Our Services

Defining, delivering and where appropriate reviewing your estate strategy, which will inform ongoing management. Kate has extensive experience in enhancing estate performance, both through intervention and evolution. Examples include growing existing income streams, developing new enterprises to enhance returns, and maximising value from estate expenditure. In the rapidly changing rural environment, Kate’s forward-thinking approach matches contemporary opportunities with traditional values to optimise how estates can evolve and thrive.

Developing a strategy on when and how you will pass the estate on to others. Working with your solicitor and accountant to minimise exposure to capital taxation through the available allowances, reliefs and exemptions. This can be complicated and yet needs to fit with management of the property and be achieved in simple ways, with empathy, trust and sensitivity, which encapsulates Kate’s approach.

Kate’s technical expertise and continuous professional development provide a sound platform for advising on all aspects of agricultural, residential, and commercial tenancies including the letting of properties, lease renewals and rent reviews, in addition to managing relationships with tenants and ensuring compliance with legislation and tenancy terms.

Kate is well versed in preparing estate budgets and cashflow forecasts, analysing and reporting on variances, managing debtors and obtaining finance, as well as providing fiduciary oversight and controls. Kate will work with your existing bookkeeper or help you to find an effective bookkeeping solution.

Working with insurers and brokers to ensure that you have appropriate cover in place, negotiating insurance claims, implementing annual renewals and re-tendering to achieve competitive premiums. The market for rural insurance is limited with only a few insurers interested; Kate has experience in working with several different brokers and insurers and understands the issues that need to be managed.

Kate can provide a modern management service underpinned by traditional land agency values. The routine management of cottages, farms and commercial premises, including inspections, tenant communication and managing contractors to deliver repair, maintenance and improvement works can be delivered efficiently. Kate’s entrepreneurial instincts and personal service enable her to follow through with innovative and flexible solutions where required.

Pragmatic advice on achieving and maintaining compliance with the extensive and everchanging list of statutory and recommended compliances, predominantly for let residential property. Kate can deliver basic tasks, such as maintaining appropriate compliance standards.

Kate has a good understanding of both woodland management and agriculture and will be able to help you with aspects of both areas, although Rankine Rural does not offer a comprehensive woodland management or farm consultancy service. Kate has good relationships with numerous local advisors who she is used to working alongside.