Brendan’s Happy Hour

Upcoming Property Happy Hour- Co-Hosted with Grace Ballantyne of Melt Property

AJ Richmond, Kunle Barker, Saam Lowni,

Ashley Richmond
Ashley, a seasoned property professional with a wealth of knowledge across the North West Property and Construction market. Ashley’s passions is to create affordable homes across the North West of England utilising modern methods of construction, particularly modular.

Kunle Richmond
Property expert, journalist and TV presenter Kunle Barker began his construction career whilst studying for a MA at the University of Leeds. In 2004 Kunle set up Illustrious Homes, an award-winning construction and design management company. It specialises in delivering high profile projects, on time, on budget and on quality. To date, he has delivered over 8,000 residential refurbishments, 120 schools and three sports centres refits as well as countless high-end private renovations.

Kunle and Illustrious Homes have won many awards including 2018 Property Expert of the year and Design & Build company of the year respectively. One of the country’s foremost construction and housing experts, Kunle has consulted with central government working with Rt Hon Mathew Hancock.

Kunle’s knowledge is in high demand and he has delivered high profile TV projects for Alan Titchmarsh and Sarah Beeny as well as co presenting the TV shows. He also speaks on various construction and building topics at Grand Designs and UK Construction week alongside Kevin McCloud and is part of the expert line up for the Ideal Home Show with Charlie Luxton and Phil Spencer. Kunle also writes a regular construction and building Q/A column for Grand Designs magazine.

Saam Lowni
Prior to joining Hilltop in 2018 as Head of Origination, Saam gained broad experience with boutique property agencies and national chains alike. He possesses international exposure through working with developers in London, Spain and the Middle East, and is currently building his own portfolio in London.