Hello, my name is Mike Chadwick. As your host of the Progressive Property Network in PPN Manchester & Cheshire, I’d like to extend a warm welcome and invite you to join us at our monthly events.

Whether you are just beginning your investment journey or if you are a seasoned investor, the PPN Manchester & Cheshire Property Network will enable you to access national experts in property investment, the latest thinking and innovative investment strategies. Meeting with the right people is essential to building any business and this applies just as much to property.

Our network also aims to provide access to a broad range of property education delivered through the Progressive Property team. We will also share experience on what works well and what doesn’t, and members will be able to access support from each other to develop success habits that many investors have used to great effect over the years.

The PPN Manchester & Cheshire Property Network will enable you to be part of a vibrant local community that will help you create greater wealth and success for you and your family; and we will have lots of fun doing it!

Pinewood on Wilmslow, Wilmslow Road, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 3LF

Mike Chadwick has been investing in property since 2009. He started life in Cheshire and subsequently has lived and worked in Washington, Madrid, Brussels and Cambridge as well as elsewhere in the UK. He has two sons and is a qualified Football Association coach. He currently splits his time between Cheshire and Yorkshire. His main focus at present is on buy to let, refurbishment and houses of multiple occupancy.

I'm Justine Palin, delighted to be co-hosting the Manchester PPN meeting alongside Mike.

My journey in property began back in 2005 when I had some cash from working abroad and I purchased my first property in London. Starting with a Victorian terrace, I got into the world of refurbishment, reinvesting the proceeds from the sale into transforming a one-bedroom flat into a spacious two, title splitting it, and investing and refurbing a cottage. I then moved back to the Northwest and continued to invest there and gradually built a small portfolio of single lets and doing flips along the way.

At the time I also had various director level positions within the NHS, but the entrepreneurial bug soon bit, leading me to establish a management consultancy business. Balancing my career with family life, including navigating challenges such as the HS2, paused my property investments for a while.

But, in 2020, I decided to commit to property investment by participating in a year-long mastermind property educational program. This experience not only prompted me to move away from consultancy work but also inspired me to establish The VA Property Company, a virtual assistant business aimed at aiding businesses—particularly in the property sector—to accelerate their growth by tapping into overseas talent.

Becoming the co-host of PPN Manchester has been an absolute delight. It not only allows me to continue my own investment journey but also presents a wonderful opportunity to help others on theirs. The community vibe of PPN Manchester is great, with its members creating a welcoming and supportive environment. If you’ve not been before, you’ll absolutely love it.

Today, my interest in property, along with my VA business is about cultivating a lifestyle, one that gives me solid assets, at the same time as giving me the freedom to pursue my passion for travel.

Looking forward to connecting with all of you and sharing our mutual love for property!

Wendy Whittaker-Large, is the founder of multiple companies including Best Nest – a high end HMO company – and Best Nest Egg (an HMO investment club). She is passionate about HMOs for their contribution to the housing economy and the positive contribution they can make to people’s lives.

Over the last 18 years she has steadily built a multi-million pound property portfolio whilst raising a family and running an award-winning training business. Wendy now helps other women to achieve financial freedom whilst juggling domestic and family commitments, enabling them to fulfil their dreams of having a much higher quality of life and more time to spend with their children and family. She is the creator of the ‘Woman’s 5 – Step System to Financial Freedom through Property’ – the proven system that enables women to achieve their dreams of more time, more money and greater quality of life. She works with a whole range of women – from those with young families and full-time jobs to older women looking to secure their financial future for retirement – and she supports, trains and mentors them to success.

David will be talking us through one of his projects in detail, the transformation of a 3 bed, single let property into a smart 5-bed, all en-suite HMO. He will talk about what was done in the project and key challenges. Including planning and finance issues.