PortraitPROPERTY INTELLIGENCE · PORTRAIT
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From first question to a clear outcome.

Start with a conversation and a desktop review. Where a case qualifies, agree the terms, gather the evidence and let Portrait handle the instructed work.

Our Services

Core services

Property cost reductions, built on measured evidence

Portrait works where inaccurate property information inflates what an organisation pays: business rates, surface water drainage charges and insurance premiums. One method underpins all three, and it starts with measuring the building rather than accepting the record.

No reduction, no fee

For qualifying instructions the LiDAR scan is arranged at no upfront survey charge under signed terms. Our fee applies only if a qualifying reduction, refund or agreed saving is achieved.

The reduction services

Three routes to a lower property bill

Business Rates Reductions

Rateable value, classification and reliefs reviewed against the measured property and challenged through VOA check and challenge.

Surface Water Reductions

Drainage charges audited against measured surfaces and actual drainage routes, with backdated reclaims where billing was wrong.

Insurance MTA Reductions

Policy data corrected mid-term on measured evidence, so premiums track the real risk rather than a cautious estimate.

The customer journey

Every engagement follows the same shape

01

Consultation

A conversation and a desktop review of bills, policies, plans and records. Free, and sometimes the end of the matter.

02

Qualification

We confirm whether the case suits the no reduction, no fee route and whether LiDAR capture is needed.

03

Evidence

The property is measured and the records are checked against the facts. You see the findings in full.

04

Resolution

Challenges, corrections and reclaims are pursued to a conclusion, with outcomes reported in writing.

Related work

Beyond the three reductions

The same measured capture supports a wider set of work: spatial data packs for projects and facilities teams, and the Landscape and Perspective platforms that hold and interrogate the evidence.

Spatial Intelligence: measured plans, twins and data packs by quotation

Landscape and Perspective platform access for clients

Customer Journey

Customer journey

What actually happens after you get in touch

The process is designed to reach an answer quickly, without wasted meetings. Two stages, each with a defined output, and no upfront fees at any point.

Stage one

Grants and reliefs first

Before any rateable value work, we check whether funding and relief entitlements are being missed. Savings here compound anything that follows.

01

Consultation

A project coordinator gathers the basics: industry, trading activity and the property position.

02

Research and analysis

We identify grants, bursaries and reliefs the business may be entitled to but is not using.

03

Application

Once authority and terms are signed, we prepare and submit the applications.

04

Impact assessment

Secured support is set against your rates and financial position, and a success statement issued.

Stage two

Reducing the rateable value

Survey and assessment

A detailed survey of the property establishes the scope for reduction.

Negotiation

We represent you with valuation officers and the relevant authorities, case built on the survey.

Commission on savings

Our fee is a percentage of the saving achieved. No saving, no commission, and never an upfront charge.

Outcome

A reduced rateable value and lower rates bill, alongside whatever stage one secured.

Ready when you are

The first conversation takes half an hour and tells you whether either stage is worth running.

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