STAFFORD PERKINS - Key Persons
Alec is one of our Consultant Building Surveyors, all of whom joined us in 2018 to further enhance the range of services we are able to offer.
Alec studied at South Bank University and started his career working for housing trusts and the social housing sector across London. Returning to Sussex he extended his knowledge in this field working for a practice in Uckfield.
In the late 1990's he entered the absolute opposite end of the market working for the respected Cadogan Estate, a family owned estate with large holdings around Sloane Square and Kings Road, Chelsea. In his capacity as an Estate Surveyor he gained experience in high value residential refurbishment, retail and commercial premises.
In 2004 Alec moved to New Zealand and became involved in large scale residential construction failure, which included a great deal of litigation and expert witness work. Furthering his experience he took on the management of a national commercial surveying consultancy, managing all aspects of the business and travelling across New Zealand and Australia.
In 2010 Alec returned to England to establish his own company providing Building Surveying Services and consults across Kent, East Sussex and London.
The second of our Consultant Building Surveyors is David Witcombe. Working in the Ashford/Maidstone areas, David can provide you with a thorough Building Survey with a photographic record of his findings to give you peace of mind before your next house purchase.
James is the third of our Consultant Building Surveyors, with over 25 years' experience in the area. James' expertise ranges from traditional buildings and building methods to a thorough knowledge of up to date construction standards. He also has over 20 years' experience as a Party Wall Surveyor.
Jane moved to Kent from Northamptonshire in 1996 and has been working in the company administration and bookkeeping line, becoming self-employed in 2002.
Jane specialises in the agricultural fraternity and is able to assist us in a lot of our property management work as well as the general bookkeeping function within the company. Jane can generally be found in the office on a Monday or other days by appointment.
When not in the office or working for her other clients Jane can be found looking after her ponies and catching bigger trout than Richard! She is a late-comer to the shooting field but is taking to it with alacrity also.
Joe was born and raised in Kent, having only recently returned from the academic arena at Cirencester, Royal Ag. He is thrilled to start his career here at Stafford Perkins. Currently Joe is getting stuck-in dealing with our agency instructions be they industrial, office or retail. Alongside this he is also studying to become one of our qualified surveyors.
Outside of the workplace and when not studying Joe enjoys taking his spaniels for long walks and stays active by doing regular park runs with his family, which he does every other weekend in the build-up to the Kent spring marathon taking place in Ashford. Joe is also a very talented hockey player, most recently he represented university and Cirencester men's teams and previous u18 Kent County player.
Paul joined us at Stafford Perkins following the acquisition of the property management division of Atrium Commercial Surveyors in January 2019. Since then he has stayed on to facilitate the smooth handover of the remaining work of Atrium with effect from January 2021 and will continue to help us in a consultancy role.
Paul has been working in Kent for many years, initially starting in the Medway towns with Walter and Randall until forming Atrium Surveyors and moving to Ashford.
Paul has experience right across the spectrum, but his speciality is commercial property agency work, having many clients both large and small. He is responsible for many of Ashford's more significant deals in recent years and brings a wealth of experience to our team.
Richard has been living in this part of Kent since 1979 and working in the Ashford commercial property market since 1985. Having studied at Southampton, he joined Geering & Colyer in the Ashford Office, transferring to Colyer Commercial in 1991 following a management buy-out, only leaving in 2007 to join Taylor Riley Stafford. Richard formed Stafford Perkins in the last half of 2016 when given the opportunity to do so following a unique set of circumstances which permitted him to create a locally based firm, specialising in Ashford and the Romney Marsh.
Over the years Richard has dealt with all aspects of commercial property; initially doing numerous bank valuations throughout the county before transferring to a more active agency role, where in recent years he has won several EGi awards for being the most "active agent" in Kent.
Richard Stafford has been practicing in Ashford and the local area since 1985, initially at Geering & Colyer which later became Colyer Commercial, and more recently as Co-Director at Taylor Riley Stafford, before making the move in September 2016 to form his own practice, Stafford Perkins.
We are delighted and proud that a great many long-established clients of Richard's supported this move, allowing us to continue working on their behalf. We remain focussed and committed to delivering first class results to each and every one of our clients.
Richard Stafford is an RICS Registered Valuer with experience of providing valuations of commercial property across Kent for a wide variety of purposes for both private and individual clients. Our reports are prepared in accordance with the RICS Valuations Standards 2014 (The Red Book).