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PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SPECIAL: BEN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Regulated and
Reputable
Ben Property provide an unrivalled, comprehensive,
bespoke, first class professional service.

W

ith an esteemed history dating all the
way back to 1919, Ben Property, formerly known as Jenners Property Lettings,
originally served as the property department responsible for the management of

Jenners' diverse property portfolio. Due to the department's success in managing these assets, the company then began to offer a
residential lettings service to landlords and tenants in and around
the city before being acquired by E.G. Thomson (Holdings) in
2008 and subsequently being renamed as Ben Property, in line with
E.G. Thomson's Ben Line business portfolio.
In 2011 however, the company was then acquired and merged
with Mackenzie Kerr (Holdings), under owner and Managing
Director, Jamie Kerr, who has made it his mission to bring Ben
Property to the forefront of the Edinburgh property market and
turn what was formerly a niche brand within the lettings sector
into that of a market powerhouse. Although the company has
come on in leaps and bounds since 2011, Ben Property yet main-

vision includes: project management, refurbishments, property

tains a uniquely hybridised focus of innovation within the delivery

searches, off-market sales and more; however the most promi-

of its service whilst maintaining a traditional image and approach

nent area of focus lies within the management of property port-

as afforded to it by its aforementioned heritage.

folios in their entirety – including representation for landlords,
but also serving tenants.

As quite the specialist company within the property market,
Ben Property manages portfolios across a diverse range of prop-

With regulatio n of agents now coming in for Scotland specifi-

erty including everything from full townhouses, executive prop-

cally, prompting other agents to become regulated within an

erties, studio flats all the way through to residential detached

industry which has traditionally been unregulated, changes within

property in the outskirts of Edinburgh. Key areas of service pro-

the market are imminent and the future of those agents unable to

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