Property Manager: Robert Bell B.Sc.
Partners: Paul Rutherford LL.B., N.P. & Christopher Dowle, LL.B., N.P.
Dowle, Smith & Rutherford has been providing a comprehensive legal service in Shetland for over thirty years.
For professional, independent & local advice, contact our office on Church Road in the centre of town.
As estate agents we offer extensive facilities to our clients in the sale of their property to ensure optimum sales possibilities.
Robert Bell, our Property Manager, has over 15 years experience marketing property in Shetland and has personally handled over one thousand property sales. He will be happy to provide general advice and details of our full property service.
Online, we have a complete list of our properties for sale, as well as short guides to buying property & selling property in Shetland.
If you are considering a move to the Shetland Islands, you may find our About Shetland page useful.
Dowle, Smith & Rutherford is now at:-
St Olaf’s Hall, Church Road, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0FD

St Olaf's Hall is situated in the centre of Lerwick by the roundabout at the top of Church Road, just up from Commercial Street.
To get to St Olaf's Hall from Commercial Street, walk up Queens Lane which is situated opposite the post office on Commercial Street, between the Shetland Times Bookshop and the Royal Bank. St Olaf's Hall is the large building on the right hand side of the lane just past Church Road car park on the left. We are on the first floor.
View a complete list of properties for sale or lease by Dowle, Smith & Rutherford, with full particulars of each property.
Properties advertised for sale after 1st December 2008, have to be marketed with a Home Report which comprises a Single Survey / Valuation, an Energy Report and a Property Questionnaire.
Further information can be found on the Scottish Government Website or contact our Property Manager Robert Bell.
Although Home Information Reports (HIPS) have been scrapped in England, they are still required in Scotland which has a different form of Home Report.