Veteran agent behind biggest-ever UK sale wins lifetime award

Gary Hersham, the founder of high-end London-focussed agency Beauchamp Estates, has been given a Lifetime Achievement Award by the property data consultancy LonRes.  

A statement from the consultancy says: “One of the most influential real estate players in the prime and super prime London market, Gary founded Beauchamp estates 40 years ago.  Almost five decades on, Gary remains a giant in the sector and the driving force behind some of the biggest deals in the capital.”

Hersham brokered what is thought to be the sale of the UK’s most expensive home: the 45-room, seven-storey 2-8a Rutland Gate in Knightsbridge property, reportedly sold to Chinese billionaire Cheung Chung-kiu for upwards of £200m, far exceeding the previous record of £140m for a UK house.

He speaks seven languages and his agency’s website says his contact book “features individuals from Russia and the Middle East, and the firm has number of global offices in Cannes, St Tropez, Mykonos, Tel Aviv and New York.”

LonRes majors on agencies operating in prime London and other award winners included:

CENTRAL LONDON – local sale of the year award won jointly by Savills (Sloane Street) and Prime Purchase (Sloane Street) for the sale of a property in Kensington & Chelsea which sold for £65m;

NORTH LONDON – local sale of the year award won by Savills (St John’s Wood) for the sale of a property in St John’s Wood for £22.5m;

SOUTH LONDON – local sale of the year award won jointly by JLL (Kensington) and Eccord (Sloane Square) for the sale of a property in Fulham for £10.2m;

EAST LONDON – local sale of the year award won by The Modern House for the sale of a property in Clerkenwell for £6m;

WEST LONDON – local sale of the year award won by Russell Simpson (Sydney Street) for the sale of a property in Notting Hill for £35m;

COUNTRY - sale of the year award won by Blue Book (London & Country) for the sale of a property near Stroud, Gloucestershire for £7.3m.