James Porter

James joined the Rapleys Building Consultancy team in 2016 and has a broad range of experience across all mainstream areas of commercial building surveying. He became a Partner in the business in 2018.

James specialises in management of refurbishment projects, preparing and negotiating dilapidations claims on behalf of both landlords and tenants, undertaking pre-acquisition and technical due diligence building surveys and advising on Party Wall matters in both residential and commercial schemes.

James has project managed refurbishments valued in excess of £8million and negotiated numerous large dilapidations claims on behalf of various clients ranging from pension and investment funds to top global brands. He has also acted for both Building and Adjoining Owners regarding complex party wall schemes and undertaken building surveys on various prestigious commercial properties ranging from small scale to hundreds of thousands of square feet in size.

James regularly heads up large-scale commissions for both public and private sector clients which involves assembling an appropriately-skilled team to undertake surveys on substantial property portfolios. This has ranged from planned preventative maintenance commissions and reinstatement cost assessments of large national portfolios of property to technical due diligence advice regarding significant business acquisitions or divestmetns which involve multiple properties across various asset classes.

James assumes the role of client-lead for a number of Rapleys’ most prestigious and high-profile clients, which involves various client care and management duties.