GMS Property, part of the GMS Group, recognise the importance of securing your property assets. If you’re responsible for vacant properties, our service ensures that you’re compliant with your insurer’s code of practice as quickly, efficiently and cost effectively as possible.

We’re experts in the insolvency sector with over 20 years’ experience managing more than 5,000 vacant properties on behalf of our clients and are a proven trusted partner for insolvency customers throughout the UK – with an excellent track record of minimising customer insurance claims. Our customers include Avison Young, Grant Thornton and KPMG.

One of the more high-profile cases worked on with Avison Young, is summarised in this Cath Kidston Case Study.

Operating nationally, our 500 strong team are well-equipped to attend your void property sites at short notice, particularly in insolvency cases. In more hostile situations, we’re able to provide support with additional security officers or canine units as well as being a liaison with Blue Light services.

By using a combination of highly trained property inspectors and our leading monitoring technology, we’re able to provide real-time updates, which are accessible remotely via our secure online customer portal.

Save time and resource with our suite of services, designed to provide complete peace of mind, whilst avoiding the high costs and headaches that come with co-ordinating multiple agencies.

Our complete initial inspection service covers the following, which is all recorded and accessible via our secure encrypted portal:

• Full Inspection including Site Survey report outlining all non-compliance issues
• Lock change
• Turn off supply to all utilities
• Drain down of water system
• Letter box sealing
• Photographs taken of property and assets
• Photographs of any non-compliant issues
• Quotation provided for maintenance work required, in order to ensure the void property meets your insurance requirements
• The provision of a temporary intruder alarm or CCTV system

We can carry out detailed risk assessments ensuring compliance with:

• The Regulatory Reform
• Health and Safety Legislation
• Public Liability Legislation
• Structural and Equipment Hazards
• Environmental Legislation
• We also offer Fire Risk Assessments for vacant, part occupied or communal areas of all types of property including: commercial, residential and industrial premises.

Once our initial inspection and site survey is complete, we offer a comprehensive, in-house property inspection service.

• All properties have an RFID Tag placed at the property, which demonstrates the date, time and validity that an inspection has taken place
• The tag is swiped to take a log of the patrol and is time and date stamped
• There will be a defined set of questions that relate to your insurers codes of practice
• Once completed by the inspector, the answers are uploaded to our portal, which automatically generates a report and can be downloaded in Microsoft Word format.
• Employee’s cars are fitted with trackers, which offers a second validation of the inspection taking place

Our lone worker inspectors’ book on & off duty and carry out automated check in calls every three hours via our 24/7 control room. To protect our team, we also have live car trackers installed in our vehicles, which are linked to an encrypted portal.