JHWalter - Adding Value to Property & Business

Ensuring a fair return as a consequence of compulsory purchase or land works requires expert knowledge and, most importantly, a depth of experience. The team at JHWalter, who deal with compensation, have the benefit of having worked for both landowners and utility companies, and understand the concerns of both parties to a claim.

Established for over 200 years, JHWalter now has a team of four surveyors dealing with compensation and compulsory purchase related matters for national, regional and local corporate and private businesses throughout the East Midlands. Corporate clients include the Environment Agency and Anglian Water and other utility companies , wishing to install apparatus and/or undertake engineering operations on private land. Private clients are landowners affected by such work from other corporates as well as the Highways Agency.

JHWalter can advise on legal aspects of compulsory purchase and negotiate appropriate compensation, where circumstances dictate. If your land is going to be affected by a pipeline (e.g. oil pipes, gas pipes, water pipes) roads, controlled flooding schemes, electricity lines, fibre optics etc then you should ensure that you are properly compensated for both immediate and potential future losses.

Living in the East Midlands we probably have more electricity pylons and poles than most other regions. Although usually an annual wayleave is paid by the Electricity Company they can be a problem for businesses and there has been much debate recently on the health of people living near power lines.

JHWalter have the specialist knowledge and experience to maximise returns in a variety of ways. We can negotiate with your local electricity company to have poles removed, relocated out of sight or have the wires buried. We can negotiate capitalisation of the wayleave for both poles and pylons to provide a lump sum rather than being paid small amounts on an annual basis.

In the case of pylons that perhaps cannot be relocated, which interfere with your lifestyle and you are concerned about their closeness to where you live, we can negotiate significant compensation from the electricity network utilities using our established skills.

If pylons or poles are within your property boundaries then contact us today for detailed information.

Ensuring a fair deal from telecom opportunities requires expert knowledge and, most importantly, a depth of experience. The JHWalter telecom department acts solely for Landowners and, unlike some agents, is not conflicted by working for telecom companies.

Established over 200 years ago and operating across the East Midlands, our team brings together commercial and legal skills to provide clients with the reassurance they need, when dealing with telecom companies. JHWalter have negotiated with all major telecom companies and have a database of agreed lease terms, and understand the marketplace. We will also advise on suitable terms as a consequence of extensions or upgrading of sites.

Rent reviews do not take place automatically, and the landlord must initiate the review with the operator. Once again, our database of comparables provides us with competitive advantage in our negotiations with the operators on our clients behalf. In some instances, telecom companies are interested in buying the freehold of the site, and this can generate a useful capital lump sum for investment elsewhere, when properly negotiated.

3G technology means that telecom companies now require more sites and, if you think you have a potential site, JHWalter can advise and promote it on your behalf.