Experienced valuation surveyor joins leading city property specialist

Paul Matthews with Brendan O’Haire, centre and James Leeks.

Bruton Knowles has strengthened its Bristol-based Valuations Team with the appointment of Brendan O’Haire.

Brendan has already had experience of the buoyant Bristol market having worked in the city since he graduated in 2009.

He said: “I have been a Graduate Surveyor at Edward Symmons and passed my APC at LSH. I also had a brief spell at CBRE before joining Bruton Knowles.”

Brendan has worked as a valuation surveyor, mainly producing Red Book reports but with CBRE was undertaking monthly investment fund revaluations for various retail portfolios.

“This is an exciting time to be joining the firm and my aim is to develop and strengthen the  existing relationships Bruton Knowles enjoys with active lending banks as well as trying to win new valuation instructions in the Charity and SME sectors.”

He will be working under Paul Matthews in the valuation team in Bristol.

Paul Matthews said: “With commercial properties in great demand and funding available from a range of finance providers there is a need for good quality valuation advice and we look to react quickly to assist.

“The addition of Brendan to the team will increase our capacity to service our regular clients and provide timely advice to new ones.”