Back in 2012, Nick Josling and Ashley Rigg couldn’t find an agency they could trust to manage room-by-room lets in their own properties. So they decided to set up their own.
Starting off small, Nick and Ashley steadily grew the business attracting like-minded landlords who wanted to both provide a good service to tenants, and earn a higher return than letting on a single-tenancy basis.
Today, the business has six highly-experienced staff members, and is member of the UK Association of Letting Agents (UKALA) providing client money protection for Landlords and tenants, and the Deposit Protection Service (DPS). We pride ourselves on our professionalism and responsiveness and treating tenants as individuals is at the heart of what we do.
We work with a number of local organisations to support the community; most notably by donating to inHope (previously called Crisis Centre Ministries), who help homeless people in Bristol rebuild their lives and recover from drug and alcohol issues.
EMMA GARDENER - BRANCH MANAGER
Branch Manager, Emma Gardener heads up the lettings team and oversees all aspects of the business from tenant marketing and property lets, to maintenance, customer service and working with new landlords. Emma has 17 years of lettings and property management experience, and has previously managed a large lettings team in Bedford before relocating to Bristol.
BECCA SPENCER - PROPERTY MANAGER
Becca has recently moved to Bristol from Windsor and joined Bristol Property Partnership as a Property Manager. Becca previously worked in conveyancing and has over 5 years’ experience in client-facing roles which enables her to provide excellent service to her landlords and tenants.
ISSY PRIME - PROPERTY ADMINISTRATOR
Issy has recently joined us on a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship after completing her A-levels and gaining valuable experience in a customer facing role. Issy helps put our tenants through referencing and helps the team with keeping our properties regulated and compliant. After completing her apprenticeship, Issy hopes to progress onto becoming a Property Manager.
POPPY ALDEN - PROPERTY ADMINISTRATOR
Poppy has recently joined the team on a Level 3 Business Administration apprenticeship after completing her A-levels. She has previously worked in customer-facing roles, gaining the skills to provide high-quality service to both tenants and landlords. Poppy helps to put new tenants through referencing and helps the rest of the team with their properties.
GREG WATSON - FINANCE MANAGER
Greg has been with Bristol Property Partnership since leaving school and joining us on an apprenticeship after his A-levels. Greg initially completed his AAT Accounting qualification and is now well on his way towards achieving his full CIMA Accounting certification.
Greg manages the day-to-day operational finance and systems at Bristol Property Partnership. He is responsible for ensuring that our financial records are accurate and up to date, and that our finance team pay all our contractors and landlords promptly. He checks that all tenant rents are received on time and ensures a robust arrears process is followed to minimise tenant payment issues.
HARRY JARRETT - FINANCE ASSISTANT
Harry joined the company after completing his A-Levels in Business, Maths and Economics. He is currently studying AAT Level 3 on an apprenticeship with plans to move onto Level 4 afterwards.
Harry reconciles all payments in from tenants and maintains all the tenant and landlord rental statements and helps to maintain our own accounts.
NICK JOSLING - CO-FOUNDER
Co-founder Nick Josling has been investing in property since 2006.
Nick has spear-headed the development of the lettings business since its inception in 2012.
Prior to working in property he was a Branch Manager with TNT and a Regional Business Manager for Kalon Paints as well as spending a year as a football commentator in Argentina. He is an accredited landlord with the National Residential Landlords Association. Nick is married with two daughters.
HAYLEY JOSLING - FINANCE MANAGER
Hayley has undertaken the role of Finance Manager since Nick and Ashley started the business in 2012.
In 2012, taking maternity leave from a successful 12-year career at Lloyds Bank, Hayley offered to help out with the company finances while Nick and Ashley got the business up and running. Although, she didn’t realise it at the time, this would lead to her indefinitely postponing her corporate career!
With a degree in Financial Services and an MBA, Hayley is essential to the day-to-day running of Bristol Property Partnership. She is a landlord in her own right and owns a property portfolio with her husband Nick. They have two children and a Labrador called Boris.
ASHLEY RIGG - CO-FOUNDER
Co-founder Ashley Rigg has sourced and project-managed 58 HMO refurbishment projects with budgets totalling more than £1.4m since 2012.
Ashley helps train and advise the team on refurbishment and maintenance-related issues to help ensure that properties are achieving excellent room rents and maintenance costs are minimised over the long term.
Ashley heads up the marketing side of the business and also runs Metacraft, which advises clients on digital marketing and lead generation.