Head of School of Surveying, Faculty of Art and Design and Srchitecture, Kingston University
Overview
Professor Sarah Sayce is a chartered surveyor by profession. After spending some years in practice as a valuer and commercial property manager she became an academic and is now head of the university's School of Surveying and Planning, a position she has held since the early 1990s. She undertook a PhD investigating the emergence of the new leisure property sector as an institutional investment vehicle. Her PhD then led to her being a founder member and instigator of the successful industry group the Leisure Property Forum, of which she is still a member. She has also developed an extensive research portfolio based on the operation of the commercial property markets, including the rise of the sustainability agenda as it impacts on, and influences, property appraisal.
She has written many conference papers and is widely published. The research-led book Building Sustainability in the Balance, for which she was lead author, was published in 2004 and is believed to be the first book on sustainable property published by the Estates Gazette. Her latest book, Real Estate Appraisal: From Value to Worth, was published in May 2006.
Sarah led the bid writing team that developed C-SCAIPE - the university's Centre for Sustainable Communities Achieved Through Integrated Professional Education - which opened in 2007 and is used by all university staff for discussions and learning on aspects of sustainability. She is now Chair of the Centre, working closely with its two Directors.
In addition to her roles within C-SCAIPE and the School, Sarah is also active within the surveying profession. She is an APC (Assessment of Professional Competence) Chairman and has been an elected member of both the South East Regional Board and the International Governing Council of RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors).
Research
"Building Sustainability in the Balance" - lead author (2004).
Real Estate Appraisal: From Value to Worth, (2006).
Sayce S., Smith J,. Sundberg A, and Cowling E (20009) Greening Leases: the landlord and tenant relationship as a driver for sustainability Research Findings Final Report for Investment Property Forum (IPF) London IPF
Sayce S., Britton P., Morris A. and Sundberg A. (2009) Valuing our Heritage final report to RICS
Sayce S., Farren-Bradley J, Lewis A., Harris C., Cowling, E., Toogood E., Schecter S., and Heenan T. (2008) Enabling Sustainable Communities: Supporting Effective Skills Development for Current and Future Core Built Environment Professionals: final Report to ESRC
Corps C. and Sayce S (2008) CAMF Sustainability Update A confidential Exposure Document for the Government of British Columbia submitted 18th November
McFarland O and Sayce S (2008) Linking accurate data capture with unlocking land proceeding of the AGI GeoCommunities 2008 conference September 24-25 Stratford upon Avon
Sayce S., Garside P., Walford N. and Vickers A. (2008) National Land Use Database (NLUD): NLUD Scoping Study Final Report (2008) A report for English Partnerships and CLG
Sayce S., Vickers T., Connellan O. and Morad M. (2008) Local Property Taxation as a Strategic Planning Tool in UK: Can 'Landvaluescape' Play a Role at Local Levels?' ,Local Economy, Volume 23 No3 pp:208 - 221
Sayce S. and Sundberg, A (2008) Chapter 17: Leisure Property in Hayward, R (Ed) (2008) Valuations: Principles into Practice 8th Ed. London Estates Gazette
Ellison L., Sayce S. and Smith J. (2007) Socially Responsible Property Investment: Quantifying the relationship between Sustainability and Investment Property Worth Journal of Property Research Volume 24 No 3 pp: 191-219
Sayce S. and Ellison L. (2007) Assessing sustainability in the existing commercial Property stock - establishing sustainability criteria relevant for the commercial property investment sector Property Management volume 23 No. 3 pp: 287-304
Sayce S., Ellison L. and Parnell P. (2007) Understanding Investment Drivers for UK Sustainable Property Building Research and Information: Special Issue Volume 35 No 6 pp: 629-643
Ellison L and Sayce, S. (2006) The Sustainable Property Appraisal Project: Final Report Kingston University ISBN 0 -9554744-0-X
Cowling, E. Lewis, A. and Sayce, S (2007) Towards Sustainability Literate Students: Results of an Ongoing Study, BEECon, CEBE, Cardiff
Vickers T., Sayce S., Connellan O. and Morad M.(2006) : A Revealing Landvaluescape: making property tax more acceptable using value maps, in Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation: International and Comparative Perspectives, Vol III (eds. Cavaliere A., Ashiabor H., Kreiser L., Milne J.) Richmond Law & Tax, London. pp 565-590.
Sayce, S, Smith J, Cooper R and Venmore-Rowland P (2006) Property Investment: from value to worth Oxford Blackwells Science
Lewis, A. Sayce, S and Ellison, L (2005) Education for Sustainable Development in the Built Environment Disciplines. CEBE Working Paper No.9, CEBE, Cardiff
Sayce S and Connellan O (2004) The Valuation of Non-Profit Orientated Leisure Property: Profits v Cost: The implications for Rating London RICS/RICS Research Foundation
Sayce S, Walker A and McIntosh A (2004) Building Sustainability in the Balance: promoting stakeholder dialogue Estates Gazette Ltd
Areas of expertise