What occupiers say

“Ask-re reviewed our rateable value when we genuinely thought there was nothing to find. Andrew identified a clear over-assessment, handled the entire challenge with the Valuation Office for us, and recovered a backdated refund that covered years of overpaid bills. The whole process was painless and the saving was real.”

“We had assumed our rates bill was simply a fixed cost we had to accept. Ask-re showed us that was not the case, took our case all the way, and secured a reduction that has lowered our outgoings every year since. I only wish we had asked them to look sooner.”

“What set Ask-re apart was that they understood our business before they ever talked about property. Every recommendation was framed around what we were trying to achieve commercially, and because they only act for occupiers, we never once doubted whose side they were on. It made a genuine difference to how confidently we made decisions.”

“Having a single adviser coordinate the whole picture, rather than us stitching together separate firms, saved us time and money at every turn. They flagged issues we would never have spotted and turned our property from an awkward overhead into something that actually supports the way we work.”

“Our landlord served a dilapidations schedule that was frankly alarming in scale. Ask-re took it apart line by line, measured every claim against our actual lease and the genuine loss, and negotiated it down to a fraction of the original demand. The figure we ended up paying bore no resemblance to where we started.”

“I forwarded the schedule expecting months of stressful back-and-forth and a large bill. Instead Ask-re handled all of it, kept me informed throughout, and had it settled at a fair figure within weeks. They clearly knew exactly which parts of the claim would not stand up.”

“When our dispute went to arbitration, the quality of the expert evidence was everything, and Ask-re delivered. Their report was thorough, clearly reasoned and credible, and the senior surveyor who prepared it argued the position calmly and convincingly when it was tested. It was exactly the expertise our case needed.”

“Their expert was unflappable under cross-examination and clearly knew the file inside out. We had been worried about credibility going in, but Ask-re gave us evidence that genuinely held up, and it made a material difference to the outcome we achieved.”

“Ask-re ran our office fit-out from first concept right through to handover. They kept the project on budget, controlled the programme tightly, and fought our corner on every landlord approval and statutory consent, the parts we would have got badly stuck on. We essentially turned up to a finished space that worked exactly as promised.”

“The thing that impressed me most was how little disruption there was to our day-to-day operation while the work happened. Everything was managed, every decision was made with the commercial value in mind, and the result was faultless. On time, on budget, no surprises.”

“Our rent review looked set to land us with a steep increase. Parminder brought genuine valuation expertise and some seriously tough negotiation, built the case on real evidence, and turned what could have been a painful rise into a modest one. The fee paid for itself many times over within the first year.”

“They held the line in a negotiation where the other side pushed hard and the clock was running down. Ask-re did not blink, kept the case technically watertight, and saved us a substantial sum over the term. I would not approach a review or renewal without them again.”

“Ask-re found us options we would never have uncovered on our own, then negotiated terms that made the entire move genuinely worthwhile rather than just a change of address. They understood what flexible, cost-effective space actually meant for a business like ours and delivered exactly that.”

“From the first conversation it was clear they were representing us and us alone. They combined real market knowledge with hard negotiation, brought in lease and project advice where we needed it, and made what is usually a stressful process feel genuinely well managed from start to finish.”

“Ask-re audited utility, energy and service charges we had paid for years without ever questioning them. They found errors and overcharges across our portfolio, challenged what did not stand up, and recovered money we had no idea we were owed. It was found money, plain and simple.”

“The service charge audit alone recovered far more than we expected, and it gave us the confidence to scrutinise bills we had always just accepted. Ask-re acted entirely in our interest throughout, with no allegiance to any supplier or managing agent. Genuinely valuable work.”