- Client
- Somerville College, Oxford
- Sector
- Commercial
- Location
- Oxford
- How we helped
- Building consultancy Education Commercial property and asset management
Career Highlights:
The Haberdashers’ Company School Surveyor
Michael has been advising Schools and College bursars on Planned and Preventative Maintenance (PPM) for over 20 years throughout England and Wales. He first started advising Haberdashers’ Monmouth School for Girls in 1998. He has subsequently provided planned maintenance advice for Monmouth School, Haberdashers’ Aske’s Boys’ School and his team also inspected Haberdashers’ Aske’s School for Girls and their Adams Grammar School in Newport for Planned maintenance. Michael has also been engaged to organise and coordinate re roofing and repairs recommended within his reports at the Haberdashers’ Monmouth schools. In January 2017 Michael was formally appointed by the Haberdashers’ Company to also advise them on all of their schools which include their Academy schools.
Worcester College, Oxford – Front Quad Surveyor
Whilst Michael has been advising the College for over 20 years on various property maintenance matters, prepared a strategic plan to prioritise maintenance and improvement works and for a number of years dealt with refurbishment projects up to £400,000 in value, in 2016 Carter Jonas were asked to tender for the role of Front Quad Surveyor. Against tough competition Michael and his team have been appointed by the College to advise on a program of refurbishment of their Grade I listed Front Quad property which will be phased over the next 7 – 10 years.
Thorpe Mandeville Manor, Oxon.
Carter Jonas have provided professional advice on rural estate properties to this family client for many years. In 2011 Michael was appointed by the next generation of the family to own the Manor and advise on prioritising and specifying phased re roofing works to their Grade II* listed Manor house, in close consultation with the local Conservation Officer and Historic England (formerly known as English Heritage). He is currently coordinating the internal refurbishment of this property which includes a new Biomass boiler and district heating situated in the stable block to heat the Manor and stable cottages, re plumbing and re wiring and associated modernisation and conservation of the interior.
Inspection to establish overall condition for compliance and maintenance of 14no residential properties. Preparation and /or update of existing floor plans, Outline design proposals with comment on likely success to obtain statutory consent and budgetary advice on likely implementation costs. Advice from our residential letting and sales department on likely uplift in value for the proposals.
Our in house residential letting team had over many years, let many of the properties for the college between new staff appointments to the college.
The college when to competitive tender to ask for maintenance and feasibility to update the buildings and our building consultancy team secured the instruction in summer 2018.
We inspected each property and made comment on the general condition of the exterior, interior and provided an overview on the condition of the building services and grounds. We highlighted areas of concern and provided a budget for catch up maintenance. We commented on whether the properties were located where staff would be willing to live and commented whether subdivision would be desirable to create flats out of houses or not.
We updated/prepared existing floor plans and provided at least one sketched overlay for each property on what we considered to be desirable work such as open plan dining/ kitchen areas, en-suites, possible loft conversions with an approximation of implementation costs as well a comment on the likelihood of obtaining conservation/ planning approval.
Premier Inn Hotel
Located on a previously unused car park in Newbury’s town centre, this new 100 bed budget hotel with...
Orchard Lea Main House Refurbishment
Carter Jonas worked on the total refurbishment, upgrade and extension of a 7-bedroom Edwardian house...
The Manor House
The Manor House is an important early 17th Century Grade II* Listed property in North Oxfordshire. C...
Norwich City Council
Norwich City Council is seeking to improve the performance of its portfolio through rationalisation ...
Property Reviews: LB Hounslow
Carter Jonas conducted a property asset review on a pre-determined section of the London Borough of ...
BP International Business Park
Carter Jonas were instructed by Spelthorne Borough Council to provide a valuation for accounts purpo...
Care Quality Commission
Care Quality Commission was seeking advice and technical support through the identification of optio...
Valuation of Handelsbanken portfolio
Our professionals in Birmingham have provided valuation advice on an investment portfolio of 15 comm...
Worcester College, Oxford
In September 2016 the college set up a committee of senior Fellows’ and staff who had been tasked wi...
Valuation of private dwelling
Our professionals advised a traditional private bank which was facilitating the purchase of an impor...
Valuation of West End Theatres
Carter Jonas were instructed by an American client to provide an asset valuation for tax purposes af...
Former St Peter’s School
On behalf of Wiltshire Council, Carter Jonas were appointed to dispose of the freehold interest in t...
Estate Strategy: RBLI
Royal British Legion Industries occupies an island site in Aylesford Kent, comprising 70 acres with ...
Old Bond Street
5 Old Bond Street occupies a pivotal position on the end of a central terrace in Old Bond Street, ot...
Global Headquarters Cambridge
Carter Jonas has been appointed by ARM Holdings to act as their sole strategic property adviser in C...
Food Standard Agency (FSA)
Food Standard Agency needed to vacate its current London headquarters and relocate, considering vari...
Kingston Farm
We were appointed as Hitachi’s lead consultant and project manager to procure CAT B fit-out works to...
Culham Science Centre
Culham Science Centre combines world-class publicly funded research into fusion power; commercial te...
.ashx)
Roper Rhodes
The South West building consultancy team were appointed in June 2016 to provide a feasibility report...
Valuation of grammar school
Acting on behalf of the Haberdashers' Company, our valuation professionals in Birmingham and Oxford ...
Shortgrove Farm
Situated in the rolling Chiltern Hills, the principal property at Shortgrove Farm dates back to the ...
Letting of Riverside South
Carter Jonas were approached by the tenants of Riverside South in order to help advise them on an ex...
London Borough of Haringey
Carter Jonas conducted a Council-wide consultation on a pre-determined section of the London Borough...
Leeds City Centre Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas identified new premises and negotiated favourable terms for The Medical Protection Soci...
Sale of Petrol Filling Station Investment
Carter Jonas successfully marketed and negotiated the sale of a petrol filling station investment, e...
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council was seeking advice and technical support through the identification of...
Lease Renewal Services for Feref
Instructed to negotiate a renewal of Feref Ltd’s existing lease at 17-18 Great Pulteney Street, W1, ...
Lime Tree Clinic
The Carter Jonas Building Consultancy team was instructed to undertake the refurbishment and extensi...
Ridgeon's Development
On behalf of Ridgeon’s Builders Merchants Limited, Carter Jonas were appointed to procure a developm...
New Travelodge Sites
Will Mooney, head of the Eastern Region Commercial Department in Cambridge, and Samuel Turner are ap...
ARM Eastbrook Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas’s Cambridge office team were instructed by ARM Ltd to find expansion space for their bu...
240 Blackfriars, Demandware
Following submission and acceptance of a competitive fee proposal, Carter Jonas was appointed by Dem...
Freehold Investment Disposal
The Cambridge office of Carter Jonas was at the heart of a commercial property deal which saw the di...
Abingdon Science Park
Acting on behalf of Addington Capital, Carter Jonas were retained as sole agents after the previous ...
New Warehouse
Carter Jonas' Building Consultancy team provided a monitoring service in relation to a £2 million ne...
Grove Business Park
Grove Business Park in Oxfordshire is set in 32 acres of land, offering a range of existing office, ...
20 Nuffield Way
Acting on behalf of Opcare Limited, Carter Jonas were instructed to advise on disposal options for a...
CIL Relocation
Instructed to relocate CIL management consultants to new offices capable of accommodating approximat...
The Maltings Industrial Estate
Following a reorganisation of their warehouse arrangements, UK bathroom supplier Roper Rhodes releas...
The Broers Building
Carter Jonas are instructed by the University of Cambridge to manage the Broers Building, which is l...
King Charles House
Carter Jonas were instructed to market, by way of a sublease, surplus office accommodation occupied ...
Pharmaceutical office relocation
Carter Jonas worked with Oval Medical Ltd on the acquisition and fit-out of a new office and researc...
Milton Park
Acting on behalf of RM Plc, Carter Jonas acquired new office premises totaling 17,900 sq ft at Milto...
Frost and Sullivan Relocation
Carter Jonas were instructed to relocate Frost & Sullivan UK headquarters to new offices capable of ...
London Relocation Greenlight Marketing
Relocation of a well-known marketing company, Greenlight Marketing, to c. 13,000 sq ft in British La...
Launton Business Centre
Acting on behalf of CBRE GI, Carter Jonas were jointly instructed to market and secure tenants for U...
Land at Darlington Road
The Carter Jonas Leeds Office have been acting for local farming family, the Gills, since the mid-19...
Nuffield Industrial Estate
Acting on behalf of Eskmuir Properties, Carter Jonas were instructed on a joint agency basis to disp...
Foxcombe Hall
Acting on behalf of the Open University, Carter Jonas were instructed to dispose of the university's...
Ingeus Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas’s team in Leeds identified and acquired suitable premises for Ingeus to open six new of...
WANO Rent Review
Carter Jonas were instructed to negotiate the rent review of WANO’s office on the 35th floor of 25 C...
6 High Street, Ely
Carter Jonas provided dilapidations advice in respect of the former tenant’s exit and subsequently d...
Wycliffe Retirement Village
Carter Jones secured planning permission on behalf of Salmon Harvester Properties for the redevelopm...
Sir John Moore Barracks
Sir John Moore Barracks is the home of the Army Training Regiment and dates from 1986, but the site ...
Harlow Pitney Bowes
Carter Jonas were instructed by Pitney Bowes to manage the relocation from a redundant office to a f...
Bodicote, Oxfordshire
Acting on behalf of a longstanding institutional client, Carter Jonas has sold 43 acres of developme...
Cambridge Southern Fringe
The Cambridge Southern Fringe Area Development Framework (2006) formed the blueprint for the ongoing...
Planning Permission secured on appeal for retirement village in the Cambridge Green Belt
Acting on behalf of Axis Land Partnerships Ltd, the Carter Jonas Eastern Planning Team has secured o...
Ladbroke Grove
Carter Jonas advise the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (RBKC) on the redevelopment of its r...
Carter Jonas achieves planning consent for Barratt and David Wilson homes in Cambridge
National property consultancy Carter Jonas has secured planning consent on behalf of Barratt and Dav...
Development partner secured, Leeds
Our development professionals were instructed to identify a suitable development partner to take on ...
North Brockworth, Gloucestershire
Carter Jonas acquired around 90 acres of agricultural land in the Green Belt near Gloucester for an ...
Harlocks Farm, Stuntney
Working on behalf of our client, Cole Ambrose Ltd., our Planning & Development team, based in the ea...
Land at Panshanger, Hertfordshire
Our professionals provided a development appraisal and valuation of a former aerodrome site at Pansh...
North Abingdon, Oxfordshire
Acting for a charity, Carter Jonas identified the potential for development of the client’s Greenbel...
North West Kent College
A planning application to redevelop an existing college campus located in the Green Belt.
Threesixty Developments
Threesixty Developments called on Carter Jonas’s expertise following the refusal of a planning appli...
Carter Jonas secures planning permission for the expansion of the Oxfordshire Advanced Skills facility at Culham Science Centre
Carter Jonas was appointed by the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) to prepare and submit a plannin...
Kingston Riding Centre
On behalf of the residential developer London Square Developments, our Carter Jonas London planning ...
Residential development land sold
On a private landowner’s behalf, our northern development team were instructed to identify a suitabl...
Chalfont St Peter, Aylesbury Vale
Our professionals developed indicative masterplan proposals for land northeast of Chalfont St Peter ...
Harrods Headquarters
Carter Jonas’ London planning team has obtained planning permission for a large-scale office extensi...
Development land in Harrogate
Carter Jonas’ development professionals have sold a 5.17-acre development site at Whinney Lane in Ha...
Former family centre
Working on behalf of This Land Ltd., our planning team in Cambridge, lead by Richard Seamark, secure...
Spencer’s Park
Carter Jonas is advising Homes England on the development of its land at Spencer’s Park, Hemel Hemps...
Buchan Street Local Centre
Our planning consultants successfully secured a resolution to approve a planning application for the...
Gunnersbury Triangle
We recently secured planning permission, on behalf of Lampton Development 360, a joint venture partn...
Estate Strategy: Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Re-appointed in November 2016 as the National Property Advisor for Department for Work and Pensions,...
100% affordable housing scheme, York
Our northern planning team have submitted a full planning application for an 100% affordable housing...
Goldsworth Road, Woking Borough Council
Carter Jonas is advising EcoWorld London on the redevelopment of the 1.15 ha site, comprising eight ...
Discovery Special Academy
Our planning specialists secured temporary planning permission for a two year period for modular acc...
Development partner secured, Manchester
Acting on behalf of a private landowner who owns around 1,000 acres of land within Rochdale Bury, ou...
Units 18b & 18c Meridian East
Units 18b and 18c are two office buildings within the Meridian East Business Park. They are 10,790 s...
Property Reviews: BCC Location Asset Strategy Review
Carter Jonas has provided a full review of all Buckinghamshire County Council property, with a prima...
C.H. Robinson Amsterdam Consolidation
C.H. Robinson had three sites in Amsterdam which were no longer aligned with the business needs and ...
Brent Cross Cricklewood Regeneration
Carter Jonas advised Hammerson, Standard Life and the London Borough of Barnet in the promotion of C...
Grantchester High Street Lease
Carter Jonas were instructed to advise and dispose of the leasehold interest of a former Car Garage ...
CBS Freehold Disposals
Carter Jonas were instructed to advise and dispose of a number of Cambridge Building Society sites a...
ARM Holdings Campus Expansion
Carter Jonas’ Cambridge Planning team helped secure detailed planning permission for 20,677sqm GEA o...
Cambridge Growing Life Centre
Carter Jonas’s Cambridge Planning Team assisted Granta Park Estates in securing planning permission ...
Land off Thornbury Road, Eynsham
Maximised value for the landowner by securing planning permission for 160 residential units and then...
Statutory Transfers
Land held within the public sector can be subject to change by way of changes in legislation, The Ac...
Estate Management: Police and Crime Commissioners
Carter Jonas provide a full range of operational property support services across the entirety of th...
Homerton College Development
Carter Jonas are instructed by Homerton College to manage the Homerton Business Centre and adjoining...
UK Payments Administration Office Acquisition
Carter Jonas were instructed to acquire an office floor in close proximity to Thomas More Square, E1...
Land development opportunities from Greenbelt to the north of Abingdon
Acting for a charity client, Carter Jonas identified the potential for development of Greenbelt land...
Strategic development scheme in Wantage
Carter Jonas brought two farming families together at Wantage to promote a strategic development sch...
Multi-development opportunities in Gillingham
Carter Jonas acted for a private landowner in respect of a strategic development scheme comprising a...
Carter Jonas acquired 90 acres of land in Greenbelt
Carter Jonas acquired around 90 acres of agricultural land in the Green Belt near Gloucester for an ...
Harrogate West Business Park
Carter Jonas Northern Commercial secures 100% occupation of 111,170 sq ft of new build commercial wa...
Marrtree Business Park, Thirsk
Marrtree Business Park forms part of the larger Sowerby Gateway development which extends to some 70...
Waterbeach New Town East
Carter Jonas prepared and managed the submission of the financial viability assessment on behalf of ...
Epping Town Centre Sites
Carter Jonas prepared and managed the submission of the financial viability assessment on behalf of ...
Ashton Gate Sporting Village
Carter Jonas prepared and managed the submission of the financial viability assessment on behalf of ...
Land north of Cambridge Road, Linton
Carter Jonas has prepared a vision document on behalf of Bloor Homes Ltd in order to promote the sit...
West of Ifield Garden Village
Crawley was a classic 1940’s New Town with 9 distinct neighbourhoods surrounding the urban centre an...
Winterbourne Fields
Development of a new garden village close to Canterbury and Faversham in the Swale Borough of Kent.
Rickman’s Green Village
Carter Jonas Masterplanning team have submitted an outline application for up to 475 homes on land a...
Central Abingdon Regeneration Framework (CARF)
Regeneration framework for improvements to the town centre of Abingdon, a town along the River Thame...
Land Northwest of Burley Road, Oakham
The Masterplanning team was initially instructed to produce a vision document to support the promoti...
Land East of Roman’s Edge, Godmanchester
The Carter Jonas Masterplanning team prepared a vision document for Plaza Land Limited to help promo...
Land off Cogges Hill Road
The Masterplanning team have developed proposals for a major urban extension to the east of Witney i...
Charlton Riverside
Carter Jonas is advising Hyde Group on the redevelopment of the 4.21 ha site, comprising five parcel...
Cleeve Meadow School
Our planning professionals worked with London Borough of Bexley (LBB), Kemnal Academies Trust and Ga...
Beaverbrook Golf Course
The delivery of this exemplary project was due to many years of hard work by a committed and enthusi...
Aperture Works
Carter Jonas has successfully secured reserved matters and detailed planning permission for Harrow V...
Brentford Community Stadium
We have been working with Brentford Football Club and its development partner EcoWorld London for a ...
Cleeve Park
Working with the London Borough of Bexley (LBB) and the Kemnal Academies Trust, we secured planning ...
Brick By Brick Small Sites Portfolio
Carter Jonas is advising a Croydon Council backed development company on a 70-site residential portf...
Hounslow High Street Quarter
Carter Jonas is advising Barratt London on the redevelopment of a prominent town centre site, north ...
Heathside
Acting on behalf of the Department for Education and the ElmWey Learning Trust, we secured planning ...
Nestles Avenue
Carter Jonas was involved in advising Buccleuch Property on a mixed-use redevelopment scheme on Nest...
Fairfield Homes
Carter Jonas was instructed to provide planning strategy advice and prepare a detailed planning appl...
Harrow View East
Carter Jonas has successfully secured reserved matters and detailed planning permission for Harrow V...
Westminster Small Sites
Carter Jonas advised Westminster City Council on the redevelopment of two council-owned garage sites...
Surplus Land Pilot Study
We are currently advising Homes England and Locat-Ed, the Department for Education’s property compan...
West Tey
On behalf of L&Q, as well as strategic promoters Cirrus Land and landowner consortium G120, Carter J...
India House, Cambridge
On this project, Carter Jonas provided planning consultancy services from inception to completion of...
Estate Strategy: BCC Property Asset Management Plan
One of the first activities undertaken following Carter Jonas’ appointment as Estates Framework prov...
Estate Management: BCC
Provision of full property support services across the operational and investment estates of Bucking...
Orchard Lea Pool Complex
Carter Jonas were acquired to help with the design and construction of a contemporary 15m x 6m priva...
Czarnikow Office Acquisition
Instructed to acquire an office floor within the City of London suitable for accommodating approxima...
Valuations for Warwick District Council
Carter Jonas is retained by Warwick District Council to provide asset valuations in respect of Gener...