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Residential opportunities: year of growth

Greenholme

Properties with development potential have had a record number of buyers this year which we have seen in new build housing developments and residential conversions. Greenholme Steading is a new build development in the popular village of Corby Hill in north Cumbria. The development was brought to the market by D&R summer of 2021. The […]

Unlocking value with sales strategy & marketing expertise

Employing a sales team with specialist skills and experience is vital for unlocking value. Joe Bell from the sales team explains how having a sales strategy and marketing expertise can maximise your properties value. D&R were instructed to sell Overgate at Mealsgate in West Cumbria –  a smallholding consisting of a listed farmhouse, traditional and […]

Abigal Wass focuses on farm reviews

Abigail Wass Davidson & Robertson

New face joins Davidson & Robertson’s team to support farming resilience The significant changes to support for farming and land management have increased the level of enquiries at Davidson & Roberson (D&R), leading to the appointment of Abigail Wass as Assistant Land Agent. Abigail is working with farmers and landowners who have a range of […]

New European Valuer in Scotland

Martin Hall - European Valuer

Martin Hall, Senior Director of Davidson and Robertson, Scotland’s oldest firm of Valuers and Rural Consultants, has been appointed as a Recognised European Valuer (REV) by TEGOVA – the European Group of Valuers’ Association. Newest European Valuer, Martin Hall has over 30 years of experience as a Rural Surveyor and is ideally placed to provide […]

Martin Hall – new Trustee for Dick Harrison Trust

Martin Hall with Dick Harrison Trustees

The Dick Harrison Trust has appointed Martin Hall as a new Trustee following the retirement of well-known farmer and long serving Trustee, David Goldie. Martin Hall is Senior Director and Land Agent with Davidson & Robertson, a firm of rural surveyors and consultants that has offices across Scotland and Northern England. He was unanimously appointed […]

130 year anniversary celebrated with 130 mile walks

D&R Team challenge - Scotland

To mark 130 years as rural surveyors, two teams from Davidson & Robertson journeyed 130 miles across Scotland and Northern England. It was a chance to reconnect with colleagues and an opportunity for the many new faces to meet the rest of the team. The northern and southern teams each chose their own routes: Bo’ness […]

Voluntary Registration – is it worth it?

Land in Scotland

Registration of title in the Land Register is now compulsory for all land sold in Scotland and the Scottish Government want all Scottish land to be registered by 2024. The majority of Scotland’s land has never been registered or still remains in the Sasine Register, with rural properties representing a very high proportion of unregistered land […]