Dedication, Determination, Knowledge
James Taylor Property Consultants offer a highly personal, client-led service in the fields of residential sales, residential lettings and property management in central London.
Based just two minutes' walk from Marble Arch, we cover prime areas such as Mayfair, Belgravia, Knightsbridge, St James's, Marylebone, Notting Hill, Holland Park, Chelsea and South Kensington. We have extensive and thorough knowledge of our marketplace with nearly 40 years of combined experience as between the Sales and Lettings partners and we enjoy excellent relations with a great many of the "key players" in the residential property industry including other leading agents, developers, surveyors, lawyers, designers and search/relocation agents.
We pride ourselves on a high standard of presentation and if instructed to market a property, no matter what value, we will produce a smart brochure with floor plans and we will ensure that the property is widely advertised in various print mediums (including the national and local press) as well as on key property internet portals www.primelocation.com and www.findaproperty.com. In addition we are accredited subscribers to www.lonres.com an inter-agent commission-sharing platform, which allows all other leading agents to know about our properties (and vice-versa).
We will provide initial advice on the preparation of the property prior to marketing and we can arrange for a Home Information Pack (HIP) to be supplied, and for rental properties Energy Performance, Gas & Electricity certificates as required by law.
We describe ourselves as being consultants rather than selling agents. We've discovered that buyers prefer to be guided rather than coerced, and sellers wish to be advised rather than browbeaten. Integrity is our watchword and our highly-valued and ever-growing client base is testament to this.
Management Team
James Taylor
Managing Director
E: jt@jamestaylorproperty.com
T: +44 (0) 788 771 4490
James is a London property sales guru, having operated within and around Chelsea, Mayfair & Marylebone now for over 30 years. Experience really counts - as shown by James having helped hundreds of clients acquire, dispose of, and maximise prices achieved through his inbuilt knowledge and sharpened skills. As an ex-Army officer, James's precision and execution is second to none – James also ran a property development company in the eighties which has given him a much wider understanding within the broader competence to which we work. James actively invests in residential London property and is an active member of his local resident's association and a board member of the freeholders' association where he resides. To relax James usually heads to Oxfordshire where his second home, a small cottage on a grand old estate, provides a welcome break from London's busy schedule.
Matthew Harrison
Director
E: mh@jamestaylorproperty.com
T: +44 (0) 788 443 7021
A founding partner at James Taylor Property, Matthew followed a long career at PKL Limited (part of Countrywide PLC) where as an Associate Director he enjoyed running one of their highest-grossing London offices. With Lettings and Property Management in his DNA, Matthew's main interest is maintaining the highest income returns from the company's managed portfolio of properties while also establishing and maintaining excellent relationships between both landlords and tenants. Asset management, portfolio construction, the acquisitions of investment property along with off-market property deals are also handled by Matthew. To wind down he loves movies, The Saturday Telegraph and FT Weekend, along with trying to improve his terrible golf handicap of 27.
Nico Valdes-Scott
Associate Director
E: ns@jamestaylorproperty.com
T: +44 (0) 787 505 9901
Following a Bachelor of Arts degree at Bristol University, Nico moved straight into property sales at one of London's most prestigious Chelsea agencies. Nico has become experienced with investment sales, end-user sales and has become a master of the art and craft of matching people's requirements to appropriate properties. As an Associate Director of James Taylor Property, Nico's main forte is sales negotiation and managing the progression of sales transactions to completion - from high-end Grade 1 listed freehold homes, to flats and short leases.
Alex McEwan
New Homes & Resort Marketing
E: am@jamestaylorproperty.com
T: +44 (0) 793 921 4244
With over 25 years' experience in property sales, marketing and agency, Alex has worked with for a number of residential developers and agents big and small; including but not limited to Hamptons International, Savills, Berkeley Homes and Persimmon. At Charles Church, acting as a consultant Alex gained crucial experience in New Homes marketing and learned many of the special requirements that this niche requires. Alex has also considerable experience in creating sales and marketing programs for residential resort developments including new golf resorts, which involves working closely with hotel operators and leisure services. When not working in property, Alex pursues his other interest as an artist working on live performance and installation videos for theatre.
Taniya Jayawardena
Property Manager
E: tj@jamestaylorproperty.com
T:+44 (0) 207 724 4777
Taniya graduated from Reading University having read Politics and International Relations, but was drawn to the property sector having had a personal want and need to invest in residential property herself. Her previous role selling merchandise to wholesale UK outlets has given Taniya an excellent footing in negotiation, contracts of sale and business experience. Having now had over a year of 'hands-on' experience with the company Taniya has now become ARLA-trained in order to keep up-to-date with the ever-changing regulations and new case law which affects the management of residential property.
Maria Welland
Residential Sales, Surrey & Hampshire
E: mw@jamestaylorproperty.com
T:+44 (0) 776 641 6565
Maria graduated with an Economics degree from the University of Leicester and spent many years working as a Marketing and Publicity Manager for various women's magazines, most notably Homes and Gardens magazine. After a move from London to "the country", Maria continued her love of property and interior design by beginning to sell lovely homes. Working with many of the premier agents in Hampshire and Surrey over the last fifteen years – namely Lane Fox, McCarthy Holden and Savills – she has dealt with sales from taking client instructions through to completion. In her spare time Maria is an avid theatre-goer and she is unable to resist the shops.
