Who We Are

Invest In Property 4 Less
Company Information

Managing Director

Martin Adshead is the MD and major shareholder of “Invest In Property 4 Less”

Career in Corporate life

Following a career in sales management where Martin held senior position for such companies as Thorn EMI, General Electric and Philips Electronics he became Managing Director of Glamox Lighting, the UK subsidiary of the large Norwegian Group. Eventually Corporate life became too constrictive and Martin decided he could just not face another 3 hour meeting where nothing got decided, so he left to focus on the opportunities offered in the property market where he had been investing for a number of years.

An opportunity quickly presented itself to Martin to purchase a franchise with a leading supplier of overseas property for the Northamptonshire area which he jumped at and has since helped numerous clients find their ideal property abroad. The business evolved from supplying Holiday and Retirement properties which accounted for 60% of the business in the early days to a much higher proportion of investment property with the search and find service accounting for less than 15% of the business. Martin started “Invest In Property 4 Less” as a dedicated property investment business.

Personal Property Investment Experiences

It was not until Martin was in his late 40’s that he decided that his pension provision to that date would not be sufficient to sustain the lifestyle he desired even if he worked through to 65. The solution to his dilemma was to look at investments in property which he did by purchasing initially a 2 bedroom flat for £80,000 in Northampton Town Centre which was let out to tenants. From the start the rent covered the outgoings (mortgage and management charges etc) and made a capital gain of £15,000 in its first year. The following year however the UK property market slowed down and with a flood of buy-to-let flats coming onto the market the flat did not make any capital gain in the 2nd year. That flat has since been sold and the proceeds invested in other properties. From that small tentative start Martin and his wife Carole have now built a portfolio of properties with a gross value of over £2,000,000 with approximately half of that unencumbered. They have a personal target to double their equity in the next 18 months.

This shrinking world

The world is shrinking before our eyes and with the expansion of the low cost airlines most people can travel to destinations that their parents would only have dreamed of 25 years ago. Only this morning I made a booking with Ryanair from Luton to Milan for £60 return (taxes and charges included) for 2 people so that we could visit an exciting new development at Lake Como…..and maybe choose our own investment apartment there.

This has opened up the availability of making property investments in many countries which is good news for investors because there are always rising markets, flat markets and occasionally declining markets (as in the UK at the time when we had 15% interest rates)

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Personal

Martin is happily married to Carole and has 2 grown up daughters and a grandson. In his spare time he enjoys Skiing and is the county coach for Scuba Diving. He also enjoys cycling and keeping fit….and inevitably travelling abroad, often combined with investigating new investment locations. Carole enjoys sunbathing….and reading!