Hello 

We are Hawlings Property Group.

We are experts in Planning Permission and we design and install joinery.

Hawlings Property Group was set up in 2016 following ten years in the private property market. We felt that there was a space for a design led, client focused organisation that cuts through what can be a needlessly complicated process. We specialise in planning and joinery work.  We offer a bespoke response to making positive change to properties in the UK. We are just as comfortable with practical change as we are with purely desk based work like planning applications, pre-build logistics and licenses to alter.  

We pride ourselves on our ability to provide value for money. We endeavour to supply practical advice and property improvement that is honest, straightforward and (crucially) jargon free. 

What we believe in

Positive change, beautiful design, dynamic practicality, real affordability. Having a place to call home.

• Sustainability & Stakeholder impact

• Minimising negative environmental impact

• Safety & cleanliness

Neil Wates MSc BA has worked in Property for 15 years. The first five were on building sites as a labourer and stonemason’s apprentice whilst at school and university. The latter ten have been in Project Management, as Head of Planning with a firm of RICS Chartered Surveyors and as Managing Director of Hawlings. Neil holds degrees from Durham and London South Bank Universities. A lifelong student of the built environment, he has an MSc in Building Surveying. Neil joined Fedalah Ltd Chartered Surveyors in 2010. He was soon in charge of the construction project management and the planning departments. He took his expanding client portfolio and founded Hawlings in 2016.

He is a Trustee of both The Wates Foundation (a grant making charitable trust) and Access4 (a charity committed to the alleviation of social violence in East Africa). He is also a founding director of Friendship Adventure, a craft brewery. He lives in Esher with his wife and a dog called Martha who occasionally can be found on site with him.

LinkedIn is hideous but you can find his page here.