WALE ADEBAYO AWOJOBI
Chartered Estate Surveyor
Coventry,West Midlands
Summary
Customer-oriented Professional with strong history of leading high-performance teams to meet or exceed objectives. Dedicated and hardworking with internal drive to deliver excellence. Tactical team builder with strong background in training and team development. Astute Estate Surveyor with over 20 years of experience, recognised for assessing operational needs and developing solutions to save costs, improve revenues and drive customer satisfaction. Resourceful and well-organised with excellent leadership and team-building record.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
Real Estate Surveyor
Mcginley Construction
London, Whitechapel
12.2020 - Current
- Documented details about property construction methods and materials to facilitate accurate assessments.
- Estimated values using approved formulas and outlined calculations.
- Photographed building interior and exterior to properly document features and conditions.
- Valued property by assessing size and condition against benchmarks.
- Examined properties first-hand, collected measurements and reviewed historical documents to complete thorough evaluations.
- Maintained property database with new maps, inventory data, feature descriptions and relevant exemptions.
- Prepared thorough, accurate valuations of special residential properties.
- Inspected damaged property, determining extent of loss and liabilities for insurance claims.
- Checked equipment histories and functionality to determine correct value.
- Defended assessments and used data to help facilitate settlement negotiations.
- Interviewed property owners, collecting key ownership and condition data for reports.
- Gathered information on nearby properties to compare values and improve accuracy of assessments.
- Researched land, property and market values to complete estimations.
- Assessed complete properties and specific property improvements to determine market values.
- Stayed updated on market trends for local area and similar property types.
- Weighed important factors about location, trends and estimated replacement costs to accurately value property.
- Appraised property following internal standards and in compliance with UK requirements and guidelines.
- Created detailed and accurate reports covering value, estimation factors and methodologies.
- Compiled detailed lists and analyses of claimant personal property.
Principal Partner
WALE AWOJOBI + ASSOCIATES
ABUJA, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, NIGERIA
08.2010 - 12.2020
- Principal head of practice responsible for daily activities of firm and ensuring adherence to firms policies and objectives. I manage a team of 6 professionals.
- Expert at giving clients professional services and honest advice in their real estate decisions.
- Attended two days seminar on presentation of RICS green book, equivalent to RICS red book presented by Ben Elder.
- Completed RICS course on professional ethics for RICS members
- Completed RICS course on Introduction to Residential Building Surveys
- Completed RICS course on Renovalue- Integrating Sustainability into Valuation Practice
- Completed RICS Ethics Standards Walkthrough and Practical Ethics
- Attended couple of courses with BIFM now IWFM in UK.
- Attended series of leadership training courses in Nigeria and Ghana
- Head of team of valuers that executed compensation valuation exercise for 83km Karu- Keffi road widening scheme.
- I give lectures to young surveyors preparing to take professional exams to membership of Nigerian Institute of Estate Surveyors and Valuers
- Oversaw development of facility management team for Nigerian Air Force to manage NAF Valley Estate, residential housing estate of over 1,500 units of residential homes
- Heading a team of professionals that have bought and sold for clients well over 50 homes annually for the past 9 years .
- Performing initial client assessment and analysis to meet the companies objectives.
- Consultant appraiser to Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria responsible as a team member of appraisers valuing all bad debts owed to banks nationwide
- Built a management portfolio of over 50 properties, that are actively being managed on behalf of clients and managing service charge accounts for clients.
- Executing over 100 valuation exercises for individuals and corporate entities annually
- Responsible for contracting, renovations and supplies of plant and equipment to management properties
- Presently actively executing valuation exercise for sales, rental and accounts purposes for different clients.
ASSOCIATE PARTNER AND FACILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER
FORTUNE EBIE & COMPANY
Abuja, FC
08.2008 - 08.2010
- Worked with ESV Fortune Ebie as head of Abuja office responsible for daily running of activities meeting firm's corporate objectives
- Firm were consults to over 8 banks responsible for determining mortgage loans to mortgagees
- I was project manager for construction of Goshen Estate in Abuja. I screened all construction team and also liaised with sales marketers. Management of estate facilities was also under my supervision.
- Concluded sales of. 35 undeveloped lands, residential and commercial properties.
- Carried out valuation of properties on behalf of clients
Estate Surveyor and Valuer
ADENIYI OSUNKOJO ASSOCIATES
Abuja, Nigeria
04.2003 - 08.2008
- Was in charge of tenancy records of over 100 properties (residential and commercial).
- Writing rent demand notice and following up with rent renewals.
- Sourcing for properties by visiting construction sites and trying to secure briefs for the firm.
- Increased the firms management portfolio from 16 properties to over 100 while with the firm.
- Applied positive customer service approach to increase satisfaction levels.
Estate Manager
DIRAN ADETUNJI AND ASSOCIATES
ABUJA, NIGERIA
02.2000 - 03.2003
- Was property manager at Tofa House, a commercial multi tenanted building on 12 floors
- Gave potential tenants physical and virtual tours of properties .
- Facilitated average of 10 real estate transactions per month.
- Conducted inspections of property grounds, buildings and equipment to identify maintenance concerns and direct timely repairs.
- Responsible for keeping office records like service charge accounts, tenancy records, maintenance records, service charge expenditure records
- Managed smooth operation of Tofa House.
Education
Higher National Diploma - ESTATE MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BAUCHI
BAUCHI1998
NATIONAL DIPLOMA - ESTATE MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BAUCHI
BAUCHI STATE 1995
Skills
- Measurement and Inspection of land and Property
- Appraisal analysis
- Quality Control
- Schedule management
- Landlord and Tenant
- Legal/Regulatory compliance
- Property Records/ Information System
- Lease management experience
- Purchase and Sale
- Valuation
- Property tax challenges
- Estate planning
- Microsoft Office
- Self-motivated
- Powerful negotiator
Certification
- ESV (Estate Surveyor and Valuer) conferred by Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV)- 2010
- Chartered Member, Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria- 2010 till date
- Chartered Member of RICS- in view
- Scrum Master Certified
- PMP -in view
Timeline
Real Estate Surveyor
Mcginley Construction
12.2020 - Current
Principal Partner
WALE AWOJOBI + ASSOCIATES
08.2010 - 12.2020
ASSOCIATE PARTNER AND FACILITY OPERATIONS MANAGER
FORTUNE EBIE & COMPANY
08.2008 - 08.2010
Estate Surveyor and Valuer
ADENIYI OSUNKOJO ASSOCIATES
04.2003 - 08.2008
Estate Manager
DIRAN ADETUNJI AND ASSOCIATES
02.2000 - 03.2003
Higher National Diploma - ESTATE MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BAUCHI
NATIONAL DIPLOMA - ESTATE MANAGEMENT
FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC BAUCHI
- ESV (Estate Surveyor and Valuer) conferred by Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV)- 2010
- Chartered Member, Estate Surveyors and Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria- 2010 till date
- Chartered Member of RICS- in view
- Scrum Master Certified
- PMP -in view
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