19 Mar Spears 500 2025
Jess has featured once again as a Top Flight advisor specialising in Country Property in this year's Spears 500 list of top advisors to High Net Worth Clients. Click here to see her entry in the Spears Top 500 List....
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26 Jul The super-rich escape plan: tunnels, seaplanes and farmland
I worked with Jayne Dowle on this piece about the super rich and their increasingly specific plans to protect themselves in a dis-ordered world. From retained private medical staff to purchasing remote property only accessible by air, wealthy clients are always thinking of new ways to stay in control. Click here...
06 Jul How Jeremy Clarkson kickstarted a rural planning revolution
I spoke to Jayne Dowle recently about the spotlight that Clarkson's Farm has shone on the difficulties farmers have when trying to diversify their business. Local planning constraints have caused significant problems and lost revenue opportunities for Jeremy Clarkson and impacted many others without his financial resources. Whilst the recent...
30 Jun Why you really can’t get the staff in the countryside
I worked with Hugh Graham on this piece in the Sunday Times on the dramatically changing world of retaining household staff. Our collaborators, Kitty Henderson and Izzy Boland, gave invaluable insight into the difficulties employers are encountering in the current staffing landscape. Click here to read the article in full....
03 Jun What it’s really like to live in the Cotswolds
I was quoted in Alex Goss's article in today's Telegraph about what it is really like to live in The Cotswolds in this day and age. We certainly have to carefully advise clients as to which locations to be wary of in order to avoid coach loads of tourists but...
23 May Property industry reactions: Six weeks until the General Election
I am quoted in today's issue of industry publication, Prime Resi, with my thoughts on this week's election announcement. Click here to read the article in full....
01 Mar The battle for my castle
I am quoted in Hugh Graham's article in Bricks and Mortar today about the appeal of buying and owning a castle. For many the scale of the restoration of such buildings is off putting but for some it is the realisation of a life long dream. The costs can be huge...
05 Feb The prospects for the super-prime country house & estates market
Last week, I wrote a market insight piece for leading industry publication, Prime Resi. Things in the Prime Market appear to be warming up earlier than usual in advance of the anticipated pre-election lull whilst the Super Prime farms and estates market continues to outperform expectations with the last year feeling...
19 Nov The country house schools being turned into luxury mansions
I spoke to Arabella Youens in today's Sunday Times about a trend we have noticed for properties that were once schools, being reverted back to their former glory as a luxury homes. The educational landscape is being altered by the shift in international demand, impact of the cost of living and...
13 Sep Americans Are Buying Up Scotland’s Most Expensive Housing
I am quoted in Sarah Rappaport's article on Bloomberg.com commenting on the influx of American buyers who have been taking advantage of the beneficial shift in exchange rates in order to acquire their UK dream home. For many this is a London house or a country pad with the Cotswolds...