Jonathan Waters Estate Agents Limited, Ipswich

Born on the Australian estate and has lived in the East Ipswich area all his life, you can't get much more local than that. He was educated at Britannia Primary school, Northgate Grammar School as well as the Suffolk College and over the years he has witnessed massive change and development in the East Ipswich area. Well qualified for entry into the estate agency profession, having previously worked in the planning department at Suffolk Coastal District Council dealing with the original planning applications for the very same housing developments that are now so much a part of the East Ipswich & villages area. Having worked for several years for a large corporate estate agency in Ipswich he became disillusioned with their true objectives and started his own business in 1991/92 to offer a level of customer and client service that cannot possibly be matched by a much larger company. His lifelong campaign to see the public having a much higher opinion of the estate agency profession has seen Jonathan actively involved in new legislation and training and the qualification of his staff. He has been Chairman of the Guild of Independent Estate Agents and Chairman of the North East Essex Consumers and House Moving Panel.

Although he manages the occasional game of golf as a member at Rushmere, these days Jonathan devotes much of his limited spare time to his young family.

Having always worked in sales and in the estate agency profession, some of this time has been spent with larger, corporate estate agents including branch support and management locally. Like many that have come to join the team here, Jayne became disillusioned within a corporate estate agency preferring the much higher level of professional and personal service that an independent is able to offer.

Jayne has two daughters Gemma and Zara. She spends most of her spare time renovating her cottage.

Alan has been with Jonathan Waters for a number of years having first made his mark within the company as a top sales negotiator. Alan then went through Jonathan's personal, extensive valuation training programme and has excelled in this field ever since.

Alan is married and has three children and when not spending his free time with his family Alan enjoys going to his local gym three times a week.

Chris has worked his entire career in estate agency and brings some 30 years of experience in the local property market to Jonathan Waters.

Having worked for a corporate agency for most of his career, Chris is embracing working for an independent estate agent offering a more personal service within a successful team.

Chris is married, has three children and enjoys golf, squash, going to the gym and is a follower of the Ipswich Witches.

Carolyn started working at Jonathan Waters Estate Agents as a Sales Negotiator and after extensive in-house training has been a fully fledged Valuer for a number of years.

Hobbies include digital photography, wine, shoes and handbags. With previous careers within retail she likes to follow current fashion trends and loves to shop.

She enjoys spending her spare time with her family and two black cats!

Andrew is another well established local estate agent with twenty years experience.

Having cut his teeth within the corporate estate agency sector he then concentrated his career within independent estate agency where the one to one customer service aspect is as important as selling homes.

Andrew is married with two young children and when not spending time as a family as a whole enjoys football with his young son.

Phil has always worked in estate agency since 1982 and has a wealth of experience in all aspects of property. For several years he worked in the Kesgrave area whilst Grange Farm was rapidly expanding, however, also has a sound understanding the Ipswich district as a whole.

Phil has three children in their late teens and early twenties who try to keep him up to date musically, but he still seems to be stuck in the 1970s.

Tara's extensive background in sales has placed her in an ideal position within our sales team. Her customer service is second to none and her previous experience owning a nail and beauty salon has given her the enviable skill of putting people immediately at their ease.

In her free time Tara enjoys cycling and spending as much time as possible with her two young children - that is when she's not in huge demand as a fully trained beautician!

Michelle is living proof that you just can't better Jonathan Waters Estate Agents! Having originally joined us at our Clacton, Michelle left us after relocating.

After making the move to Ipswich we were delighted she returned to us as a Senior Negotiator, using the highly tuned skills she'd learnt with us previously.

When not working with us Michelle spends her free time with her husband and young son.

Scott has worked within the Suffolk estate agency industry for nearly six years and has forged a successful career almost straight from leaving school.

Scott cut his teeth within a large corporate estate agency and is now thoroughly enjoying the independent agents approach of customer care being paramount in the house moving process.

Personally Scott has just got married and enjoys watching football, playing golf and having the
occasional flutter on the horses.

Jenna brings over 14 years estate agency experience to the team, and has been with Jonathan since the opening of our Buttermarket office in 2003. Previously Jenna has also worked within corporate estate agency in Ipswich.

Her local knowledge of the area, particularly south west Ipswich, where she was brought up, is the best in the business.

In her free time Jenna enjoys music, socialising and her dog.

What Julie doesn't know about the Ipswich housing market probably isn't worth knowing having worked through the highs and lows of the housing market over the last 35 years.

Julie now operates our highly successful Buttermarket office and her friendly, professional nature together with her wealth of knowledge means she is a key member of our sales team.

Living locally with her husband, Julie enjoys spending time with her family.

Katie has clocked up over seven years in estate agency. Having joined us as an junior trainee and having fully learned the ropes from within has been promoted through the ranks to sales negotiator.

Katie joined us from our Clacton office, much like Michelle, so her dedication to the high levels of customer service which is required with us has been finely tuned over the years.

Anne has worked in estate agency for over 24 years having met Jonathan Waters when they worked together in the boom of the 1980's.

Anne is a proud grandma but that hasn't stopped her enjoying singing with her rock star husband....! During working hours, though, her singing is confined to the kitchen and bathroom.

Her outgoing personality and sense of humour help in the often highly stressful arena of house moving.

Karen is a local girl, having attended Sidegate Lane Primary, Copleston High and Suffolk College.

Starting her career working in Felixtowe for Fisons Fertilizers. Karen then went on to work for a local firm of solicitors, for 21 years, in the conveyancing department; she therefore has a wealth of experience in the process of buying and selling houses.

Mother of two to Anneka and Oliver, when she is not down the gym or socialising Karen, like most mothers, spends time being a taxi driver to her kids!

Valerie has lived in Ipswich for 18 years and has worked within estate agency for 8 years in both sales progressing and sales negotiating.

Together with her previous customer service experience and her thorough knowledge on all types of property Valerie embraces being able to assist further our vendors in getting that all important sale and ensuring it then goes through to completion.

Valerie lives locally with her partner.

Jane has worked within estate agency for over fourteen years and before that had a ten year career in the advertising and marketing industry.

Not only offering full support to Jonathan in the day to day running of the company, Jane also puts her combined experience to good use turning round all our literature, both day to day and promotional as well as helping to ensure that when someone thinks of estate agents they think of Jonathan Waters.

In her free time Jane lives locally with her husband and two daughters and enjoys aerobics, walking holidays, travel and cookery - she's also a dab hand at novelty cakes!

Diane joined us from a long career in the design department of the East Anglian Daily Times and has been with us now in excess of eight years.

Diane brought with her a wealth of experience and makes sure all the administration is of the high standard our clients expect. Diane also works closely with Jonathan, enabling him to free up his
valuable time.

Diane spends her free time with young family and enjoys eating out and socialising locally.

Jo came to us over ten years ago bringing with her a wealth of administration experience which has been fully utilised over the years together with her no nonsense, organised approach to getting the job done.

Jo lives locally with her husband and two young sons so is often found ferrying her family between various local football matches and training sessions!

Molly works closely with our busy marketing department and administration team to ensure that the wealth of marketing information available to us is bang up to date.

Molly's bright and enthusiastic approach to her work is a breath of fresh air with the rest of the team and her bubbly personality is very infectious.

In her spare time Molly enjoys socialising with her friends and family locally.

Rosie works tirelessly behind the scenes making sure that the teams and Jonathan are looked after, keeping everything well stocked with all the information they require.

Rosie is also studying for her A levels locally and still manages to fit in hobbies such as photography when not revising or busy with us.