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Owner · MARLA · FNAEA
Mike co-owns Kings Estates with Gemma and leads the team from the office on Mount Pleasant Road. Outside work he's usually with his family — and, as of April, slowly recovering from 26.2 miles.
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Local Living
I ran the London Marathon for Mind, in memory of Jonny — and thanks to sixty of you, we raised over £2,600. A thank you, a few honest words about why, and the small matter of a torn calf at the 200-metre mark.
Local Living
Save the date: Saturday 4 July 2026, 12–3pm, free entry. For the second year running we're the main sponsor of the Claremont Primary School Summer Fete — bouncy castles, arena shows, face painting and all. Here's what's on, and why it matters to us.
Property Advice
It's rarely a property question — it's a money-and-life one. A calm, owner-led framework for deciding whether to sell or hold and let your Tunbridge Wells home, grounded in what the local market is actually doing.
Landlords & Lettings
A poor letting agent rarely sends a bill marked 'mistakes'. The cost shows up elsewhere — in a longer void, a weaker tenant, a compliance gap, a rent review never won. Here's where the money actually goes.
Landlords & Lettings
An empty rental is the quietest drain on a landlord's return — and usually the most avoidable. A practical, owner-led guide to keeping good tenants, letting fast, and closing the gaps that cost you most.
Property Advice
The highest valuation is the most flattering — and frequently the most expensive mistake a seller makes. What a valuation actually is, how it's reached, and how to read three different numbers from three agents.
Landlords & Lettings
Plenty of landlords never set out to be one — a home inherited, a flat that wouldn't sell, two households becoming one. Becoming a landlord by accident is common. Doing it well is a decision. Here's where to start.
Landlords & Lettings
Two service models, two cost structures, two very different liability profiles — and post-Renters'-Rights-Act, the right choice for most TW landlords has shifted. An owner-led read on which to pick.
Landlords & Lettings
Section 21 is gone, single periodic tenancies are in, and the PRS Database is coming. The practical five-point plan for every Tunbridge Wells landlord — without the headlines.
Local Living
Langton Green, Speldhurst, Bidborough, Pembury, Frant, Groombridge, Penshurst, Rusthall — an owner-led guide to the Wealden villages around Tunbridge Wells, each with its own character, its own school catchment, and its own price floor.
Market briefings
Stock is finally rebuilding after a thin spring. Family homes between £750k and £1.2m are clearing fastest, and lettings demand for three-bedroom houses keeps outpacing supply. Here's what we're seeing on the ground in TN1 through TN4 this month.