Haslams Surveyors LLP

Haslams Surveyors LLP is a commercial property agency and chartered surveyors based in Reading. The firm was established in 1838 and is a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). Haslams handles an extensive portfolio of development land for sale, as well as commercial property including industrial, warehouse and offices to let and for sale.

Its commercial property portfolio is spread throughout the Thames Valley across Berkshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. Haslams offers property consultancy services including property valuations, rent reviews, lease renewals, business rates appeals, building surveys, asbestos reports and schedules of dilapidations.

Commercial property and land surveying work forms the core of what this Reading practice handles, according to the accounts left by clients. Neil Seager is singled out for being friendly, professional and efficient, while Alex is described as knowledgeable during a viewing, giving a prospective tenant the details needed to assess a site. Several reviewers describe the team as welcoming and easy to deal with, and repeat business appears common, with one client returning for a second instruction and thanking the staff as a whole.

The recurring praise centres on professionalism and a personable manner during viewings and initial enquiries, with the quality of information supplied being a point that comes up often. Alongside this, an account of a commercial lease offer describes the process being let down by slow and unclear updates, with calls and emails going unanswered and blame being directed elsewhere, while a separate report of a property inspection raises concern about issues that were not identified at the time and the handling of the follow-up. Those two experiences of poor communication and missed defects temper the otherwise favourable feedback.