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Careers
Twelve people.One office.
Kings Estates is a small, independent estate and letting agency that has stayed small on purpose. If you want a long career in property — qualified, supported, accountable, and visible — this is the kind of place that’s built for it.
A small firm, by design
Independent. Family-run. Locally accountable.
Kings Estates has its roots in Grahame King & Partners. An independent Kings Estates business followed Nicholas Heath and Crispin Williams’ 1992 management buyout; the Tunbridge Wells office was acquired in 2006, and Nicholas took sole ownership in 2010. It is run today by Mike Heath and Gemma Collins — Nicholas’s children — alongside Mike’s oldest friend Tom Snowdon, and has stayed independent throughout.
We’ve stayed small because we believe smallness is what makes the work good. Twelve people, one office, every client looked after by a senior member of the team. No franchise overhead, no national targets, no rotating call-centre staff — just a working agency that finishes the jobs it starts.
We hire when we find the right person, not when an HR spreadsheet says we should.
What we look for
Four things every Kings Estates hire has in common.
01
Independent, by design
No franchise above us, no head office, no corporate target imposed on a Tuesday morning. Decisions are made on the floor, by the people accountable for them. The team has the authority to do the right thing — quickly.
02
Senior-led, in everyone's first month
On day one you'll be working alongside Mike, Gemma or Tom — not three layers below them. That's where the learning happens fastest, and it's where good people choose to stay.
03
Long careers, by intent
Several of the team have been with us for over a decade. We invest in qualifications (ARLA Propertymark, FNAEA, NAEA) and we promote from within where we can. The pattern is the firm building people, not people passing through.
04
Local-first, by deliberate choice
We work within walking distance of Mount Pleasant Road. The patch is the patch — Tunbridge Wells, the bordering Sussex villages, the Weald, the Sevenoaks border. If you know the streets and want to know them better, you'll fit.
The kinds of role
Roles we typically hire for.
Vacancies are rare — we hire when we find the right person. These are the kinds of role we’d most likely have a conversation about.
Sales negotiator
Front-line role on the sales floor. Property registrations, viewings, offer negotiation, sales progression. Suited to someone with one to three years' agency experience and the temperament for steady, accountable client work.
Lettings negotiator
Tenant find through to move-in across the lettings book. ARLA Level 3 supported. Right to Rent, referencing, compliance, deposit handling — all done properly.
Property manager
Day-to-day care of the managed portfolio. Maintenance reporting, contractor coordination, periodic inspections, renewal reviews. The role that keeps landlords with us for ten years and counting.
Senior valuer
Sales and lettings valuations across the patch. Director-track for the right person — we hand over instructions, not call notes.
Current vacancies
No live openings — but we hire when we find the right person.
Vacancies are rare here. We're a small team and turnover is low — but we read every open application and reply to every applicant. If you'd want to work somewhere like Kings Estates, send us your CV using the form below.
“We hire when we find the right person, not when an HR spreadsheet says we should.”
— Mike Heath
Send an open applicationApply
Send us your CV.
Every application reaches Mike and Gemma directly. We read every CV and reply to every applicant — please give us a few working days. Open applications welcomed at any time.
- →Sent to careers@kings-estates.co.uk
- →Cc'd to Mike Heath and Gemma Collins
- →PDF / DOC / DOCX accepted, up to 5MB
Frequently asked
Working at
Kings Estates.
Are you actively hiring right now?
We hire when we find the right person. We're a small team — twelve people including the directors — and turnover is low, so vacancies are rare and we don't run rolling adverts. If you're the right person we want to hear from you regardless. Open applications to mike.heath@kings-estates.co.uk reach Mike directly.
What level of experience do you typically take on?
We work best with one of three profiles: someone established locally who knows Tunbridge Wells streets and clients (most of our hires), an early-career professional with one or two years' agency experience and the right values (we'll qualify and develop you), or a candidate with adjacent experience — surveying, conveyancing, financial services — who wants to move into agency. Cold first-day-of-the-rest-of-your-career career-changers are also welcome to apply.
Do you support qualifications?
Yes — ARLA Propertymark Level 3, NAEA Level 3, and FNAEA where appropriate, paid for by the firm. Mike Heath holds MARLA · FNAEA. Continuing professional development is structured into the role, not an afterthought.
What's the working pattern?
Office-based at 5 Mount Pleasant Road, Monday to Saturday. Saturdays are 9–4 on a rota. Hybrid working isn't part of our model — agency is a face-to-face business, on the doorstep with sellers, in the office with buyers, on the high street with the team. Fair pay, generous holiday, a real career path.
How do I apply?
Use the form on this page — it sends your CV directly to careers@kings-estates.co.uk with Mike and Gemma cc'd. If you'd rather, email Mike at mike.heath@kings-estates.co.uk with your CV attached and a paragraph about why Kings Estates specifically. Either way, every application is read personally and we reply to every applicant.
Open applications welcome
Send your CV. We read every one.
CV plus a short paragraph on why Kings Estates specifically — what you’ve heard about us, who you’ve spoken to, what you’d want to do here. We reply to every applicant.