I founded Loudwater BC after a decade in commercial building consultancy where I'd watched the same pattern play out: tenants paying landlords more than they owed, landlords settling for less than the lease entitled them to, and both sides spending too much on advisers who hid behind jargon. The work isn't complicated — but it does require someone who's actually read the lease, walked the building, and understood what the law allows.
I lead Loudwater's dilapidations work for both landlords and tenants. I'm the surveyor who'll quote you, sign the report, and run the negotiation — not the firm's directory of senior names with the work passed to a graduate. That's a deliberate choice and it shapes how we operate.
Outside Loudwater, I sit on RICS technical working groups and write regularly on commercial dilapidations practice. I'm based in London and spend most of my time on UK commercial property — offices, retail, industrial, and mixed-use schemes from single units up to portfolios.