Adam is one of the founding Partners of DWD with 40 years experience as a Chartered Surveyor.

Adam is now a consultant who focuses on complex property situations and development solutions. This includes statutory rating and compulsory purchase valuations; access & ransom, rail crossings, resolving restrictive covenants, overhead electricity line relocation and compensation; option, development and overage agreements; development site valuations and site assembly negotiations.

Adam has also appeared as an Expert Witness in the English Upper Tribunal and Hong Kong Lands Tribunal.

Specialisms

• Business Rates
• Compulsory Purchase and Site Assembly
• Acquisition and Disposal
• Valuation
• Affordable Housing Viability

Services

• Advice to developers on site assembly for residential and office schemes
• Market valuations required under option, development & overage agreements
• Assessing restrictive covenants, potential access limitations, third party access value
• Rail crossing air rights compensation and relocation of overhead electricity lines
• Negotiation of development and CPO indemnity agreements
• Management of the CPO process
• Compensation valuation estimates and claim negotiation
• Rating valuations requiring Receipts & Expenditure or Contractors methods of valuation