Phil Spencer
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Phil Spencer (Born 11 December 1969) is a British television presenter who appears with Kirstie Allsopp in a variety of home-buying programs on Channel 4 including Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation.[1]. He founded Garrington Homefinders in 1996. He married his long time partner Fiona; they have two sons, Jake and Ben. Phil grew up in Littlebourne, Kent.
Location, Location, Location has been fiercely criticsed by many for ramping property prices, most recently by BBC Panorama (June 2nd 2008) which identified it as one of the property programess which has contributed to the current property bubble.
He currently lives in the exclusive 'Tonsleys' area of South West Wandsworth, London. In addition to his television career he writes for a number of publications, primarily for Lusso Magazine[2], a luxury publication also based in London. He has written about using the media's analysis and data to help in the purchase of property[3], buying high risk investment property to beat rather than match the market[4], advice and tips for buying luxury properties from developers[5] and a general interest piece as his introduction to the magazine entitled "How to find the house you want".[6]
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[edit] SOS Children's Villages UK
Phil is working with SOS Children's Villages UK as one of the celeb sponsors of World Orphan Week for 2008. [7] [8]
[edit] Garrington
Phil is the Chief Executive of Garrington Home Finders [9], a property search agency established by Phil in 1996 and designed to help buyers with the property search, negotiation and purchase process. It was his promotion of Garrington and the concept of using a buying agent to find your home that led Phil to become the co-host of property television programs Location, Location, Location and Relocation, Relocation.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Phil Spencer's biography on Channel4.com
- ^ Lusso Luxury Magazine - Property Blog
- ^ Lusso Magazine Luxury Property Article
- ^ Property Investment in the Luxury Sector - Magazine Article
- ^ Lusso Magazine - Phil Spencer on buying from a developer - Phil Spencer Developer Property Investment Advice, Phil Spencer Property Investment, - Luxury Lifestyle
- ^ Lusso Magazine - Phil Spencer on the housing market - Phil Spencer Housing Market Property Advice, Phil Spencer Property, - Luxury Lifestyle
- ^ 'wear something WOW' for World Orphan Week
- ^ How to WOW
- ^ 'About' page on www.Garrington.co.uk
