I have lived in Highbury since 1995 and North London for my whole life. After spending 27 years in the City, I switched careers and joined Hotblack Desiato as a Sales Negotiator in 2016. After working for 18 months in the Islington office I spent 2 ½ years the Highbury office and have now moved to Camden. One of the benefits of being a local agent living in the area that I work is that I can justify going to the local hostelries in the evening in the name of research (Well that’s what I tell my partner). My children all went to local schools and have now gone on to further education, so now I have a little more time to indulge in my passion for local history and I also have a keen interest in cycling, both road and touring. Every other weekend I like to torture myself by watching Arsenal play, although having been a season ticket holder for over 33 years you would think that I’d know better!

I have lived in Camden for about 18 years now. I also lived in Spain for almost a year with some gypsies…that was an experience. I can speak a bit of Spanish and Indian, and I’m currently learning Lebanese. I’ve been working in property for 10 years and joined Hotblacks property management team about a year ago. Prior to that, I trained as an IT technician – which involved everything from building computers from scratch to teaching adults how to use them. I also studied Cisco CCNA, but got a bit fed up with it all and wanted to try something else. In my spare time I play for a local pool team – we won the league last season and have now moved up to Division One!! I also like camping, sea fishing and cooking. I am by nature a very caring and helpful person. I really enjoy working at Hotblacks, they are a lovely bunch.

Born and raised in Islington, I recently graduated from the Arts university Bournemouth in the summer of 2020 with a degree in Photography. My photographic work revolves around the street, getting to know the ins and outs of a new areas and exploring new streets, it is stimulating for my creative mind and photographic work! Having done 2 weeks work experience with Hotblacks back in 2014 I was familiar with the company and was excited to return as a Junior Lettings Negotiator in June of 2020.