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Savills International Valuations

The Savills International Valuations team covers professional valuations throughout Europe, North Africa and the Caribbean. In addition, we support Savills agency teams further afield, such as Quinta Properties.

Based in London and Oxford, the team has unrivalled experience with specialists in every sector from residential and holiday accommodation, hotels and resorts to visitor attractions, golf courses, sports venues and water-based activities. Acting in close cooperation with our network of offices providing up-to-date, on-the-ground agency knowledge, we can provide valuation advice for all purposes.

All Savills valuers hold a Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors qualification with established links to all national bodies in the countries in which we work. Our valuations are covered by comprehensive Professional Indemnity insurance and valuations are provided for loan security, private transfer, development strategy, accounts, tax, divorce, litigation and numerous other purposes. Our valuations are tailored, in-depth and priced to the requirements of our clients. We are panel valuers for all UK and most foreign banks, and are used to meeting the individual criteria set for any specific purpose.

Savills offers the reassurance that only the 'best in class' can give, backed by the best possible available information. For those investing in property of any type abroad, our valuers can advise not only on pricing and value, but are familiar with local taxation, local planning functions and requirements, and local ownership, occupational and tenure structures. We consider the effect of flights and local travel infrastructure patterns, the capacity and extent of local power and utility services, the financial stability of the region, the ability of leisure and other providers to maintain and extend facilities and the reasonableness of any service charges. Amongst a myriad of factors affecting value, we take into account resaleability, either for a planned exit or in the case of unforeseen circumstances, and letability, either long term or for short lets.

Our relationship with our International Associates is extremely important and provides us with local databases and a fund of knowledge on the issues affecting properties in every location. Above all, we promise to provide a service second to none.

James Higham
Tel: +44 (0)1865 269 023
Email: jhigham@savills.com

 

Savills Insurance Services – Overseas Property Insurance

Savills Insurance Services (SIS) is a UK FSA regulated, independent insurance intermediary that is wholly owned by Savills. SIS offers insurance for higher value overseas properties, whether second homes, holiday, let holiday, or primary continental homes. Primary areas of operation include Spain, France, Portugal, Italy and the majority of EU states. In keeping with the service standards that you have come to expect from Savills, the insurance team has more than 50 years of experience in providing a highly personalised service to:

 

UK Domiciled Clients Wanting To Insure A Second or Holiday Home:

Savills can offer a stand-alone policy covering second homes overseas or we have specialist markets where the second property can be added to the same schedule as the primary UK residence.

 

Customers Who Are Continental Domiciles Without A UK Residence:

Savills insurance markets provide for higher value, owner-occupied residences that include contents and valuable articles. In addition, for very high value properties insurers may include a complimentary appraisal service, to accurately measure the cost of reinstatement, and provide risk advice, protecting the client’s property and lifestyle, promoting hassle-free claims.

Claire O’Neill
Tel: +44 (0)20 7330 8505
Email: coneill@spf.co.uk

Insurers used include: Hiscox, Chubb, Zurich, Oak, Sterling, A viva and Ocaso SA, with documentation and claims principally handled in English.

Savills Insurance Services is a trading style of Savills Private Finance Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

Savills Private Finance Limited is a subsidiary of Savills plc.
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