David Hartnett (Mountbatten Estates)

Today's guest is David Hartnett, the Founder and CEO of Mountbatten Estates, a thriving company operating in permitted development, new build, and multi-million-pound development schemes.   David is a second-generation developer whose business has exploded since lockdown due to the proprietary site-finding system he's developed.   He has sold this system to over 40 developers around London who are now bringing him sites and joint venturing with him, which has led to 6-7 development sites in his pipeline with a GDV of £75m that are at various stages of legals and planning.   -----   Hear David speak about the property-obsessed family around him and how property is very much a part of his DNA...   Listen to David speak about how he has taken a power team of experts, a software tool, and a pool of Virtual Assistants for his enterpreneurial brain to connect all of the dots and bring about an endless pipeline of deals...   Hear David speak on the crucial stage of planning, and how problem-solving is at the very heart of making a deal work...   Listen to David's fascinating story around an old unfinished site in Sunbury on Thames, and how his persistence brought about a developer profit on GDV of over 40%...   Hear David speak about the power of people, collaboration, and joint ventures...   Listen to David tell how the science of running the numbers has got to be connected with the art of understanding people and their motivations...