“The proof was in the pudding!”

The valuer for the Crown Estate in the end knew the game was up when he simply could not deny the evidence of a ready and willing buyer for the extended lease on my client’s flat at a figure just under £1m.

The landlord’s valuer was convinced my clients’ St James flat was worth every penny of £1888 psf freehold based on the long lease sale evidence of the a flat on the floor below. However what he had not appreciated was how the subject flat was severely compromised due to a shallower floor plate and pronounced raked skeiling that created a layout more akin