application advice
Home Extensions
New Build developments
Change of Use applications
Architectural Design and Appraisal
General Planning
Preparation and Submission of Design and Access Statements
Advice and monitoring of sustainable development and planning through the national and localism agenda framework
Affordable Housing Viability Assessment
Residual Development Appraisals
The planning system is forever changing and increasing in complexity. Many of our clients either lack the professional knowledge to effectively plan and submit a planning application or merely lack the time required to effectively manage a planning led process. Thornes are able to assist at any stage of the planning process of manage the entire application of your behalf from conception through to a grant of consent.

Development

Thornes Chartered Surveyors have identified land, secured buyers, valued, undertaken detailed residual land valuations and project managed numerous planning applications and developments, both residential and commercial for private and corporate clients. We have experience in undertaking and delivering;
Residual land appraisals
Land Valuations
Advice and agreement of S.106 Agreements and Community Infrastructure levies
Verification appraisals to assess affordable housing provision
New Build design studies
Development land sales and acquisitions
Identification and promotion of development land
Project monitoring
Construction and development funding partners
Affordable Housing Viability Assessment
From years of experience in planning and development, we are able to quickly and efficiently appraisal the opportunity cost and likelihood of obtaining a grant of planning consent and assess the added value which may be gained from the process.