Monday
Up at 5am to catch a train from home in Bath and I’m at my desk in Mayfair before 8am. I get myself organised before a new negotiator starts — we are building our London-based country house team.
She arrives and by the afternoon has already got viewings on several of our properties. Superb. I know she will be outstanding.
In the afternoon I rush off to St Albans to see a £10 million Georgian country house. The designer treehouse on the island in the moat is bigger than my home. Back in the office by 7.30pm to organise tomorrow’s meeting.
Tuesday
I’m up early and run to the office. I stay near Barons Court during the week and the run takes me into Hyde Park. The sun is shining, the Household Cavalry are training for Her Majesty’s Jubilee celebrations and people are swimming in the Serpentine. It is a wonderful start to the day.
I have just joined to take over the team and feel slightly nervous in the meeting, especially as the 40-minute run has made me look like a beetroot. The Farms and Estates team take the heat off me with news of another successful exchange — anything big with land still seems to sell well.
Then it’s off to a celebrity’s house near Newbury. We have been asked to dress down, “in disguise”, so as not to alert loyal staff. I hope my shirtsleeves rolled up and no tie will do the job.
Wednesday
Today I visit a number of the Strutt & Parker offices. I am keen to meet ............
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