chairman & managing director

Nick Churton’s working life began in Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire for the splendidly named Hetherington Swannell and Secret. This was followed by a period at Stimpson Lock and Vince in St. Albans, Herts.

After several years of provincial agency experience Nick Churton made the move to work in central London for Chestertons, certainly in those days the capital’s most up market estate agency. It was the early ‘seventies and London was suffering from the swinging sixties party hangover while labouring in the harsh grip of the three day week. But despite this drab backdrop London seemed alive with oil rich property buyers from the Middle East. The houses and flats that Chestertons handled was exceptional and clients and purchasers often even more so.

After working for several years at Chestertons Nick became a partner of John H. James & Company, a thirty-six-office firm in central Hertfordshire. The firm was later sold to insurance company, General Accident. Nick was asked to set up a London office for the new UK-wide 580 branch network and play a key role in running the group’s exclusive Town & Country brand.

This was a challenging and rewarding position but three years later a most intriguing opportunity presented itself. Nick was chosen from hundreds of estate agent and publishing professionals to head Country Life magazine’s property advertising team. Working at Country Life – surely one of the UK’s great institutions - was a great experience, but by the mid-nineties it was time to embark on his most exciting and personally rewarding career move.

In 1995 Nick Churton founded Mayfair Office to provide national and international property marketing expertise to some of the finest local and regional independent estate agents in the UK. This led to the formation of Mayfair International Realty in 2004. Today Nick helps and advises property professionals on international property marketing across the globe.

Nick Churton is a member of the National Association of Estate Agents (MNAEA), a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS), a member of the National Association of Realtors (US), and is a member of FIABCI – the International Real Estate Federation.

advertising director

Susan's many years spent handling clients' advertising needs have given her an in-depth knowledge of media advertising throughout the UK. Through high volume advertising she is able to pass on to clients special reduced rates available only through Mayfair Office.

business development director

If you seek Annette’s monument gaze around, or rather gaze around the communities she has served so well over the years. They are full of buyers and sellers who have relied on her for her commitment, professionalism and human touch; bringing order, proportion and results with a deep sense of interest and concern.
An estate agent since leaving school, Annette was trained in the Home Counties and ran her own firm before joining the Mayfair Group as its Business Development Director. Annette shares a deep understanding of estate agency management, structure and development with a keen interest in people and property: this makes her a popular source of fresh ideas for estate agency clients and also a welcome mine of valuable information and balanced advice to buyers and sellers.
Annette combines all her passions - people, property, travel and business in her role in developing Mayfair Office and Mayfair International Realty. “I love using my passion for property with my interest in people and world travel. It is ideal for me,” adds Annette who gained her CIPS (Certificate of International Property Specialism) designation several years ago. “My interest in international real estate has grown rapidly over the past few years. But my enjoyment in dealing with colleagues from other countries and with buyers and sellers entering the international market has been a perfect and unexpected bonus.”

Media & Marketing Specialist

Kirsty has been with Mayfair Office for more than ten years now. A real natural from the start she has developed key contacts with the press as well as a good nose for important property stories. Working in print and online her efforts are increasingly apparent in widely-read property pages. Kirsty also manages Mayfair’s ever-increasing presence on Social Media platforms.