Do you have the ambition to match our vision? Are you the enthusiastic and experienced building surveyor we are looking for? If so you will be a chartered building surveyor in search of a varied ...
On 18 January 2012 airing on BBC Two, David Gibbon gave evidence representing RICS to the Scottish Parliament's Local Government and Regeneration Committee. The subject of the committee's inquiry ...
People often ask "why is the process of getting a building built, refurbished or altered so complicated?" GLM has always sought to provide clients with building solutions that best suit their needs. ...
Resulting from exceedingly positive initial discussions with the local authority, GLM has now been given the green light by Natural Retreats to put together a formal proposal for the conversion of ...
GLM's new Manchester office opened on the 31st October 2011. Located in leafy Wilmslow, this puts us in close proximity to the commercial centres of Manchester, Bolton, Liverpool, Stoke and Chester ...
Work is well advanced at Craighall Castle. This ancient house developed over the centuries, like so many in Scotland, in numerous stages with a resulting jumble of roofs. Additionally, it sits ...
GLM have teamed up with Malcolm Duffin Design Ltd. for two exciting private residential projects in Amsterdam. We have worked together a number of times over the past few years bringing a wealth of ...
Work is almost complete on this 3 storey new build house we designed back in 2005 for a gap site in the conservation village of West Linton. Given its contemporary style and tight site, the planning ...
The RICS Scotland Building Surveying Professional Group Board, of which Ian McKee is the Chair, is pleased to confirm that the long awaited Scottish Dilapidations Guidance note has now been ...
Now is a moment to look back with gratitude to all the clients who have entrusted us with projects and surveys down the years and to remember the creative relationships we've enjoyed with so many ...
Our detailed planning application to redevelop and transform John o'Groats to help realise its full potential as a major tourist destination has been given the go-ahead by Highland Council. Working ...
We recently entered 1 Grosvenor Crescent in the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award for 2010. We knew that it might not be quite what the judges were looking for but it is certainly a project that we are ...
One of our clients is blogging the process of constructing their new-build house just over the border near Berwick. Read their latest update.
Work has commenced on this A listed family house. The site has been in the ownership the same family since the twelfth century at least. How much of the house dates from that time is debatable but ...
One of GLM's directors, architect Anne Johnstone attended the UK conference "Remodelling education spaces" in Manchester earlier this week. The event underlined that a marked change of tack towards ...
Work is now coming to an end at 27 Abercromby Place — the latest high-end development from Carlton City. After the success of the project at 1 Grosvenor Crescent Carlton launched straight in to ...
GLM recently put together a proposal for the Historic Scotland “Buildings at Risk Register” based on the principle of crowdsourcing. In putting together a team of surveyors, marketing ...
Our successful relationship with the Scottish Government's facilities management team headed by MITIE continues with us leading the design and project delivery of the latest element of the upgrade of ...
This splendid A listed castle, set in beautiful countryside, occupies a prominent position overlooking the Forth just to the west of historic Culross. It is about half an hour away from Edinburgh. ...
Does the phrase “Schedule of Dilapidations” mean anything to you? If you are a commercial tenant, it should strike fear into your heart. Did you know, for instance, that the word ...
The proposals for the redevelopment of John o' Groats by Natural Retreats and the land owner, Heritage GB, have now reached the Public Consultation stage, prior to a formal Planning Application being ...
GLM's new newsletter is now available here. This issue focusses on tricky planning situations and project management and how GLM can help you in these areas.
• Press Release • Two prominent UK tourism businesses are joining forces to lead the way with a multi-million pound plan to revitalise one of Scotland's best known destinations, John ...
GLM were appointed over a year ago as Architects by Dalkia for a new Data Centre facility in Edinburgh. In what is an excellent example of our combined strength and unique offering as Architects ...
GLM's previous work for Brown Taylor Management on the refurbishment of 99 Hanover Street bar restaurant, has led to commissions on the expansion of their Hawke + Hunter boutique hotel complex in the ...
You can always tell when a project is of quality design: it improves with age. This is clearly the case at The Cottage, Morridgehall in the Scottish Borders. The large extension we designed has ...
Inveraray Castle in Argyllshire, home of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll is, without doubt, one of the great architectural achievements of eighteenth century Scotland. If you have not visited it you ...
John Wright, a Planning consultant with Strutt and Parker in Edinburgh, who has been intimately involved in the changes to the planning system, gives an expert overview The changes brought about by ...
Ian McKee has been appointed Chair of the Building Surveying Professional Group (BSPG) at the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland (RICS). The two year appointment is the ...
GLM‘s sister company, Rushyglen, is seeing some exciting activity in what is otherwise a gloomy investment market. Set up in 2007, Rushyglen designs, manufactures and constructs high quality ...
Attention to detail; a passion for quality; a knack for turning problems into opportunities: all qualities shared by GLM and Carlton Development Group. Carlton are nearly at the end of their ...
New build contemporary farmhouse. Set on a prominent hill in the Scottish Borders, this contemporary house sits proudly but sympathetically in it rural surroundings, adjacent to a traditional ...
Initially our brief for this project was to convert a former steading into a 3 bedroom house but on closer inspection, the walls were deemed in a too poor and unstable condition to make them ...
We are currently working on an exciting project in the Cairngorms National Park which will see the replacement of a very tired 1970s lodge with a substantial contemporary house. There is no excuse ...
This project house near Humbie, East Lothian has just recently been completed. Despite the existing house being of a good size, with the traditional well proportioned rooms expected in such a ...
Over the past year GLM have teamed up with interior designer Malcolm Duffin on a number of projects to great effect. Projects have included the extension and refurbishment of 2 Edinburgh Victorian ...
We are delighted to announce, as of 29 May 2009, that Aythan Lewes and Douglas Bailey have both become Chartered Building Surveyors at their first attempt. This will come as no surprise to ...
"I can't believe we live in such an amazing house!" This was the comment from our Clients on this recently completed project. When we first visited this cottage, the main entrance was via a solid ...
Apart from some final decoration, this contemporary extension project in Morningside, Edinburgh, is complete. The client is delighted with the space we have created for them and have moved back in at ...
GLM recently completed a series of external condition surveys of Abbey National buildings situated right across the UK, from Bradford to Belfast, and Glasgow to Stockton-on-Tees. Despite the tight ...
Work on the roofs of Cawdor Castle were completed at the end of December 2008. This project involved the replacement of all the roof coverings - stone slates, leadwork and associated stonework ...
99 Hanover Street bar & restaurant in Edinburgh has been trading very successfully for a year now since being radically refurbished. GLM helped clients Brown & Taylor and Scottish & Newcastle Pub ...
Turning a 1970's bungalow into a 6 Bedroom farmhouse isn't the most common brief we are presented but this didn't faze our experienced design team. This property will be unrecognizable once the ...
GLM recently attended a drinks party at Springfield Cottage. Hosted by the new proud owner, various consultants, suppliers and contractors were invited as a way of saying thank you for all the hard ...
GLM have been appointed by the Board of Governors of Scotland's first Prep School, Cargilfield, to advise on a programme of external improvements and repairs to the School campus, to be executed over ...
In the course of refurbishing the private apartments at Inveraray Castle and installing pipework and cables, structural problems were uncovered in the first floors supporting the stunning painted ...
GLM are currently in negotiations with the local authority as part of a pre planning consultation for the construction of a £3million new build restaurant with 12 hotel apartments. This ...
This spectacular project involving internal alterations and an attic conversion has just been completed to a very high level of detail and specification. Working in conjunction with Malcolm Duffin ...
Belhaven School refurbishment
GLM have worked with Land Securities on a good number of projects over the past 10 years as Architects and Surveyors. The requirements of the this project are to remove the feature lift and as much ...
Usually a delay to the completion of a project causes additional stress and anxiety to clients, not to mention cost. But not so at this cottage in the Borders. Our Client are taking the couple of ...
Work has completed on a number of Supported Housing projects for Viewpoint Housing Association. GLM have been involved with several buildings, converting bedsits with shared Kitchen and Bathroom ...
Planning permission was granted this week for the construction of a holiday unit in a stunning location looking out over Coldingham Bay. The existing timber pavilion, once an annex to a neighbouring ...
This new build house on the footprint of a former steading is coming together well. The reclaimed stonework makes it look as though the building has been up for years. Yet to be finished is the focal ...
This spectacular project is near to completion. Our Client's brief was to create the best refurbished house in Edinburgh. We think we have!
GLM have been appointed on behalf of Scottish & Newcastle to prepare record drawings of many of their Scottish pubs and licensed premises. The commission will see us visit over 100 pubs from ...
At the end of November work was finished on the refurbished customer facilities in phase two of the Almondvale Shopping Center in Livingston. Working once again with Land Securities who manage the ...
The first of eight new high quality and spacious dwellings has been completed at the Edrom Farm Steading conversion project near Duns. This handsome looking Grade B Listed steading has been on GLM's ...
GLM have been appointed to undertake the reinstatement of the Leith offices of Ignite Your Brand which were badly damaged in a fire last week. Work will commence shortly to reconstruct the roof and ...
GLM were again proud sponsors of this years Thirlestane Horse Trials - Scotlands top equestrian event. Despite less than perfect weather the 2007 event was a huge success, with 6 separate events ...
GLM have once again teamed up with Victor & Carina Contini for their latest project. An Italian cafe bar in the Stockbridge area of Edinburgh. The "jelly bean" atmosphere of lime green, yellow and ...
Planning permission is being sought for a new housing development on redundant farm land adjacent to Mains of Moy Steading near Forres. The houses, which use traditional materials such as lead, ...
GLM are currently in their 4th year of a major PPM survey exercise for the Royal Bank of Scotland, providing building surveying resource for RBS properties in Scotland. GLM now have nearly 20 years ...
Tender's are being sought to construct a high quality house set within a currently dilapidated steading near Kelso. Basing the layout on the existing footprint of one corner of the steading and using ...
GLM were appointed by Land Securities, to undertake a huge survey exercise of all the retail units both in 'Phase 2' and 'McArthur Glen' of the Almondvale Shopping Centre in Livingston, surrounding ...
GLM have just obtained planning permission to extend a delightful but run down cottage in the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park. Despite the tight planning control in such a sensitive rural area, ...
GLM are currently seeking planning permission to convert a Grade B Victorian house in Morningside from a care home back into an exciting and luxurious house. Working closely with Interior Designer ...
Work is almost complete on this contemporary sun room and verandah to a traditional bungalow in North Queensferry. The lead framed box cantilevers out from the bungalow and is lined internally on the ...
GLM are proud to have been appointed by the Duke and Duchess of Argyll to undertake alterations to this world famous Castle.
Work has recently completed on a new Boathouse on the banks of Loch lochy. Built into the steep hillside, the actual building was relatively simple compared to the complicated civil engineering ...
In continuation of a long association with the Nationwide Building Society, GLM are currently managing numerous internal and external repairs projects to assist their in-house property professionals, ...
Castle project nears completion Work is nearing completion at a Category B Listed Aberdeenshire Castle. The objective was to adapt the building to suit the needs of a family with young children. ...
This is our second castle project in Aberdeenshire in recent months. The client's situation was similar to that of the first one - a family with young children taking over from the previous ...
GLM Architect, David Johnson has designed a contemporary conversion of a tiny Victorian outbuilding to create a light, stylish and deceptively spacious pied-a-terre. One option might have been to do ...
GLM have designed two major extensions to the existing Milngavie Clinic for the Greater Glasgow Health Trust. Residents living around the clinic were initially dismayed that the existing ugly ...
Recent building surveys have included a Category A listed historic house of considerable charm. The house had evolved over many centuries and had been subject to a major refurbishment 15 years ago. ...
GLM have now been working closely with ESMGC Schools in Edinburgh for a number of years, successfully delivering building projects to tight timescales and to the required high standard. This summer, ...
Far sighted commercial property investors are ensuring that their properties are kept in the very peak of good condition. Entrances and common areas, lifts, stairs and toilets together with roofs ...
On 31 August the Bishop of Edinburgh opened the new Church Centre at Christ Church, Holy Corner in Morningside, Edinburgh. David Johnson's design met the requirements of the Council's "Villa Areas ...
With housing continuing to be in short supply in the Edinburgh area disused agricultural buildings in East Lothian are high on the list of possible housing developments. One of GLM's specialisms, is ...
From time to time we are asked to provide independent professional advice to owners of tenemental properties about the condition of their building. We normally agree a fee for an initial report ...
GLM is delighted to announce that the practice has achieved Certification under the new standard ISO9001:2000, through Lloyds Register of Quality Assurance. For more information on Quality Assurance ...
GLM are developing designs for a new Highland get-away for a private Client. Our architects always relish the challenge of designing new houses for discerning Clients. This one is slightly ...
Following a dramatic fire at Grade B Listed Lunga House on the West Coast of Scotland, GLM have been appointed to undertake the restoration work. Fortunately no-one was hurt and most of the contents ...
Having worked for the Edinburgh Woollen Mill for a number of years, GLM continues to provide a range of design and project management services to this ever-expanding company. The challenges posed by ...
GLM converted this A Listed former banking hall on Edinburgh’s George Street into the City’s most fashionable café bar. In a project taking just ten weeks on site the magnificent banking hall, with ...
Work is now complete at The Cottage, Morridgehall, Maxton. The owners of this Victorian cottage set in idyllic Scottish Borders countryside approached GLM with a view to converting it into a ...
The present brick built lochside cottage on this highland estate does not deserve to be located in such a dramatic landscape. GLM were brought in to design a replacement that would take maximum ...
GLM's design flair, coupled with Victor & Carina Contini's sumptious menu at Centotre on George Street, Edinburgh has exceeded all expectations. With the (so called) 'problem' of having to turn ...
Maurice & Catherine Hardy-Bishop can now see light at the end of the tunnel. Having laid the foundations for the new west wing back in August 2002, 2005 should be the year they can finally move into ...
Maggie's Cancer Caring Centres have appointed GLM to work with London based architects Zaha Hadid as Site Monitors to undertake weekly site visits and to monitor contractor progress. For more ...
The National Museums of Scotland have appointed GLM as building surveyors to undertake building conservation work to a number of Second World War buildings at the East Fortune Airfield that is now a ...
GLM have just completed an office refurbishment for Ambergreen Internet Marketing Ltd.
The upmarket Edinburgh based auctioneers Lyon and Turnbull occupy a Category A listed former Church in Broughton Place. The roof of this building had reached the end of its service life and leaks in ...
Fairnilee, a great Edwardian country house in the borders of Scotland, suffered a major fire during the Christmas holiday 2004. Although it destroyed part of the roof the Fire Brigade were able to ...
David Gibbon has become one of six chartered building surveyors in Scotland to be accredited by the RICS conservation accreditation scheme. Three of the others work for the National Trust for ...
Planning negotiations are currently underway for a new GLM designed dwelling in the Conservation Village of West Linton. Although contemporary in style and form, the design uses traditional materials ...
Reaching the places other surveyors do not reach! GLM is undertaking its third quinquennial inspection of the major landmark buildings of the National Galleries of Scotland, a process that involves ...
As a result of a selection process of various consultants, GLM were appointed by the Board of Governors of ESMGC Schools, to undertake a detailed appraisal of the current condition of the 1960's ...
GLM have just completed a 4 month refurbishment of the roof and external parts of the Bewise and Instore building on the High Street in Dunfermline. The project, carried out on behalf of Buccleuch ...
Planning permission has just been granted for this contemporary 3 storey house in the small village of Crawford in South Lanarkshire. Set on a sloping site and using traditional materials such as ...
Planning Consent is imminent for this contemporary extension to a delightful stone garden cottage within the grounds of Cowdenknowes House, Earlston. Using traditional materials and making reference ...
Planning permission is being sought for a small housing development in a rural part of the Scottish Borders. GLM's design is based on the form of a traditional courtyard steading, common in this part ...