ZULUFISH - Key Persons
From a young age Caroline's passion for travelling has informed both her design style and her love of colour and texture. Through her early career as a specialist in textile design, she became a global expert on textiles, techniques and crafts, while garnering a deep understanding and refinement of colour.
Caroline has over 25 years experience at the cutting edge of design and interiors. She began her career as a textile designer for Monkwell fabrics, before progressing to manage a team of designers for the John Lewis home design studio. In 2007, Caroline re-trained as an interior designer, working for Helen Green and McVitty Interior Consultants on both residential and commercial projects, before launching the interiors arm of Zulufish.
Since that time, we have won many interior design awards and created some truly memorable projects, from villas in Croatia and high-end retail to large family homes in London and beyond. Caroline firmly believes that good design can not only transform your home or workspace, but also your mental health and quality of life.
Job Titles:
- Advisor
- Founder
- Property Developer
Zulufish was founded in 2005 by property developer Felix Milns. Conceived to offer the client the design and build service that he had been unable to find as a client, Zulufish puts customer service, innovative design and expert project management as the cornerstones of construction.
Every personal development that Felix has ever undertaken has broken local sales price records, and we bring the same level of design-led and budget-conscious attention to detail to our clients' projects, taking great pride in not just the end product, but also the manner in which both the design and build are conceived and delivered.
While Felix remains a key advisor for Zulufish, his day job is running Zulufish's sister company HUX, a market-leading joinery specialist that creates bespoke kitchens, cabinetry and furniture for a wide range of discerning private clients and design professionals.
The architectural team is led by Nick Blake, ARB, RIBA, who has over 25 years' experience primarily in the residential sector from small to large projects of £500,000 to £60m, including many existing and listed buildings. In previous architectural practices he has designed new luxury houses and delivered challenging house redevelopments, as well a luxury café/restaurant.
Nick sets the creative vision and oversees each project through all work stages. He believes in the importance of analysis in understanding the client brief, the context and the planning opportunities and inspires and encourages the team to find the maximum potential in each property. His eye for creative design solutions and rigour in every detail and delivery of the scheme, is transferred throughout the team.
Job Titles:
- Head of Construction
- in 2022 As Head of Construction
Oliver began his career as a property manager in West London where he managed a large portfolio of property for UK and overseas investors. The role quickly led to working with the company acquisition team, to plan and develop property for clients with completed houses being added to the managed portfolio or returned to the market for sale. Oliver went on to work as a client project manager advising homeowners, investors and developers on all stages of preparing for and managing building work from feasibility through the design, consent and build process.
With 20+ years of project management experience Oliver has worked on all types of residential development including new build, complex structural remodelling, basements, all types of extension, conversions and by invitation has advised on the Ask an Expert panel at Grand Designs Live, contributed to Homebuilding & Renovation magazine and spoken at events about the importance of pre-construction and build stage project management.
Oliver joined Zulufish in 2022 as Head of Construction. He is responsible for monitoring work and quality across all our building projects, working with our team of Project Managers and ensuring that our programmes are met, budgets managed, and our clients are delighted with the fruition of their project.
William started his career in Quantity Surveying in 2007, since which time he has worked for main contractors, professional consultancies, developers and subcontractors, giving him a 360 degree view of construction costings. This breadth of experience has given him a well-rounded knowledge of the construction industry and expertise in both estimating and procurement, including both traditional and two-stage.
With a strong track record of forming and maintaining long-term client and subcontractor relationships, William is ideally positioned to provide detailed cost consultancy, as well as significant input into value engineering and overall financial management and planning of your project. His expertise in contract management ensures a smooth and thorough tender and contracting process. Much of his experience and expertise prior to joining Zulufish was with high-end residential Design & Build schemes, be they cut and carve refurbishments or bespoke new build, so he is ideally placed to advise our clients on costs at each stage.