Meet Nick

I secure land to fulfil business plan requirements. I also identify new opportunities from a variety of different sources and manage them through the acquisition process and also through the planning system.

I joined Linden Homes in 2008.

‘Do the right thing’ provides a clear approach to dealing with difficult situations.

Strong leadership and clear ambition of ELT. Also being part of a diverse, positive organisation.

I joined as a Land Manager, moved regions then was promoted to Senior Land Manager in 2010, then Land Director in 2013. I had a spell as Director in charge of Linden Chiltern pre-Bovis acquiring Linden. I then joined Countryside Partnerships in 2020 to set up a new division in the Thames Valley.

Managing a Land Trainee through the ranks (Land Buyer, Land Manager and then up to Senior Land Manager). He was quite a quiet individual who grew in confidence as he progressed. I remember walking into a planning meeting for one of our sites (I was late) where he was in complete control of the consultant’s team, telling them what was required and by when and thinking to myself that, “He doesn’t need me here.” This made me smile.

Also leading the Linden part of the acquisition of a site in Shinfield as part of a consortium in 2015 (1,000-unit site, £100m land value). It was a very complicated deal; deferred payments, legal charges to landowner and RP, simultaneous sub sale of the affordable to an RP and a simultaneous subsale of the Linden parcel into a JV, all under significant time pressure. Looking back, it is exactly the type of deal Countryside Partnerships are targeting now.

I had worked for a private developer for three years and felt that I wanted to experience a wider challenge of buying different types of sites, bigger sites, joint ventures, bank funding, consortium sites etc. Vistry has provided me with that opportunity and continues to do so.

Attitude; it is not rocket science but it is hard work. You also have to be able to deal with change well as it is the only constant, for example, Planning System, Future Homes etc…

If your attitude is right, and you are open to challenging yourself then Vistry is a great place to work. There are no barriers to personal development given the two sides of the business.