Team West

Gavin  West

Gavin West

Managing Director

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Managing Director and one of the founding members of the precursor to WEST-The Property Consultancy in 2003. Gavin has had a high profile 35 year agency career, from international agency to the privilege of owning his own local business. He lives in Oxford, loves and understands it, educates his daughter here and believes it to be one of the most dynamic city’s in the world in which to live.

Ask Gavin about:

  • About the WEST business
  • Marketing and selling property in Oxford & the wider County
  • Development & investment opportunities

Ask Gavin about:

  • Interiors & landscape
  • Guitar, from Django Reinhardt to Richie Kotzen
  • (reliable’ish) Restaurant, wine and film recommendations

Chris Ramsell

Chris Ramsell

Property Manager

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Property manager with nearly 15 years experience within the property maintenance and management sector. Chris has worked in the highly demanding social housing sector for many years before joining WEST-The Property Consultancy in 2016. He is a calming influence in an industry that requires, patience, care and a deeply methodical approach. A cut above your standard managing agent, not least because he has pride in what he does.

Ask Chris about:

  • Deposit Returns
  • All things Property Management
  • Block Management

Ask Chris about:

  • Darts
  • Fantasy football league
  • Cheese boards

Cuan Ryan

Cuan Ryan

Assistant Chief to the Chief Assistant

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Cuan is truly local, having lived his entire life (thus far) close to and within sight of The Ridgeway. 34 years in agency in the Wantage area, guiding clients through the property adventure, striving to smooth the way with energy, diplomacy, humour and care. Cuan has transacted countless property sales in the Downland villages around Wantage and further south across the Vale, so he has forgotten more about the market in this area than most agents know.
 

Ask Cuan about:

  • Residential Sales in Vale and Downlands
  • Property Auctions
  • Local areas, specifically Uffington & Woolstone

Ask Cuan about:

  • Rowing
  • Wedding dancing
  • Learning Italian

Helen Townsend

Helen Townsend

Lettings & Management Administrator

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Helen co-ordinates administration for the Lettings & Management team in both Oxford and Wantage and has always had a keen interest in the property industry, so combined with her previous varied legal experience, it makes her best placed to manage expectations and explain the processes in an ever changing legislative landscape. She cares deeply about ensuring that people are properly advised at every point of a transaction.

Ask Helen about:

  • The referencing process
  • Drafting tenancies
  • The renewals process for landlords and tenants

Ask Helen about:

  • Friends and family
  • Dancing
  • The Alchemist, Oxford

Becky  Guy

Becky Guy

Residential Lettings & Management Co ordinator

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Becky has a multi-faceted role within our team, whereby amongst other responsibilities she nurtures the tenant/agent relationship, which so many estate agencies often neglect to do, so she very much cares about this front end interaction when she is showing rental properties, for she understands that today’s renters are potentially tomorrow’s property owners. With a track record in inventory production and also a career in management within the child care sector behind her, Becky is someone who innately understands people and the human condition, so she is a real asset to our team

Ask Becky about:

  • Up and coming rental property availability
  • Coordinate Gas safety/EICR checks
  • Property Inspections/Check in

Ask Becky about:

  • Running
  • Holidays
  • Shopping & Gin

Georgie West

Georgie West

Agency Prospector

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Georgie has naturally been around the property world since she was born in Oxford, and she typically, for a savvy woman of her generation, is ruthlessly organised. This innate skill and her ability as a natural communicator has led her to perform a vital business development role for WEST–The Property Consultancy. Georgie co-ordinates agency prospecting for the firm and pulls together market intelligence in both the city of Oxford and across wider Oxfordshire.

Ask Georgie about:

  • Residential market intelligence
  • Places to enjoy in Oxford
  • Independent Schools

Ask Georgie about:

  • The music of Tom Misch
  • The joy of Digital Social Media
  • French interpreter

Lucy Self

Lucy Self

Negotiator & Admin

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