Steve joined King West in 2005 after attaining a Diploma in Surveying Practice following a career in practical property refurbishment and project management. Qualified as a professional member of the RICS, Steve heads our Building Surveying Department. His expertise lies in all aspects of property maintenance and improvement, including extensive experience of listed buildings. Steve also established and runs King West's digital mapping system.

A co-founder of the firm in 1998, Rupert has 31 years in the profession. After leaving the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester he qualified with the ADAS Land Service in Yorkshire before returning to his native East Midlands. For the past 28 years he has worked in the private sector, rising to partner in charge of the East Midlands Land Management Department of a national firm in the early 1990s, before co-founding King West.