I’m Karen, a UK-based property developer and professional landlord from Salisbury.
My first trip to Dubai in 2016 inspired me — the city’s pace, ambition, and climate were everything I was looking for — and I decided then that I’d relocate once my daughter had left home. Fast forward 9 years, I’ve achieved my first goal in Dubai!
As a self-employed entrepreneur I’ve had a varied career, but property has been my passion for the past 20 years. I have project managed several house developments, overseeing the quality of materials, the design of the interior and exterior, working with architects, council planners and building control, resulting in luxury homes, creating 30% uplift in value.
Alongside the project management I was a successful family mediator, helpingfamilies to separate amicably, working with them to separate their finances and create workable arrangements for the children between 2 parental homes. For fun I love sport - I used to compete all over the UK and was the UK mountain bike champion in my category in 1999. My current passions are pilates, yoga and weight training and bio-hacking (improving health, performance, longevity and well- being).