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Most days I went out with a member of a various department and shadowed them on their job and learnt what they were doing. I also had a lot of office work where I helped (mainly the grads) with the projects they were currently working on. When I had a lul...
Attending farm visits, CFA meetings and FFRF meetings. Assisting compiling crop loss claims, CS applications and various grant applications. Learning about many different aspects of farm business management form the Food & Farming team.
As a Summer Scheme student, I experienced what it was like to be on the graduate programme and received some great exposure to a number of areas within the company. As this was a rotational summer scheme I got experience in a number of different departmen...
It was a mix of office based work and being out on estates meeting with clients. The work was very varied and Savills made sure that I got a good breadth of experience across the office. I was given several projects to work on. I did mapping, rent reviews...
I learnt how to gather evidence of comparable properties through software such as LonRes, Molior and Rightmove Plus and call local agents to find out more information on these comps and get an insight into the market and how much the properties I am valui...
Attending regular site viewings and morning office openings. Required to enquire and construct availability schedules for clients and for development pipelines. Attended weekly round up meetings to gain further insight into the sector.
it included tasks such as; helping with lease reading, creating lease summaries and checking for alterations and other clauses. calculating service charge caps and management fee caps for the service charge budgets. going out on site visits to different a...
Conducting research to assist planning professionals in meeting the needs of their clients. Completing site visits and sitting in on planning meetings from the pre-application stage through to the later stages, gaining valuable hands-on experience and an ...
- finding comparable properties and transactions - researching the given property, finding out about location, situation, number of bedrooms, - going on property inspections - working on a range of different projects
Daily tasks included contributing to client reports by writing executive summaries on statistical data. A saturated amount of time was spent on excel completing spreadsheets as appointed by senior members of the team, covering areas such as EPC ratings an...
Preparation of Planning Appraisals and Planning Statements, involving research and analysis. Submission of Discharge of Condition and NMA applications. Various admin tasks concerning project control and management. Significant extra-curricular support w...
My role involved going on site inspections, producing schedule of dilapidations, schedule of works, reading through lease documents, produced law contracts, and specification sheets. I had discussions with work colleagues and professionals, asking questio...
I was involved with the day to day work of the planning team which included conducting research, looking at historical planning applications, observing client meetings and industry update calls, writing cover letters and writing planning statements.
The summer scheme allowed me to gain insight into multiple aspects of the work undertaken by Building Surveyors day to day. This included site progress visits, client meetings to discuss planned maintenance programmes, site inspections to determine schedu...
Attending site visits and site meetings. Attending building inspections. Contributing to building survey reports.
In office work and site visits some of which have included the below; Heat loss calculations for a new heat pump at a conversion. Condition and measured surveys Sourcing quotations for materials and workmanship Meetings with estate managers to confirm ...
As a Summer Scheme student, you will gain experience across a wider variety of different service lines and skills. One day you could be out helping on energy audits on managed sites, the next undertaking research to support a Director’s strategic advice o...
The day to day of the insight programme included visits to local estates, attending departmental overviews on zoom, meeting various staff members in the office, and shadowing a graduate surveyor. I was also given some simple tasks such as looking for comp...
Shadowing graduates and attending vitual talks from Savills employees
During the insight, which lasted a week, I shadowed an appointed mentor and completed tasks set for me. These included completing cash flow tables, reading over lease documents, aiding in business development and measuring office spaces. Furthermore Savil...
