Andrew Wellens Email & Phone Number

I am a Director within the Bristol office of Avison Young. As a specialist rating surveyor I have nearly 30 years experience of providing the full range of rating consultancy advice.I have considerable experience in producing rating valuations for a variety of properties, undertaking negotiations with the Valuation Office Agency and appearing at Valuation Tribunal My experience covers a wide variety of property types including the main retail, office and industrial sectors and includes advising on some of the largest rating list assessments across Bristol and the South West. I also have significant expertise in providing business rate advice to clients in other specialist sectors including: hotels and leisure properties where premises are valued having regard to the receipts and expenditure method of valuation, and the motor trade sector. I also advise a number of Government Departments, Local Authorities, and other public sector bodies including Universities and Colleges, and have an considerable experience of valuing properties by reference to the contractors’ basis of valuation. In addition to challenging and reducing rateable values on behalf of clients, I also provide advice on other rate mitigation opportunities, and advise clients on the various relief and exemptions that may be available. I also provide budgetary advice, including detailed estimates of rateable value and potential rate liabilities for new and proposed developments.