Forty-five years of North East property
Two trainees at a Sunderland estate agent in 1981. The same two names are on the door today.
- 1981
Two trainees at Charles Bell
Mark Fife and Bill Kimmitt both join Charles Bell, the Sunderland estate agent and surveyors, as trainee surveyors.
- 1983
Seaham harbour lighthouse Running the coast branches
Bill is managing Charles Bell’s Seaham and Horden branches, learning the trade during the miners’ strike.
- 1986
Top of the Commonwealth
Bill qualifies as a chartered surveyor, with the Estates Gazette prize for the highest overall mark in the Commonwealth.
- 2015
Energy expertise
Mitchell Fife qualifies as a Domestic Energy Assessor and starts producing EPCs across the North East.
- 2016
Nicola joins
Nicola Arrowsmith joins from a firm of solicitors, bringing years of experience in property transactions.
- 2019
Connor joins
Connor Welch joins as an admin apprentice and quickly becomes an essential part of the team.
- 2021
The next surveyor qualifies
After six years of training alongside Mark and Bill, Mitchell qualifies as a Registered Valuer and Associate of the RICS.
- Today
The kind of street we survey every week Fife & Kimmitt
A Fellow, a Member and an Associate of the RICS, all Registered Valuers, covering the North East from Houghton le Spring.
Illustrative photos: Pexels. Dates from the team’s own careers.
