Meet The Team

Colin Shairp, Director – Cert Res EA FNAEA FARLA AGPEA

Colin is well known in the Portsmouth area, where he's been an estate agent for almost 30 years. He worked his way up from junior negotiator, and went on to build up and own one of the area's largest agency, with several branches.

He saw the market need for a dedicated branch dealing with both Town and Country homes, sold his original business, and captured and has maintained a substantial market share in his first 5 years of trading as Town & Country Southern. He was Chairman of the Solent Region of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) (2007 to 2011), at the same time he was a member of the NAEA Members Advisory Forum, currently is an affiliate of the Portsmouth Property Association (PPA), a member of Hampshire Association of Estate Agents (HAEA) a Fellow of both the NAEA and the Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) and an Associate of The Guild of Property Professionals (GPEA).

Colin says, "I have a happy and dedicated team, who, like me, believe that what sets us apart from other agencies is our commitment to customer care, our experience and our total belief in the brand. We're already a local leader in this market, and we intend to improve further."

Hilary Landey joined the team in April 2010 after starting her career in 1996 within a corporate agency in the area. She has worked throughout Hampshire and has a wealth of customer services, sales and lettings experience.

Hilary Landey Property Consultant

Oliver has recently joined the team (November 2017), previously working for a family run independent agency within the local area. He has worked with property since 2014, with customer facing roles prior to joining the industry. He has dealt with mainly the sale of residential property, but is increasing his knowledge in residential lettings. He has a growing knowledge of property along with administrational and technological attributes which allows flexibility within the team.

Oliver Pescott Property Consultant

Starting his career as a lettings negotiator, then moving to a local competitor as a Sales Negotiator. Robert has joined the team at Town & Country Southern as a Property Consultant in 2017. Robert brings with him over four years experience within the property industry from lettings, sales and development.

Robert Graham Property Consultant

Amanda has been with the company since we opened in 2009, prior to that she managed a ‘corporate’ owned office on the south coast. She brings to the team, superb organisation skills, outstanding customer service abilities and an aptitude to deal with all sales and lettings matters. Her versatility means she can bridge the gap between administration, sales and lettings.

Amanda Burden AGPEA Property Consultant

Lara joined Town and Country Southern in 2017 at the start of her career. With a passion for property and working in a team she knew what her career would be in. Lara’s past of running and working in pubs coincided well with her horse riding, this where her passion for working and serving people started. Between school Lara did work experience at various locations for highly recognized brands, following that she worked as a client Liaison Co-ordinator and Client Relationship Manager. In 2017 she was recruited by Town and Country Southern as a Property Consultant.