James White BSc (Hons) MRICS

James is a leading central London residential valuation specialist known for a having a straight forward personable approach which helps him to achieve consistently good results for his clients.

He began his career as a Land Agent in North Yorkshire with Strutt and Parker in 1993 having previously studied Rural Land Management at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 1995 and spent the next five years managing country estates in North Yorkshire and then Oxfordshire, including two years as assistant resident agent at Castle Howard, before moving to London in 2000.

Over the past ten years James has been involved in all aspects of residential valuation in central London, first with Douglas and Gordon eventually holding the position of Associate Director in their Valuation Department, and then with Knight Frank where he was a Partner in their specialist Leasehold Reform Department which has been involved in many of the leading enfranchisement test cases.

He has developed an excellent reputation within the world of leasehold reform valuation specialists and regularly acts for clients in prime central London and greater London to include giving evidence at the Leasehold Valuation Tribunal and preparing expert witness valuations for litigation purposes. James has also negotiated lease extensions outside of London, for example Worthing on the Sussex coast, Harrogate in North Yorkshire and Malmesbury in Wiltshire where he negotiated several lease extensions in a Grade I Listed mansion converted into apartments.

James lives with his wife Lucy and their children Daisy and William in Wandsworth. Click here to email James White directly. Download vCard.