We are excited to announce the next monthly instalment of the Derby Property Meet which takes place on 14th September 2022 at 7pm (networking from 6:30pm), to be held, at the amazing premises of our partners Nelsons Solicitors in Derby.

Nelson Solicitors, Stern House, Lodge Lane, Derby. DE1 3WD.

Click the link below to book now to secure your place at this exciting event.

Derby’s only independent property networking event held in the city returns to some more awesome property investment content and a chance to meet fellow property professionals. We had an amazing debut event in August which was a huge success and we are excited to announce we have more excellent guest speakers this month to share their expertise, knowledge and experience and will be there to answer your questions. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities throughout the evening to network with fellow property professionals in the room.

We hope you will join us and we can’t wait to meet you and get to know you.

Book you ticket now!!

Speakers in September

Tina Walsh

Aimed at Property Sourcers & Investors – Tina will share with you:

• Property Sourcing Compliance: Keeping You on the Right Side of the Law
• Is Property Sourcing Regulated?
• Compliant Business Setup Overview Investors – Key questions to protect your cash Fairytales, Facts & Fines!
• NAPSA & The Future

It was whilst serving in the Police Service that Tina’s passion for the law and compliance blossomed, she was forced to retire from the service due to injury in July 1995, not really knowing what to do next but dreaming that one day she would start and run her own business.

Privately, she and her husband, Tony had always risen up the property ladder by buying, renovating, moving in and then selling. In 2005 they decided that it would be a good idea to buy a separate property from their own home to let out for extra income. In principle this was a good idea, although, with no knowledge or experience at all, they made almost every rooky mistake possible:

Bought two separate properties (a townhouse and apartment) both new build, off plan, from a local developer, just before the market crash in 2007.

This error in judgment somewhat curbed their enthusiasm for property investment.

Tina’s interest in the property sector was re-ignited when in late 2011 it was suggested that property sourcing was a good sector to start a business in and so she spent the next 10 months researching legislation, regulation and compliance guides to create the legal and compliant platform that in October 2012 became Sanctuary Property Sourcing Ltd; providing a bespoke service throughout the North West of the UK.

Tina is passionate about the property sector but especially property sourcing and for many years held an idea in her head for a book, written in plain English, to pass on the knowledge that she has spent years learning and applying in her own business. From this idea her book, ‘Property Sourcing Compliance: How to Stay the Right Side of the Law’ was created.

Tina’s aim is to increase awareness, knowledge and professionalism within the sourcing sector, sharing her immense knowledge on compliance with budding new sourcers, established businesses and investors alike. She recently set up the new National Association for Professional Sourcing Agents (NAPSA) Ltd. Created to provide a single location for knowledge, support and a place to showcase a very high level of compliance to investors using the platform to search for them.

Privately Tina loves to read, travel, spend time in their garden and also drink red wine, not necessarily in that order! Together she and Tony have three grown up children, Rebecca, Sarah & David and live in the Ribble Valley. They dipped their toes into the investment market again by refurbing and flipping a freehold block of 6 flats on the Fylde coast area in 2017/2018.

Ranjit Seehra

Ranjit Seehra is a Chartered Civil Engineer based in Derby, UK and has over 30 years experience within property and construction. After gaining some ‘formal’ property training in 2015 he and his business partner invested in single lets and HMOs. Ranjit left his corporate life in 2019 and alongside property investing he has helped over 700 people and families with their property projects through his design consultancy, SREAR Design & Consulting. He also offers mentorships to ensure businesses set off and grow successfully. 

Today he will talk about ‘Flying Under the Planners Radar – How to avoid a lot of red tape by using Permitted Development Rights to add value’ 

We are excited to announce the next monthly instalment of the Derby Property Meet which takes place on 10th August 2022 at 7pm (networking from 6:30pm), to be held, at the amazing premises of our partners Nelsons Solicitors in Derby.

Nelson Solicitors, Stern House, Lodge Lane, Derby. DE1 3WD.

Click the link below to book now to secure your place at this exciting event.

Speakers in August

Phil Rowland

Phil is the Assistant Director for Housing Operations at Derventio Housing Trust with 20 years’ experience in Social Housing with the company. Prior to this he has also been employed in the NHS, Local Government, and the Hospitality Industry. 

Whilst at Derventio; Phil has for many years been the Procurement Lead for the company and worked successfully with many property owners and investors and has been instrumental in procuring good quality properties for their various supported housing projects. He has also worked with Crisis the national homelessness charity and delivered a project on raising the standard of properties within the HMO sector.

He was the project lead in another crisis funded project called Rooms4Two and both of these projects received national awards from Crisis and for a number of years was a Crisis Champion and the go to person for advice and assistance in relation to Housing Standards within the sector.

Phil is now responsible for a team of Housing & Support workers who deliver a supported housing service as well as a number of projects to our residents throughout the Midlands. He is still actively involved with the Procurement of properties alongside our Procurement Manager Annabel Flint.

Derventio Housing Trust is an award-winning registered social landlord with many years’ experience of providing supportive, safe and secure accommodation for people who are struggling with their housing situation. Residents are supported to develop independent living skills and build their confidence and self-esteem and at the right time for them, they are supported to move on to more permanent accommodation. Derventio works with local landlords and property owners leasing good quality properties from them to ensure they can continue to provide this valuable service to the public sector.

Bryn Walker

Bryn is an experienced trustee with a 30 year history of working in the financial services industry.

Bryn’s background is as follows:

• Volunteer on the Transparency Task Force justice for victims of Pension Scams group.
• Serve on the Secretariat to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Pension Scams.
• Advocate of ‘member directed pensions’ as it’s YOUR pension so YOU decide what to do with it.
• Skilled in Company Pension products, SSAS, DB/DC, AE and ancillary services (Investment, Actuarial, Trusteeship).
• Working with Consultancy firms, Accountancy Practices and Property Investors/Developers my role is understanding your precise requirements and then use my experience to help you achieve your desired outcome

We are excited to announce the next monthly instalment of the Derby Property Meet which takes place on 13th July 2022 at 7pm (networking from 6:30pm), to be held, at the amazing premises of our partners Nelsons Solicitors in Derby.

Nelson Solicitors, Stern House, Lodge Lane, Derby. DE1 3WD.

Click the link below to book now to secure your place at this exciting event.

Derby’s only independent property networking event held in the city returns to some more awesome property investment content and a chance to meet fellow property professionals. We had an amazing debut event in June which was a huge success and we are excited to announce we have more excellent guest speakers this month to share their expertise, knowledge and experience and will be there to answer your questions. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities throughout the evening to network with fellow property professionals in the room.

We hope you will join us and we can’t wait to meet you and get to know you.

Book you ticket now!!

Speakers in July

Kimberly Shapcott

We are excited to announce that Kimberly from our partners, Shapcott’s Accountants, is joining us this month.

Kimberly writes:

“Shapcott Accountants are a firm of Chartered Accountants and Registered Auditors based in Derby with a team of 20 staff to service the accounting and tax requirements of various businesses.  

We have been established for over 35 years and look to support our clients and business owners with our philosophy of personal but professional service. 

We service a wide range of sectors and industries with our client base which is spread not just across the city of Derby, but further afield in the Midlands, London, Cornwall, Scotland and Wales. We work with businesses in a range of industries and also, have a focus on property companies with one of our Directors actively investing in property projects in the area. We provide a tailored service covering all aspects of a business from payroll and bookkeeping to accounts, audit and specialist tax advice. Our dedicated and highly motivated team is ready to assist a business’s needs on a day to day basis, or as a rolling program of work for as long as required.

We aim to provide a practical solution to problems both as they arise, and in advance of them arising by appropriate planning and review. We use some of the latest technology and continue to invest in new ideas to support our team and in turn to support our clients. We believe this is the greatest compliment a client can pay by trusting us to help a friend, colleague or family member with their business.

We send free newsletters to our clients, business contacts and interested individuals on a fortnightly basis. The first newsletter of the month covers specific tax news that is likely to be of interest to business owners and the second is a more general newsletter for both individuals and business owners. In addition, we send out quarterly property specific newsletters, articles in relation to changes in employment legislation, budget announcements, and any other topical information that would be useful to business owners in running and managing a business.

As a progressive, and we would hope, dynamic practice we are active users of Facebook, Twitter and Linked In, using these mediums to keep our clients and followers informed on various business developments. We believe it is important to ensure the right information is with the right person at the right time and this method of communication allows for this to happen. Our Director, Kimberley Shapcott, provides a Property Accounting and tax YouTube Channel which provides bitesize videos about property topics in the accounting and tax space as well as shares some of her projects as well.”

Darren Burrows

Darren has a background of over 30 years in setting up & running start-ups and SME businesses in various industries – for the past 17 years in the residential construction, commercial property and facilities management sectors managing subcontract teams on numerous multi-million pound projects over the years.

During this period, he has been responsible for most elements of the business lifecycle including sales & marketing, business development, account management, operations, product/system design & specification, project management & finance.

Darren has been involved in and delivered refurb, renovation & conversion projects since 2007 and has made mistakes along the way as well as learning a huge number of lessons on how to streamline refurbs and conversion projects.

In addition to being an investor himself, his passion is working with other property business owners to help them to cut through a lot of the loneliness, overwhelm & procrastination that comes with starting a business and he trains, coaches & mentors people on the nitty gritty detail of the operational side of business as well as how to plan, structure & manage property refurb projects to mitigate risk to both the client and the team on site and to ultimately ensure that projects runs as smoothly as possible while staying totally legal and compliant – something that most property training courses do not cover.

We are back!! After a hugely successful evening in May for out launch, the next Derby Property Meet takes place on 8th June 2022, to be held, once again at the amazing premises of our partners Nelsons Solicitors in Derby.

Clink the link below to book now to secure your place at this exciting event.

We can’t wait to welcome you to the next Derby property meet, Derby’s independent property networking event held in the city. We had an amazing debut event in May which was a huge success and we are excited to announce we have another two excellent guest speakers this month to share their expertise, knowledge and experience and will be there to answer your questions. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities throughout the evening to network with fellow property professionals in the room.

We hope you will join us and we can’t wait to meet you and get to know you.

Speakers in June

John Penquet

John was born in Liverpool in the 1970s and moved to Wales in the 1990s where he still lives today.

For many years, John worked in the retail food industry all over the UK and eventually globally.  He started managing stores and moving to head offices where he managed projects and managed entire food categories.  This led to roles in procurement and eventually to directing data led consultancy services to some of the world’s biggest global brands.  John was successful in these roles due to his ruthless demand for data, facts and evidence in all aspects of decision making and planning.

This approach to business was carried over to his property investment businesses where John has helped himself and others build property portfolios that outperform the market using data, facts and evidence to beat the trends.  A founder of several property businesses, John has also created Ultimate Landlord to help educate and support investors and is an active public speaker providing knowledge and insight to thousands of property investors through his market reads and research.  John is also the author of the disruptive book, Property Truth or Dare.

John is renowned for his ability to work out how data and insight can help your property business achieve more, expending fewer resources on achieving greater results, with a unique outlook on how to best avoid issues and seek out opportunity before everyone else.

Karen and Barry Marshallsay

We are a husband and wife team who have been investing in and developing our own portfolio in Stoke on Trent since 2014.   We  pride ourselves on ensuring we offer a fantastic service to both investors and clients alike and are continually improving our knowledge and education through one of the top Property Education providers in the Country.   We aim to pass on our expertise to investors to ensure they receive a far safer and more profitable return on their valuable savings. Our investment in our own property education also extends to regular meetings with mentors together with Networking Sessions to maximise exposure and steer our business to further success.

We are very excited to announce that the Derby Property Meet launches on 11th May 2022, to be held by our amazing supporters Nelsons Solicitors in Derby.

Clink the link below to book now to secure your place at this exciting event.

We are very pleased to welcome you to the debut launch of the Derby property meet, Derby’s independent property networking event held in the city. We have two exciting speakers this month to share their expertise, knowledge and experience and will be there to answer your questions. Of course, there will be plenty of opportunities throughout the evening to network with fellow property professionals in the room.

We hope you will join us in May and we can’t wait to meet you and get to know you.

Information on our speakers for May 2022 can be found below.

Speakers in May

Andy Watts

Ex-Progressive Property Network Nottingham host, Andy Watts, is coming to share his experiences since stepping full time into property in 2015. The ups and downs of a £1.4m refurbishment project of a Victorian family home into 10 brand new individual apartments. How he and business partner Andy Churchill put together a Joint Venture with a £340 Million Plc and built 10 brand new 4-bedroom family homes, 1.5 miles from Nottingham city centre. And how they have set up and now run Lace Market Apartments, an expanding serviced accommodation business in the heart of Nottingham city centre, helping landlords achieve better returns for their apartments. 
Don’t be impressed, be inspired to `Take the Shot`

Jane Davis

‘Bake it till you make it!’

Buying an old bakery has bought about many challenges.  I also became the proud owner of a bun proving oven!  Having too many options with what to do with the property and being indecisive doesn’t help either! All will be explained.  

I am going to talk about my latest commercial conversion which I purchased post auction and a few little nuggets working with specialists.