Former Savills director promises to ‘shake up’ estate management
Ex-Savills director Trevor Adey has launched Placekeeper to 'upend' convention by focusing on residents and their communities.
Former Savills senior Trevor Adey (pictured) has established a new kind of property management company that will put residents and their communities at the forefront of the decision process, he claims.
Called Placekeeper it is Altringham-based and is focussing mostly on estate and block management in the North, using the skills and knowledge founder and former Savills director picked up during his time within the sector.
There is a huge market opportunity for us to come in and deliver a great quality, ethical, and trusted service for homeowners and developers.”
Adey says: “There is widespread evidence that homeowners suffer a lot from poor service and disproportionate pricing in the estate and block management sector.
“At Placekeeper, we believe there is a huge market opportunity for us to come in and deliver a great quality, ethical, and trusted service for homeowners and developers.”
Creating a vision
He adds: “Through my 25-year career in property I’ve worked with an array of talented placemakers, adept at creating a vision for and delivering some great places.
“It has long been a frustration of mine though to see some of these developments neglected after completion through poor stewardship.
“Placekeeping for us is about ending the traditional pattern where developments only look amazing until the final plot is sold.
“Instead, we’ll be injecting a bit of pride, care and working hard with our resident customers to improve the places we manage over time.”
The company is already managing several housing estates and apartment schemes and is working closely with developers to expand is operation during the course of 2025.
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