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Julian Davies

Julian Davies

Earl Kendrick Group | Chief Executive Officer

Biography

Julian Davies MRICS MFPWS is recognised as a thought leader for the property industry. With the highly successful Earl Kendrick Building Surveyors as his launch pad, Julian now enjoys a helicopter view of the residential surveying sector and the industry as a whole, and likes to give back to both whenever possible. He is regularly invited to bring his invaluable experience to a wider audience by contributing to publications and representing trade associations, as well speaking at industry events – and often bringing an appreciation of the lighter side of life in the industry.

Julian became a member of the RICS in 2004 and six years later he founded Earl Kendrick to build a team of talented surveyors serving a wide variety of clients across the country. Julian has always ensured the company’s core values are reflected in the approach taken by any member of his team. He has developed market-leading and tailored processes for clients, reflecting real-life situations so that tenants’ and residents’ needs are met too. Carefully thought out procedures for long-term planned maintenance, programmes of major works, reinstatement cost assessments, licence to alter, party wall matters and more, mean Earl Kendrick can boast an industry-leading range of services. Julian himself regularly acts as expert witness and has helped countless clients with their property related disputes.

Over the years, Earl Kendrick’s geographical reach has expanded from London to Manchester, Brighton to Birmingham and Bristol to the Cotswolds. The Group now benefits from dedicated companies for leaseholder alterations, reinstatement cost assessments and party wall work too. Julian has led the team to be proud recipients of many industry awards and accolades including winner of the national Property Management Awards for Building Surveyor of the Year four years in a row.

Earl Kendrick presents London Unseen – a photography exhibition in support of MyWorld

Earl Kendrick is delighted to invite you to the launch of London Unseen, a new photography exhibition celebrating the creativity and resilience of people with lived experience of homelessness.

Ten years of Earl Kendrick

In any normal year, Earl Kendrick would have been celebrating our tenth anniversary this past January. But of course, the past year or so has been anything but normal. It’s been a tough time for us all, and I’m in awe of how people have risen to the occasion – from making such a success of the vaccine rollout to simply keeping the supermarket shelves stocked. Like everyone else, we had to make some changes to how we work at Earl Kendrick – some temporary and some more lasting – and I have to say I’m humbl

So why are you re-branding?

Why would a company that’s growing year-on-year spend time and money at this busy time to revamp its brand? Isn’t brand just a gimmick? Something that design companies drag out to make a profit? More specifically, in our line of work, why does brand matter to Chartered Surveyors? The answer is to be found in that single word. Brand. It’s a much misused term. One that originally referred to the number burned into cattle to demonstrate ownership. And one that has been associated with a ‘mark’ or ‘logo’ e

The Unintended Consequences of Scaffolding

Winter. And no time for surveyors to plant roses. We have been planning the year ahead whilst making a little time to reflect on last year’s experiences. Surveying is fundamentally about people. And human behaviour is one factor it’s often hardest to predict. For example, any surveyor in the residential sector can tell you scaffolding is unpopular with residents: it’s unsightly, often involves noise, and of course it doesn’t come cheap, so it can be a hard sell even when it’s absolutely essential to a pro

Q&A - Damp

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Gender equality in property

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The Challenges of Maintaining Church Conversions

Church Conversions can pose a unique set of maintenance challenges for landlords, leaseholders and managing agents. English weather alongside standard wear and tear mean that all buildings deteriorate over time. Churches, usually built in large expanses with exposed sections of stone and brickwork, often deteriorate faster and require significant additional maintenance and upkeep. Many have steep pitched roofs, with associated turrets and towers. Their intricate design often requires complicated provisi

Two parts surveyor, three parts diplomat.

The greatest value a building surveyor can add to a Major Works project is not the level of technical detail they have amassed. It is true that they can’t get by without qualifications and expertise. They need to be technically perfect (as should every professional). But surveying work and contractual obligations only actually account for about 40 per cent of the time surveyors spend on a typical major works project. The other 60 per cent is spent on diplomacy. Any major works project is defined by a numb

A licence to alter

In a straw poll, 70% our property management clients chose ‘Licences to Alter’ in response to a question: ‘Which part of your work do you most dread?”. The whole process of Licences to Alter is paved with issues – both technical and diplomatic. The key to their irritation factor is the number of involved parties and the collective time pressures to deal with applications promptly. There’s the leaseholder’s application to the landlord; the landlord’s call to the surveyor; the surveyor’s review of th

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