Following 2023’s highly successful initial foray south of the border, DM Hall, the leading independent firm of chartered surveyors, is set to open a new branch office in Truro, Cornwall under the management of DM Hall director, Scott Harrington.

The new office, at the Cornwall Innovation Centre in Treliske, Truro, will open in the first week of September and is currently recruiting Cornwall-based professional and administrative team members.

A highly experienced chartered building surveyor, Scott is principally involved in de-risking high-value projects for clients to achieve budget confidence and undertakes high-value pre-acquisition surveys which often lead to project management commissions.

Having acted as an expert witness in a substantial number of construction and boundary dispute matters, Scott helps clients resolve disputes while also undertaking a wide range of other building surveying work.

He is transferring from DM Hall’s office in Carlisle, having been a co-founder of Hyde Harrington, chartered surveyors, some 30 years ago before it was acquired by DM Hall in 2023. His former role has been filled by Pamela Holness who recently relocated to the region.

Scott said: “Having holidayed in Cornwall for the last twenty years I have reached the stage at which I had a real yearning to relocate there. I have thoroughly researched the market in Cornwall and made a compelling business case to my colleagues which tells us that we can build real market presence by focusing on the type of work that I have been involved in for many years.

“There are some great surveying firms in Cornwall, but with my experience over the last 40-plus years, I hope to provide a slightly different approach, and in some ways a complementary service in the Southwest.

“I’m pleased to say that I have the full support of the senior management team at DM Hall and my wife, Pamela Harrington, an artist who paints Cornish seascapes and is represented by Gallery Tresco.”

John McHugh, DM Hall’s managing partner, said: “We have been hugely encouraged by the boost to our activity level from the acquisition last year of our Cumbrian operation.

“We are excited by this new development and have high hopes that Scott’s opening of a DM Hall office in Truro, at the other end of the UK from our long-established Scottish operation, will demonstrate that we continue to be a dynamic, innovative professional firm with an unquenchable ambition always to be the best we can be.

“We have pledged our full support to Scott and his new team and have no doubt that his expertise, combined with our support, will build a new, successful DM Hall office in the Southwest.“

DM Hall has a network of offices across Scotland, Cumbria, and the newly launched Southwest office.