Charlie has been trained by and worked within a large professional organisation where he developed a strong professional foundation in valuation advisory. In 2012, after 5 years with JLL, he moved to Rio De Janeiro where he learnt to adapt to a complicated, bureaucratic and less transparent market.
With a number of international events set to take place in Rio, opportunity presented itself in the short term rental sector. He started working with an established luxury villa rental company. At the end of 2014, he formed Van West Property which provides Property Management and Brokerage Services, Appraisal and Investment Consultancy.
He returned to London in 2017 and consulted for a number of Surveying firms as an RICS Registered Valuer. In 2019 Terracotta Limited was launched which provides Valuation Surveys, Building Surveys and Development Consultancy.