Southside Property Management

SouthSide was set up after John was unhappy at how other agents over charged in various aspects from tenant fees to “hidden costs” for letting.

SouthSide was set up after John was unhappy at how other agents over charged in various aspects from tenant fees to “hidden costs” for letting so he started to manage his own buy-to-let properties whilst working for Lidl. At Lidl he was responsible for finding, negotiating, acquiring, obtaining planning consent, building warrant and licencing which resulted in building what has now become 14 open supermarkets in Scotland & England. John developed his work ethic from an early age working on his families beef & sheep hill farm near Moffat, before studying Business & Accounting at Edinburgh Uni. He funded himself at Edinburgh Uni from his teenage business selling free range eggs and running his own business in America between terms at university, going door to door, selling educational books and software to families. This enabled him to buy his first two HMO properties in Edinburgh back in 2004 and has steadily built his own portfolio since.

His passion and knowledge for commercial and particularly residential property is unrivalled and has helped clients maximise their investments. He thinks like a landlord and has very strong basic principles and ethics regarding property for both landlords & tenants which are at the forefront of SouthSide and his colleagues. John works hard but ensures he has enough time for his wife and his son, James.