Graeme Pollock shares his insights on commercial property investment and economic growth in the West Lothian region of Scotland, considering impacts from Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic and strengths in industries like logistics, distribution, and repurposing of older industrial spaces. While
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Despite facing year of challenges such as inflation and interest rate hikes, the Scottish residential property market has demonstrated resilience, writes DM Hall managing partner John McHugh. He discusses a positive outlook for 2024 with stable conditions, increased cash buyers, and a shift toward u
As part of its new year initiatives, a raft of promotions at both director and associate level have been made at Chartered Surveyors firm DM Hall. Seven professionals have been elevated to director status in the firm. They are David Hyde and Wallace Kidd, both of whom work in the Glasgow residential
Chartered surveyors firm DM Hall has added to its leadership team with the appointment of Andrew Healy as its latest financial director. Mr Healy, previously in charge of finances at the Scottish Rugby Union for a decade and most recently with the Law Society of Scotland, is set to succeed Alan Patr
DM Hall, the Scottish independent firm of chartered surveyors is to incorporate the branding of its Bridge of Allan-based rural property specialist arm, Baird Lumsden. DM Hall’s managing partner, John McHugh, said: “We have recently signed a contract with a web design agency to improve o
Chartered surveyors DM Hall alongside property agents Ryden have brokered a new five-year lease for Aberdeen-based company, Trojan Crates, for one of the refurbished industrial units at 1-7 Crombie Road, near the city centre and Port of Aberdeen. The industrial unit, which is part of a seven-unit fa
Scottish chartered surveyors firm DM Hall has ventured beyond Scotland for the first time by acquiring Hyde Harrington, a respected chartered surveying practice based in the north-west England region of Cumbria. The move, which comes on the heels of DM Hall’s 125th anniversary last year,
DM Hall has acquired a long established Edinburgh architectural reporting business, AWA, for an undisclosed sum. AWA offers an architectural reporting service that gives solicitors and home owners peace of mind when alterations have been carried out without consent, either confirming that no consent
In a move to merge its Glasgow Southside and Paisley operations, chartered surveyors firm DM Hall has agreed terms to occupy a new office hub facility at Centura Court, Hillington Park, from April 2023. The new office will accommodate the surveying teams from the firm’s existing branches at Ki
A pause for reflection may be no bad thing if we are to see a return to a more normal residential property market in Scotland, argues DM Hall's John McHugh. While reports about a slump in house sales and dropping prices quite naturally attract the attention of a headline-hungry press, the reali
DM Hall, chartered surveyors, has been instructed to acquire a 90-130 acres site in Scotland’s Central Belt on behalf of an international drinks firm. Jennifer Campbell, head of rural agency at Baird Lumsden, DM Hall’s rural property arm, said: "We have been instructed once more by a ret
DM Hall, a Scottish independent firm of chartered surveyors, has appointed Martin Elsby and Ian Davidson as partners. The appointments of Mr Elsby, who was formerly director of the firm’s national building consultancy, and Mr Davidson, formerly director of DM Hall’s E
This confident message from expert voice Stuart Johnston of DM Hall is welcome news for the commercial property market in Aberdeen. Few have ever filled their boots by trying to correctly call a turning point in markets, but a remarkable concatenation of circumstances in Aberdeen in recent months ha
A 0.69 Acre residential building plot with full planning permission and building warrant for the erection of a one and a half storey 4-bedroom home at The Old Mill, Bleachfield, Huntly AB54 4QX, is being marketed by Baird Lumsden, the rural property arm of DM Hall at offers over £90,000. The p
In its biggest commercial property deal since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, DM Hall has secured the lease of 30,000 square feet of offices at 177 Bothwell Street on behalf of wealth management and professional services group, Evelyn Partners. The business, formed from the long-established and