Qandor Property Podcast

From earning a living playing online poker, to working for the Berkely Group on large projects in London, Ben Richards has started his own practice called AURA Architecture, which has seen him and his team working on several interesting schemes in London and the southeast. Ben discusses a few case studies on projects he has completed, including one for which he has won two awards, and shares some insights into the valuable lessons he's learned during his interesting career.

PWC predicts the short term accommodation industry will be worth over £300 billion by 2025. Under The Doormat is in the middle of a funding round which will see the company valued at £7.5 million.

Martin Saunders has been running his business Property Point for five years. In that time, he's worked on about 20 different projects in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

Jeremy has built a 75 bed HMO portfolio, producing circa £500,000 of rental income per year by refinancing a single property in Notting Hill.

Paul is an investment professional with a 30-year successful track record in property development, asset management and financial structuring and has transacted over £1 billion in the UK and Continental European real estate markets. More recently, Paul has founded Hilltop Credit Partners, the specialist residential development financing partner for established smaller and mid-sized residential developers and house builders across the UK.

Mike is an investor and entrepreneur, holding investments in 20 proptech startups. He also runs CrowdProperty, which provides quick and easy finance to property professionals whilst giving investors inflation-beating interest, all whilst meeting the rising demand for quality residential housing in the process.

White Red Architects is a RIBA chartered architecture and design studio based in London. From concept to completion this talented team of three young architects work closely with their clients to create great spaces and design buildings for people.

Arthur started the company at just 23 years old. Building and refurbishing properties in Southwest London for private clients, developers, architects and interior designers, in just six years Johnson & Johnson Property has completed 45 projects with 12 currently on the go, ranging from £50,000 to £1m.