Estate Agents in Edinburgh
Our Estate Agency team sell a wide range of city, town and rural properties throughout the city of Edinburgh, the Lothians and Peeblesshire bringing their experience and local knowledge to both the Edinburgh townhouse and the rural, farm & estate markets. Our Commercial team handle and manage properties, facilities and assets for clients throughout the UK. Thinking of moving to Edinburgh? Check out OnTheMarket.com's Insider Guide to the Edinburgh Property Market here.
59 George Street
Edinburgh
EH2 2JG
e: edinburgh@galbraithgroup.com
Opening hours:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 5:30pmFriday: 9:00am - 5:00pm
Due to Government COVID restrictions our High Street offices are open by appointment only for sales and lettings, all other offices are closed and business continues to operate through remote working, telephone and email.
Our people
Alexander Scott
Estate Agent | Sales
Alex joined Galbraith in 2021 with over 24 years of experience working in sales and lettings in Edinburgh. Alex now specialises in Edinburgh residential sales, market appraisals and private purchases.
Alison McLean
BA(Hons) MSc MRICS
Senior Property Manager | Sales, Commercial
Alison joined Galbraith in 2018 as Senior Property Manager in the Commercial Management team. Based in our Edinburgh office Alison has 15 years’ experience in property and asset management dealing with all aspects of commercial property management in both public and private sectors. Alison manages a wide range of portfolios for clients across the UK which include retail, office and industrial properties.
Athole McKillop
BScFor MICFor MRICS
Partner | Rural, Forestry, Energy
Athole is a former director of Land Factor which he joined in 1986. Following the merger with Galbraith in 2019 Athole is a Partner, Chartered Forester and Head of Forestry for the firm based in our Edinburgh and Penrith Offices. Working throughout Northern England and Scotland, he carries out forestry and rural land management as well as purchase and sales of woodland and forest properties, valuations and forestry project co-ordination. He also has interests in renewables and minerals.
Ben Dobson
Associate | Commercial
Ben joined Galbraith in 2019 as an Associate in the Commercial Agency Team. He has over 10 years’ worth of experience the UK commercial market and has worked with a range of institutional and private clients across Scotland and the UK. Ben specialises in both occupier and landlord acquisitions and disposals on both a leasehold and heritable basis. Ben has a strong track record advising on commercial development in multiple sectors, across the country.
Crawford Mackay
MRICS
Senior Associate | Rural, Farm Sales, Valuations, Estate Sales
Crawford is based in the Edinburgh office and provides wide ranging consultancy, management, agency and valuation advice across southern Scotland and England. Crawford returned to Galbraith in September 2020 following a spell in London working for a major institutional landowner, where he was responsible for the asset management of their extensive rural and mineral interests across the UK.
Dr Eleanor Harris
Natural Capital and Carbon Leader | Rural, Forestry
Dr Eleanor Harris joined us in 2021 and is based in our Edinburgh office. Dr Harris was previously Policy Researcher with Confor for over five years focusing mainly on development of the carbon market in the forestry world and on the wider aspects of Natural Capital. She continues to build on this unsurpassed expertise at Galbraith and will be developing commercial opportunities in relation to Bio-Diversity Net Gain, Peatland and Soil Carbon, Regenerative Agriculture and general environmental land management throughout the UK.
Gavin McBain
Graduate Apprentice | Building Surveying
Gavin Joined Galbraith in January 2021 and is based in our Edinburgh Office. Before joining the group he played a key role in various facilities and property management projects for NHS Lothian. Gavin undertakes a wide range of commercial, rural and residential building surveying services whilst assisting the management of our key client property portfolios.
George Bouwens
BSc (Hons) MRICS
Consultant | Building Surveying
George is a consultant with the Building Surveying team. Previously he ran his own practice in Kenya focusing on the educational sector and private residential projects and worked for Knight Frank in Hungerford prior to joining Galbraith in 2017.
Iain Russell
BLE FRICS
Chairman | Rural, Valuations
Iain Russell is Chairman of Galbraith. Based in our Edinburgh office Iain provides wide-ranging consultancy, management and valuation advice throughout our business and specialises in advising clients including estates, farms, private companies and individuals on a broad range of strategic issues.
James Galbraith
MRICS
Consultant Partner | Rural, Valuations
James has practiced in Edinburgh for most of his career advising clients on all aspects of rural estate management, residential property and commercial property investment. Specialist areas in which he practices include agricultural holdings law, the valuation of rural property, forestry, inheritance tax planning and portfolio property investment. He is a partner in a family farming business in the Scottish Borders and is responsible for the firm's Borders offices.
James Towers
BSc (Hons) MRICS
Associate | Building Surveying
James joined Galbraith in June 2016 and is based in our Edinburgh office. He undertakes various commercial and rural projects throughout Scotland as well as a full range of professional building surveying services.
Jamie Addison-Scott
BSc (Hons) MSc MRICS
Commercial, Investment
Jamie joined Galbraith in 2016 and is part of the commercial investment team. He is involved in all areas of commercial investment within the retail, office and industrial sectors. He acts for a broad range of private and institutional clients throughout Scotland. He passed the Investment Management Certificate in 2017 and became of member of the RICS in 2018.
Jamie Thain
BLE MRICS
Partner | Commercial, Investment
Jamie joined Galbraith in 2017 and is a partner in the Commercial Investment Team. He has an in depth knowledge of the UK commercial property investment market and has been involved in numerous significant transactions throughout his career. He has a strong track record as a multi-sector advisor, dealing with individual assets and portfolios throughout the UK.
Jennifer Jeffrey
BA (Hons) MRICS FAAV
Rural, Valuations
Jennifer joined the Edinburgh office in 2016 after graduating from Scotland's Rural College with a First Class Honours Degree in Rural Business Management. She qualified as a Chartered Rural Surveyor in October 2018. She is involved in a wide range of valuation and professional consultancy across the Scottish Borders and Lothians as well as assisting with estate management.
Joanne Plant
MA MRTPI
Planning
Joanne joined Galbraith in April 2018 and is based in our Edinburgh office. She brings over 15 years of planning consultancy experience to Galbraith where she is responsible for providing guidance and advice to a range of clients as well as supporting the growth of the firm’s planning services.
Mike Thompson
BSc (Hons) MRICS
Senior Associate | Rural, Valuations
Mike is based in our Edinburgh office and is mainly involved in estate management throughout East Lothian, the Borders and Lanarkshire. Mike is a farmer's son and has been with Galbraith for in excess of 30 years.
Nicola MacGruer
MRICS
Commercial
Nicola joined Galbraith in 2017 and is based in our Edinburgh office. Nicola works within the commercial team specialising in rating for commercial properties and also providing planning guidance and advice to a range of clients.
Pamela Gray
MA Dip.LE FRICS
Partner | Commercial, Valuations
Pamela is the Partner in charge of Commercial Property Asset Management, based in our Edinburgh office and working for clients throughout the UK. She specialises in the full range of Asset Management and Consultancy services across all the commercial sectors.
Pam Over
BSc (Hons) MRICS
Partner | Commercial, Building Surveying, Valuations
Pam is a Partner and a member of the firm's Commercial and Building surveying teams. Working across the UK and Ireland she has over 35 years' experience of commercial property specialising in asset management, project management and project monitoring for a wide range of clients. She has the breadth of experience to take complex projects from conception through to completion.
Peter Scott Aiton
MRICS
Partner | Building Surveying
Peter joined Galbraith in 2010 when he returned to Scotland after working for GVA Grimley in London. He is Head of Building Surveying and predominantly undertakes commercial projects and professional work throughout Scotland and England. Peter has a working knowledge of rural property through his family farm in the Borders. Peter also covers some rural and residential Building Surveying work.
Rebecca March
Sales
Rebecca is based in the Edinburgh office specialising in the sale and valuation for all types of rural and equestrian property.
Richard Higgins
BA Dip.LE FRICS
Partner | Energy, Commercial, Valuations
Richard heads up the firms Commercial division and works between our Edinburgh and Stirling offices. He and his team provide a range of consultancy, investment, agency and professional services to a wide ranging client base throughout Scotland and the UK. In addition Richard provides planning and consultancy advice on a number of large electricity transmission and renewable infrastructure projects.
Tom Tongs
BSc (Hons)
Building Surveying
Tom joined Galbraith in April 2019 as a graduate Building Surveyor in the Edinburgh office. Previously he spent 9 years in the Army as a Royal Engineer Officer involved in construction and operations management with experience working in Africa and the Middle East.
Will Sandwell
BA(Hons) MSc MRICS
Partner | Commercial, Investment
Will joined Galbraith in 2017 and is a Partner in the commercial investment team. He has 13 years experience advising institutional investors, banks, property companies and private investors across a range of property assets. Will is one of the most active investment agents within the Scottish industrial market and advises a number of companies on their UK property strategies.
Yvonne Hay
Cert.Acc (Open), Dip.HE, BSc (Hons), MSc
Graduate Surveyor | Commercial
Yvonne joined Galbraith’s Commercial Property Management team in early 2020. She has 15 years’ experience in dealing with commercial and residential properties across the UK. Holding diplomas in accounting, physics and renewable energy, Yvonne specializes in managing complex service charge accounts and generally adding value for our clients’ assets.
