Ep 69 | Raising £14M in Equity and Doing £35M Worth of Property Development with Ben Richards
Description
In this episode, Saam speaks to Ben Richards - multiple award-winning business owner, architect and property developer.
Ben is the Owner of AURA Architecture and Interiors, and Co-Founder of XP Property (a property development business) and XP Surveys (a Measured Building and Topographical Survey business).
With 12 years in the construction industry working with Architects, Structural Engineers and as a Technical Manager for the Berkeley Group, Ben brings a technical prowess that lives for the detail.
His development project experience ranges from £50k refurbishments to £1Bn mixed-use schemes in central London and his role in XP Property is to lead the design and delivery teams to ensure our schemes are built successfully, on time and to budget.
LISTEN THE FULL EPISODE to learn how Ben navigates growth across multiple property businesses, how XP Property have raised over £14,000,000 in equity for development projects, and how he helps investors generate profitable returns from their development schemes.
This episode is sponsored by XP Surveys.
The most sought-after Architects and Property Developers start their client journeys on the foundation of the right data. Fully referenced, accurate, and timely surveys, enhance your client experience, speed up their decision making, and improve your productivity. XP Surveys not only knows how to conduct the right measured building and/or topographical surveys to meet your technical needs, we know how to deliver them to best support your client relationships.
➡️ Learn more about XP Surveys here
🕹️ Try XP’s Instant Quoting Tool here
🔥SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE!🔥
Don't forget to subscribe to our channel to never miss a conversation with a property pro!🧠
Want the latest property industry insights and convos to hit your inbox every month?📩
👉Sign up to our monthly newsletter to stay in the loop!
📲 Follow Property People on Instagram.
🗣️ HOSTED BY: Saam Lowni
Saam has 20 years of experience in residential & commercial property, sales, lettings, management and finance. Saam was a founding member of a Property Finance Provider which grew its fund from £0 to £300m. He also founded Merryoaks Property Finance in 2021 to provide bespoke property finance to investors & developers and launched Property People in 2018 to connect with investors and developers across the country to share valuable information and stories.
🔗 Saam's LinkedIn
📲 Saam's Instagram
📲 Property People on Instagram
📣 GUESTS & SPONSORSHIP 📣
Are you a property professional with something interesting to share? Would you like to sponsor an episode and get your business in front of our audience of property investors & developers?
Email ...
In this episode, Saam chats to Hamza Anwar. Hamza has run a number of successful lettings agencies across the North West of England with a combined portfolio of over 600 managed properties. After a life-changing family event, Hamza decided to sell his lettings agencies and become a property...
Published 10/30/24
In this episode, Saam speaks to Piragash Sivanesan - Head of Structured Real Estate at Shawbrook Bank.Shawbrook Bank is a UK Challenger Bank. The Structured Real Estate Team look at property development deals over £5m focusing on income producing and bridging loans across residential and...
Published 10/30/24
In this episode of Property People, Saam chats to Kazeem Alli-Balogun (aka Kazy).Kazeem is a property investor, owner of PropertyByKazy and the Founder of LOCO management, a project management company specialising in property renovations.Over the past 5 years he has been investing and actively...
Published 09/03/24