_Knight Frank adds Cheltenham New Homes team to its rapidly-expanding regional offering
Sarah McKinnon has been appointed to head up the new team. Previously an Associate Director at Savills, McKinnon joins Knight Frank with 30 years of real estate experience, 16 years of which have been spent operating in the Cheltenham market.
In 2019 McKinnon joined Savills to launch its Cheltenham New Homes team. Prior to this, she spent 20 years as an office manager at Hamptons International.
Also joining Knight Frank is Katy Reynolds, who launched Savills’ Cheltenham New Homes team alongside McKinnon in 2019. Reynolds spent three years selling prime property at Pearsons Estate Agents in Winchester and Kingsley Evans in Cheltenham before moving to Savills. She joins Knight Frank as a Sales Manager.
In recent years McKinnon and Reynolds have been responsible for selling the largest residential schemes in Cheltenham and across Gloucester.
At Knight Frank, they will be based between Cheltenham and Cirencester, and their remit will cover developments in Gloucestershire, the Cotswolds, Worcestershire and Wiltshire.
McKinnon and Reynolds will work with clients to progress and manage major new homes schemes through the development and sales process. Their previous experience includes working with the region’s biggest housebuilders and developers, including CALA Homes, Berkeley Homes, Linden Homes and Telereal Trillium.
Chris Priestley, Head of Central New Homes at Knight Frank, said: "Sarah and Katy are well known in Cheltenham for their unparalleled knowledge and understanding of the local market. They are both trusted and highly regarded by their clients, and over the years have built up an excellent reputation for working on some of the region’s most important new developments. We’re delighted that they have joined Knight Frank to set up the New Homes team in Cheltenham."
Mark Evans, Head of Regional Residential Development & Investment at Knight Frank, added: “These latest hires are part of Knight Frank’s continued growth and expansion plans in the regions. The appointments of Sarah and Katy bolster Knight Frank’s wider land and new homes offering, which now covers Cheltenham, Cirencester, the Cotswolds and Gloucestershire, as well as the Midlands, the Southeast, the Southwest, and Devon and Cornwall.”
Supporting Knight Frank’s New Homes offering in the region is the firm’s Land Agency function. In 2021 the firm appointed Nick Madden, who was brought on to provide land agency and consultancy advice on regional residential developments, site acquisitions, and disposals across Knight Frank’s central region.