Cheers Phil! TV star helps local property agent deliver

Location, Location, Location’s Phil Spencer has been helping Cumbrian estate agent Gemma Dawe boost her business.

Dawe, from Windermere, started her own business Lake District Relocation (LDR) in 2020, helping to match people with new houses in The Lake District and Yorkshire Dales areas but she had found it tough going.

Spencer, who co-presents Channel 4’s Location, Location, Location alongside Kirstie Allsop, came to the rescue through charity Agents Together.

LUCKY

Dawe says: “I was very lucky that Phil volunteers with the charity and offered to take somebody under his wing and that was me.”

The pair have been getting together regularly online but met face to face for the first-time last month when she attended the Propertymark Qualifications Awards, where she was a finalist in the Learner of the Year category.

Phil was hosting the awards which were held in the British Museum on October 11.

It was fantastic to finally meet Phil face-to-face because the mentorship he has been offering me has been so helpful.”

Dawe adds: “It was fantastic to finally meet Phil face-to-face because the mentorship he has been offering me has been so helpful.

“It’s really helpful because you’re talking to somebody who has been there and done everything you’re doing before.”

Agents Together was set up by Michael Bruce and a team of well-known industry professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic to help estate agents dealing with the effects of lockdown.

CHALLENGES

Dawe says: “There are still plenty of challenges on the horizon as well and so it’s great that there’s an organisation out there like Agents Together which is offering some help and support.”

As well as being mentored by Spencer, Dawe is also mentoring another property finder through the charity who is starting out on their career in another part of the country.

“It’s great to be able to give back to somebody,” she adds.

“It’s a chance for him to learn from my experience and it helps me review and look back on my own career and learn as well.”