Melvyn Gore

• Launched Nexmove agency in March 2022 with a 7 days week opening hours. I am proud to state that within six months raised brand awareness and generated business. By December 2022 Nexmove were ranked in second place for new listings and sales agreed - data provided by Rightmove Intel (Sales agreed and new listings 1.4.2022 to 27.12.2022)
• Undertook market appraisals and valuations for sales and lettings
• Negotiated sales and new tenancies
• Conducted viewings
• Prepared strategic and communications plans for creation of Nexmove
• Help design website and social media channels with new agency campaign content.
• Created advertising and marketing efforts with illustrative material and creative collateral.
• Performed administrative duties relating to research, data and finance.
• Partnered with advertising teams to develop branded messaging.
• Participated in brainstorming to develop new methods to promote myself and Nexmove
• Composed content, engaged with followers in comments and monitored activities to manage social media accounts with cohesive strategy.
• Wrote press releases and prepared kits for use in media pushes.
• Attended business, social and other functions to promote organisation.

• Carried out market appraisals
• Carried out viewings
• Negotiated sales working with seller and purchaser effectively
• Researched land, property and market values to complete estimations.
• Manged office sales pipeline
• Learned new skills within higher end value property sales market
• Increased market share in midmarket within Tiverton area - Tiverton has lots of 'chimney pots' with properties throughout lower, medium and high price brackets.
• Instrumental in double sales figures during my employment increasing net sale commission from
  £260k 2020 to over 610k in 2021

Worked for one of, if not most successful brokers in Dubai covering commercial sales and lettings. I again learned valuable new ideas and technics in dealing with property and people from all over the world.

Negotiated sales and new leases. Values ranged between at 55,000 AED per year and 3.2 million AED lease. Learning many aspect of this real estate market and completing various exams.

Sadly due to Covid19 and related lockdown an entire market was closed. Returned to UK due to lack of business in UAE at this time.

2008 I purchased, after 16 years, 25% shareholding of Dart & Partners increasing to 50% share in 2015.

Over next 10 and half years we increased our market share within area to total dominate residential and lettings market within TQ14.

During 2008, in midst of 'Credit Crisis' I felt clearly we could not simply rely on sales income. Our management portfolio needed to be built up, something we started to focus on in 2007. At that point we managed around 100 rental properties. By July 2019 we managed in excess of 350 properties. Becoming director in company gave me feeling of being re- born, in professional sense. I was able to put in practice many ideas I had for improving our brand and services. In 2015 I secured office premises in Shaldon. Aiming to target 'Fine Homes Market'.

I felt we need to push into prestige and waterside homes sector, we did.
In less than two years we moved into larger office within Shaldon and now Dart & Partners Distinctive & Waterside property sales department is leading way locally.
Further expansion was required, our market share varied at anything between 35 & 48% in sales monthly within Teignmouth & Shaldon area. I felt this percentage could not grow great deal within established area.
Action, we incorporated Pearson Ranger of Dawlish at end of 2018 and purchased Force & Sons lettings business following year. Opening office in early part of 2019 in Dawlish.

On selling my shares Dart & Partners we already sat in second place in sales agreed within Dawlish post codes. My duties covered not only being senior valuer but overseeing running of business with workload that comes with from managing staff to paying VAT. I was very hands on, undertaking daily meetings before our doors opened with team. I was not shy to work weekends and always feel that one should lead by example. To be able to be delicate is important part of leadership but one must make right decision as to whom.
Exposure to public is highly important and something I thrive in doing and enjoy. I see some business
owners who hide away leaving staff to deal with public, losing opportunities to build relationships
and create more business. I feel businesses located in smaller towns need to be part of that community.

Associate Partner & Energy Surveyor
Dip DEA - Devon, UK
June 1997 to January 2008

Senior valuer at Dart & Partners & office manager. Securing quality instructions to bring markets place and ensuring these were converted to sales. My valuation to instruction percentage stood at 63% in 2006 and on average was well over 50 % yearly. Prior to introduction of Home Information Packs (HIP) by then government I trained and passed
qualification to be Home Information Pack Energy Surveyor.

I was honoured to be made the area chairman of the Teignbridge group of TEAM estate agents comprising 27 offices. TEAM were are group of independent estate agents who multi listed their property instructions throughout the nationwide membership which peaked at a membership of in excess of 500 offices nationwide throughout the UK. As chairman I established through new ideas and incentives to increase brand awareness to assist the member agents in securing more instructions. Also hosting national property events in Birmingham and London.

Looking after and selling a manageable, targeted number of portfolio of properties, arranging and
conducting viewings with follow up feedback within 12 hours (max) of all appointments.
Negotiating offers between sellers and purchasers and capturing all sales opportunities.
Conducting valuations with a view in securing instructions to market properties. I was the second valuer within the company under the senior valuer.

Responsible for promoting and subsequently selling a new home to a client, whilst building and
maintaining a close relationship with them.
At the same time I could offer my services in the arranging of the buyers or sellers mortgage including
other products such as life insurance, endowments, critical illness and life insurance
Mortgage adviser

RJC Asscociates - Teignmouth
June 1992 to March 1994
I trained in financial services including pension, savings and life products.
Our main objective was to advise on mortgage products while adding the above products where required.
Our offices were located within Dart & Partners office suites in Teignmouth which is where my later roles
in estate agency spawned from.