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Terms & conditions

Terms and conditions of site use

Drivers Jonas LLP (DJ LLP) is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC336200) and is regulated by the RICS. A list of members' names is open to inspection at our registered office, 85 King William Street, London EC4N 7BL.

This is a general and freely available site and the information does not constitute professional property advice on any particular matter. Whilst the information is believed to be valid for the purpose of general information, DJ LLP cannot be held responsible for the outcome of actions based on the information. In the case of a specific property problem, professional advice must be sought from your main contact partner at DJ LLP. If you are not a client of the firm please send an email to webmaster@driversjonas.com and we will pass your enquiry to the right person(s).

Email communications

Email to and from DJ LLP is automatically scanned for computer viruses and for unacceptable content.

Any email sent by DJ LLP may contain information that is confidential and privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the addressee. If you are not the addressee please note that any distribution, copying or use of an email or the information in it is prohibited. If you receive an email communication in error, please notify us by reply.

Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information can be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. DJ LLP and its employees therefore do not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of any messages that arise as a result of email transmission. If verification of an email is required, please request a hard-copy version.

Intellectual property

We own copyrights in this site and in all material published on it. These are protected by copyright laws and treaties around the world. All our rights are reserved. © Drivers Jonas LLP 2009.

You may print off one copy of any page(s) from our site for your personal reference and you may draw the attention of others within your organisation to material posted. Our status as the authors of material on this site should always be acknowledged.

If you wish to make any use of material on our site other than that set out above, please address your request to webmaster@driversjonas.com .

Accessing our site

Access to our site is permitted on a temporary basis and we reserve the right to withdraw or amend access to the service (including membership of LookOut!) without notice. You are responsible for arranging access to our site. You are also responsible for ensuring that anyone else accessing the site through your internet connection is aware of these terms and that they comply with them.

We update our website regularly and so may change the content at any time. If the need arises, we have the option to suspend the site or to close it indefinitely.

Linking to our site

You may link to our site, provided you do so in a way that is fair and legal and which does not damage our reputation or take advantage of it. In particular, you must not establish a link in such a way as to suggest any form of association, approval or endorsement on our part where none exists. Our site must not be framed on any other site. We reserve the right to withdraw linking permission without notice.

Third party websites

Our site contains links to various sites and other resources provided by third parties. These links are provided for your information only. We have no control over the contents of those sites or resources and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may be suffered in connection with your use of them.

Information about you and your visits to our site

We process information about you in accordance with our privacy policy set out below. You consent to such processing and you warrant that all data provided by you is accurate.

Jurisdiction and applicable law

The English Courts will have non-exclusive jurisdiction over any claim arising from or related to a visit to this website. English Law will apply to these terms and conditions.

Trade marks

"Driversjonas.com" and the Drivers Jonas logo are trademarks of Drivers Jonas and all rights are reserved.

Variation of these terms

We reserve the right to change these Terms & Conditions from time to time by posting a change notice or any new agreement on our website. The version of the Conditions that apply is the version in force on the day of your use of any particular part of the site. It is your responsibility to check the website regularly to determine whether these Terms & Conditions have been changed.

Your concerns

If you have any concerns about material which appears on our site please contact webmaster@driversjonas.com .

Tools

Before making any business or personal decision relating to property you are advised to speak to a specialist surveyor.

Each of the tools on our site is provided for general guidance only. You should not rely on the tools in making any business or personal decisions and the firm cannot accept any responsibility for any losses occasioned by the use or mis-use of those tools.

Property Search

MISDESCRIPTION CLAUSE: Drivers Jonas LLP for themselves and for the vendors or lessors of the property for whom they act, give notice that: i) the particulars on this website are a general outline only, for the guidance of prospective purchasers or tenants, and do not constitute the whole or any part of an offer or contract; ii) Drivers Jonas LLP cannot guarantee the accuracy of any description, dimensions, references to condition, necessary permissions for the use and occupation and other details contained herein and prospective purchasers or tenants must not rely on them as statements of fact or representations and must satisfy themselves as to their accuracy; iii) rents quoted in such particulars may be subject to VAT in addition; iv) Drivers Jonas will not be liable, in negligence or otherwise, for any loss arising from the use of such particulars; v) the reference to any plant, machinery, equipment, services, fixtures and fittings at the property shall not constitute a representation (unless otherwise stated) as to its state or condition or that it is capable of fulfilling its intended function. Prospective purchasers/tenants should satisfy themselves as to the fitness of such items for their requirements; vi) no employee of Drivers Jonas LLP has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty or enter into any contract whatever in relation to the property in question.

LookOut terms and conditions

The LookOut service consists of two parts:

  • The DIY tool accessible on www.driversjonas.com; and
  • The monthly update emails.

Both are covered by the following terms and conditions.

DJ LLP own the copyright of the material published within LookOut. Our status as the authors of the material within LookOut should always be acknowledged. The material from LookOut may only be used for personal reference and may not be resold. If DJ [referred to as ‘we’ from now on] believe the copyright may be infringed we reserve the right to withhold the use of the service.

The information that forms the basis of the e-mail service is reviewed on a monthly basis and is to the best of our knowledge correct. It contains the information that is made available to us by local planning authorities. Facts have been rigorously checked, but we cannot accept liability for any loss caused by the use or misuse of this information.

It is the responsibility of the client to:

  • Check they are in receipt of the monthly email update;
  • Inform us of any delivery failure once the 7 day period has lapsed;
  • Inform us of a change in their email address(es); and
  • Inform us of a change in their plan selections in writing.

Once the fee basis has been accepted in writing by the client, you will receive an update of all the selected plans as they are contained in our database on that day. Thereafter, the update will only be sent out within the first 7 days of the start of each calendar month to the email address(es) provided by the client, unless anything unforeseen occurs when we will use our best endeavours to inform you.

Space Calculator - limitations of use

Further limitations on the use of this tool are set out below.

The cost of fitting-out commercial office space is dependent upon many factors. The Space Calculator attempts to take account of as many of these as possible but clearly cannot take account of all.

In addition, we have given some indication of high, mid and basic options, but the actual cost of a scheme can fall significantly above the higher limit (in the case of some specialist types of users i.e. dealing operations, heavily cellularised and high quality lawyers' offices) and, similarly, a very basic open plan office layout could lead to figures below the basic figures indicated.

In using the model a specific note should therefore be taken of the following:-

  • The price calculated assumes that the building is taken from the landlord with a Developer's (Category A) - standard of finish. There is, however, no standard adjustment as the specific space use will dictate whether the Developer's finish can be easily incorporated into the design or not. Some types of space use may actually require the Developer's works to be completely stripped out and new works put in their place.
  • The Space Calculator does not take account of some types of space which are very expensive to fit out such as restaurants, soundproof auditoria, video conferencing facilities etc. Although you may have indicated that your fit-out requires these facilities, the model only treats these as general cellular space and may therefore understate the true cost of the proposed fit-out.
  • Similarly, no allowance is made for a number of specialist installations which may be required such as standby generation, UPS systems, duplicate air conditioning systems, dedicated clean power installations, specialist fire suppression systems etc.
  • Fit-out costs are heavily influenced by programme issues. A fit-out required at short notice where normal procurement methods have to be bypassed in favour of speed can lead to significant price premiums as can the need for weekend / night working or indeed double shifting.
  • The figures exclude allowances for specialist equipment such as IT hardware, audio visual equipment, reprographics equipment and all office equipment such as photocopiers, fax machines, shredders etc.
  • The Space Calculator makes no allowance for any work to Landlord's areas such as receptions, lift lobbies, WCs or staircases or, for works to any Landlord installations such as central services, lifts etc.
  • Phasing of fit-out works can also have a major impact upon cost. It is, for instance, much more economic to carry out works in a single phase with existing users (if there are any) relocated elsewhere. If a fit-out has to be carried out in phases, moving staff sequentially out and back into space, then this can add a substantial premium to the anticipated cost.
  • The Space Calculator assumes average allowances for "fit factor" or the shape of a given floorplate as against another. The results will need to be adjusted by a specialist space planner when considering individual buildings.

If your space requirements in any way fall outside the limitations of the Space Calculator, contact David Green, Partner, Building Surveying, Drivers Jonas, 6 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4DJ to discuss your specific needs.

Rates Calculator - limitations of use

To access and use the Rates Calculator tool, you must accept the terms and conditions for its use.

This Rate Calculator has been designed to help you check your annual rate bills. The Rates Calculator should be able to check and confirm the majority of your rate liabilities, but there are occasions when due to complications, it will not provide the answer. If you find that the answer provided differs from your rate account, you must seek assistance from your rating advisor.

At present, the Rates Calculator is only able to provide rate liabilities for properties situated in England.

DJ is not responsible for any decisions based on information provided by this Rates Calculator.

The Rates Calculator is not a substitute for professional advice, which must always be sought before any decisions that require rate liabilities as part of their consideration are made.

If you do not have a professional advisor, Drivers Jonas can assist you.

If your rates liability in any way fall outside the limitations of the Rates Calculator, contact Robert Murdoch, Head of Rating, Drivers Jonas, 6 Grosvenor Street, London, W1K 4DJ to discuss your specific needs.

Privacy policy

This policy sets out the basis on which your personal data will be processed by us. For the purpose of the Data Protection Act 1998 ("the Act") the data controller is Drivers Jonas LLP of 85 King William Street, London EC4N 7BL.

Information collected

We collect the following data from you:

  • Information that you provide by filling in forms on our site. This includes information provided at the time of registration or at the time of posting material or requesting further services.
  • Information about your computer including where available your IP address, operating system and browser type.
  • Information about your internet usage obtained using a cookie file which is stored on the hard drive of your computer.

Uses made of the information

We use information held about you in the following ways:

  • to ensure that content from our website is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your computer.
  • to provide you with information and services that you have requested from us.
  • to allow you to participate in interactive features of our service where you have chosen to do so.
  • to help us understand what services and information you are most interested in.
  • to notify you about changes to our service.

In accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998, DJ does not pass on any information to third parties except where this is explicit - for example where details are recorded for an event being held with a third party.

You have the right to request us not to send such information or to pass information to third parties for such purposes. You can exercise that right by contacting webmaster@driversjonas.com.

Cookies

This option sets a cookie on your computer which uniquely identifies you to us when you return to our site. We use cookies to keep track of your personal preferences and registration details. You may also refuse to accept cookies by de-activating the “remember me on this computer” at the bottom of the relevant pages or the setting on your browser, which allows you to refuse the setting of cookies.

Accessing and updating your information

The Act gives you various rights including the right to access information held about you. Your right to access can be exercised in accordance with the Act.

You may request a copy of the information which we have about you at any time by contacting webmaster@driversjonas.com or writing to Alan Lattimer, Chief Operating Officer, Drivers Jonas LLP, 6 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 4DJ. You can amend your personal details at any time by going to the “my details” page in the Online Advice section of the Drivers Jonas website.

Security of information

We store personal information on secure servers with access limited to authorised personnel. We will not release personal details to third parties and we may request proof of identity before we will release the information to you.

Questions about this privacy policy can be addressed to webmaster@driversjonas.com .