New face at fast-growing property management firm

An experienced property manager has become the 15th member of at Principle Estate Management.

Melanie Hunt’s new role comes 18 months after the firm’s launch. It now has well over 100 developments across the country.

The company says it is taking on another 30 sites about to go live during the fourth quarter of the year across the greater Midlands.

Ian Smallman, Principle’s director heading property management operations, said: “We’re delighted to have attracted someone of the experience and calibre of Melanie, and are sure she will quickly fit into our growing team.

“We take recruitment very seriously here at Principle, making sure we have personnel in place ahead of the properties going live to maintain the excellent standard of management we strive to provide.

“So many agents do this the other way around and start off by under-delivering to new clients, whereas we have been keeping our eyes open for the right property manager to join our team ahead of the work landing.”

Hunt said: “I was attracted to Principle because of their growing reputation for providing excellent customer service and I was keen to be part of that.

“When I met Ian, I was impressed with Principle’s operational structure and use of systems to drive efficiency and create more time for personnel to deal with customers.

“I’m now looking forward to joining the team and getting involved in the portfolio.”

Principle Estate Management was launched in 2018 by Brett Williams, the former head of residential property management at CPBigwood in Birmingham, and a past-chairman of ARMA.