I left school in 1981 and for the last year I did release at NESCOT (North East Surrey College of Technology) studying Bricklaying and Plumbing. I started work in June 1981 apprenticed for the next 6 years to Anglo Scottish Construction Co. in Raynes Park, South West London. I continued to attend NESCOT and, at the end of the first year, I achieved the CITB "Apprentice of the South of England" and was placed in the top five every year for the next 4 years.
I started my own company in Surrey in 1988 and covered London and the South of England. During this time I worked for several members of foreign Royalty together with Superstars of Stage, Screen, TV and Music Industries.
I moved to the Isle of Wight in 2000 and by 2010 have more than 600 clients on my books.
I am a member of the Institute of Plumbing, IOW Trading Standards, Gas Safe (formerly CORGI), ACIPHE., RPP., and have had numerous security checks.