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Brewerstreet Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey.
Chris French

During the late 1990’s, the economics of milk production was seriously affecting the successful operation of my Dairy business to the extent that diversification was one of the few options available to me.

Having taken the difficult decision to attempt to convert my farm buildings to commercial use, I sought the help and advice from a local firm of Chartered Surveyors. Gildersleve and Payne were highly recommended to me from a relation who was indeed a retired surveyor himself.

This recommendation could not have been equalled. Peter Gildersleve, the then Senior Partner, was able to advise me from inception to delivery, with not only a complicated feasability study of what was involved financially to achieve the objective to the ultimate letting on completion of the vast project a year later.

In 2002 all in all there was accomodation for fifteen Tenants and within a fairly short space of time all units of varying sizes were successfully let.

Now in 2021 all Units are the homes of vibrant businesses, together with other units previously established on the Farm earlier in the 1980’s and 1990’s.

I am very proud of my long association with Gildersleve and Payne and am well served by Nick Payne and his team who look after all my commercial lettings and Peter Gildersleve who deals with all my Rent Reviews, and specialist advice on Tenancy matters.