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Land and Estate Ltd is owned by Richard Seaman MRICS, who co-founded the company in 2010. Richard is a Chartered Surveyor, achieving qualification, having attended the Royal Agricultural University in 1990. Richard has a long and varied experience in rural property having spent the first 20 years of his career working with some of the most prestigious estates throughout the United Kingdom. Land and Estate Ltd (formerly Goldsmith & Co Estates Ltd) provides a discreet but comprehensive array of services to landowners and clients wishing to buy, sell and manage property in Scotland. We have wide experience of dealing with estate management in its entirety from day-to-day management to purchase and sales of land and property, renewables, sporting, dispute resolution and employment issues, all of which which we aim to deal with in a discreet and expedient way. We are a small company and we take pride in giving our clients a very personal service. We are specialists in off market property sales and are uniquely placed to value upland estates as we understand and actually operate within the emerging carbon and environmental goods /services markets through our sister company Land Carbon Ltd which specialises in peatland restoration/carbon credit origination.

Key areas of expertise include:
Rural Estate Management
Acquisitions and Sales
Peatland and woodland carbon/natural capital
Valuations
Wind power generation
Run of river hydro electricity generation
Probate and Inheritance Tax Planning
Professional Trustee / Consultancy
Development including option agreements for residential

Richard Seaman

Director

Richard’s roots are in agriculture having grown up on family farms in East Anglia and Scotland. He trained at the Royal Agricultural University, Cirencester and has managed estates throughout the British Isles for private clients. Richard co-founded the company in 2010 and now specialises in estate acquisitions/sales and management, renewable energy, woodland /peatland carbon credit origination.

info@landandestateltd.co.uk

07530 193015

Kathryn Bontoft

Associate Director

Keen country sports enthusiast Kathryn Bontoft MRICS joined Goldsmith & Co in 2016 to assist with our sporting estate and country house sales, acquisitions and management. Kathryn has a strong background in land management and is a key member of our team. She is a keen shot and has a passion for the outdoors.

info@landandestateltd.co.uk

07826 201429

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