ABOUT ME
Get to know Adam Coombs - Director
Intro
I’ve always had an interest in property. I think this might stem from my parents love of moving house and by the time I was 18 and left home I had already lived in 15 different properties. I also know when looking back recently at my career advice from school one of the jobs they recommended me at that time was an Estate Agent.
Over 40
staff managed
Over £13 million
of client money managed
Over 330
buildings managed
Over £25 million
in client projects managed
My Journey
My journey into property was actually accidental as I completed my HND in IT and Business studies back in 1998 but found that after the 2000 crash there wasn’t much work in that field available and I ended up temping at Southwark Council in their leasehold department. After a couple of years there I went to work for Kensington and Chelsea TMO where I stayed for a few years.
I then left London and decided to go travelling around the world for six months to take a bit of a career break thinking that I may well change careers on my return. However, on my return I needed work ASAP and ended up getting a job as an Estate Manager for Bristol Property Management (later to be renamed Hillcrest Estate Management) where I ended up staying for 20 years.
When I started at Hillcrest in 2005 my role was as an Estate Manager, a few years later I was promoted to Senior Estate Manager and in 2013 moved into the Regional Director role, Director in 2016 and finally Managing Director from 2018 to 2025.
During that time there have been huge changes in the sector and the company grew from ten staff managing 3000 units to nearly 50 staff and 7000 units
I have gained amazing experience in helping to run a company from overseeing finances, marketing and communications, recruitment strategy, compliance, health and safety, contractor procurement etc. Being the MD of a small company there was a need for me to be involved in almost every element of the business.
There were some significant challenges during my time there from the sale of the company to a much larger corporate organisation, the Covid period, the cladding crisis, a large IT and banking project and finally the merger and acquisition of another local managing agent.
In 2025 I decided the time was right for me to move away from the company and set up on my own and as such as this is the start of my new journey into property consultancy. I intend to offer a number of services across the property sector and I hope I can use the skills that I’ve learned over the last 25 years to help people.
In terms of qualifications I joined the IRPM (now the TPI) in 2009 and became a member in 2012. In early 2013 I qualified as Associate RICS. Both these accreditations confirm my extensive knowledge in the property sector.
