Property Acquisitions Executive in Slough

We are recruiting for a London-based property acquisition agency. They act on the tenant side for operators in food, drink, hospitality, and lifestyle — from restaurants and cafes to leisure concepts and wellness brands: pilates studios, cold plunge & sauna operators and the like. Their clients range from early-stage founders to established multi-site groups.

Their sweet spot is the operator with one to ten outlets: small enough that the founder is still in the room, big enough to have capital and the decisiveness to deploy it. They also work with earlier-stage founders and larger groups, but the centre of gravity is the ambitious mid-sized brand they can move the needle for.

The team is currently three: a founder/CEO who leads the business and the larger client relationships, a colleague running his own client base of small and mid-sized operators, and a team assistant who keeps them honest.

How they work

They start from a useful assumption: every client they meet has, at some point, dealt with the worst kind of estate agent — someone who would say anything to get a deal over the line. Their job is to be the opposite of that, every single time.

• Integrity first — honest advice, even when it costs a deal.
• Real expertise — they know their patches, landlords, and clients’ P&Ls.
• Personality and warmth — clients work with them because they like them, and refer them for the same reason.
• Tenacity and creativity — they go after deals other brokers miss, and structure them in ways that genuinely work for their side.

The role

You will work directly alongside the founder/CEO on his client base. He intends to focus his time on the largest operators, where his experience moves the needle most. He needs someone to take the lead on the smaller and mid-sized clients in that book — not by farming them out, but by becoming the trusted point of contact who runs their searches end to end, with him in the background as mentor and escalation route.

Think of this role as a “mini-me” apprenticeship. You will not be polishing decks for the first six months. You will be on the road, in front of landlords, walking patches, sitting in client meetings, and — over time — running deals.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day client relationships for a portfolio of small and mid-sized operators within the founder’s book.
• Source, qualify and shortlist acquisition opportunities — on-market and off-market.
• Build deep patch knowledge across central and inner London — agents, landlords, who is moving where, what is really happening to rents.
• Run viewings, accompany clients, write site reports, and prepare comparable evidence.
• Negotiate heads of terms — rent, rent-free, premiums, lease length, break options, repair obligations — with the founder’s coaching at first, independently as you grow.
• Structure deals creatively when the obvious shape does not fit the client’s economics.
• Keep the pipeline and CRM clean and current.
• Represent the agency at industry events, openings, and on-site.

Who you are

• High personal integrity. You would rather lose a deal than mislead a client.
• Personable and curious. Comfortable in a room with founders, finance directors, landlords and brokers.
• Organised and self-directed. You can hold ten live conversations at once without dropping any of them.
• Tenacious. You will chase the call back, walk the extra street, and read the lease again.
• Genuinely interested in food, hospitality and lifestyle.
• London-literate, or hungry enough to become so quickly.
• Industry experience is welcome but not required.

Why this role is unusual

• Direct, daily mentorship from the founder.
• Real responsibility from week one.
• A client base full of the most interesting operators in London right now.
• Uncapped commission on the deals you close, on top of base salary.
• A reputation worth inheriting.

The details

• Location: London office, full-time.
• Compensation: £30,000 – £40,000 base, depending on experience, plus uncapped commission on closed deals.
• Reporting line: directly to the founder/CEO.
• Start date: as soon as the right person is found.