Background and industry experience

Ben Longstaff is a Partner with Fisher German who has worked in the Midlands since 2002 across a range of roles including rural estate management, professional work, such as formal valuation reporting, and in estate and farm agency. The latter has included handling the sales of rural, residential and agricultural property ranging from rural estates, country houses, farms and land sales, to village and rural houses. Included within this has been acquisition work.

Ben studied a Land Management degree at Harper Adams University and qualified as a member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (MRICS) in 2006. He joined Fisher German in 2007 and qualified as a Fellow of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers (FAAV) in 2008.

About me

When did you join Fisher German?
2007

What has been your favourite project and why?
The sale of a smallholding near Riber in Derbyshire. A challenging sale but a lovely property - a small stone farmhouse in an elevated spot with permission for a very contemporary extension, a range of stone outbuildings and a mix of grassland and woodland with drystone walling - a great mix, lots of character and interesting to deal with.

Most admired, non-property brand?
Alpkit. A small British company supplying outdoor kit - some of which is manufactured in Nottinghamshire.

Top pastime?
Difficult - either hill walking or paddle boarding.

Best holiday destination?
The North Norfolk coast - Brancaster Staithe to be exact. Walking, swimming, paddle boarding, and a couple of great pubs.

One item to take to a desert island?
A solar powered radio.

Who would you like to be stranded in a lift with?
Richard Parks, an extreme environment athlete. Read his book 'Beyond the horizon'. Inspiring stuff.

Favourite film?
Thunderball - brilliant scuba diving scenes.