[ Who We Are

It’s all about partnership – Let’s us find the maximum potential value of your land

We are a team of passionate land and property professionals based in the South West. 

Led by Max and Gareth, we have a wide internal team of experts which include land planners, architects, a technical team, land research and sales team.

Take a look at our partners pageto find out more about the additional resources we can bring to your project. 

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[ Meet the Directors

Max Ashdown

Director

Since leaving the profession in 1986 I have worked in property, corporate finance and technology/telecoms companies.

Between 1987 and 1989 I was Financial Controller of Citygrove PLC, a leading edge of town retail shopping park developer, before becoming Group Financial Director of Arcadian International, a listed property company. Between 1993 and 1999 I was Group Finance Director of European Telecom PLC, a leading distributor of cellular telephony equipment. The company’s turnover grew during that time from £10m to £250m pa, and the company was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. In 1999 I joined Interactive Investor International PLC as Chief Financial Officer. The company listed on the London Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in 2000, raising £82m. The company was sold to AMP of Australia in 2001.

In 2003 I was a founding partner of Meridian Equity LLP, a private equity boutique that has subsequently acquired, grown and disposed of a number of companies. I have been actively involved in property development since 1999, partnering on a number of developments from £4m to £60m gross development values.

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Gareth Hughes

Director

He has operated as a contractor and developer for almost ten years on multiple schemes, from one-off multimillion-pound houses to multi-phased developments, flats and apartment block schemes to house and commercial developments. In addition, Gareth has completed on multiple land acquisition deals covering the whole of the South West.

As Gareth’s expertise and knowledge grew, he became an Area Manager for a regional construction firm. Here he undertook all types of commercial and residentail projects from multimillion pound refurbishments of listed buildings to new build schemes, and commercial insurance claims, working direct for Zurich under the old build warranty scheme (whereby they offered to undertake major planned defect works on new build projects) including heading up a new underpinning division within the business.

Moving from this, Gareth decided to work under his own banner within the construction industry on various residential and commercial projects.

Gareth’s main tasks now are overseeing all businesses’ strategy and growth, including Evolve Land.

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[ Evolve land – Our Foundations

We are a financially secure business with access to more than  £10,000,000 of  internal funding. This means we can work with you to invest our resources strategically to ensure the best possible outcome for our partnership.

Our team are the keystone to our and your success. We are experts in our own fields. We have a dedicated team who have years of professional land and property experience and we hold comprehensive knowledge of the land and property markets throughout Devon and Cornwall – and we do what we say. We deliver results.

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[ It’s your success on your terms – releasing land equity throughout the South West

The ethos of Evolve Land is simply to be transparent, approachable and be dedicated to getting you the maximum value of your land. We understand the processes, it can be complicated but that’s why you will entrust us with the task to get you what you deserve, for the value of your land.

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“It has been a refreshing experience working with the Evolve team, they do exactly what they say they will do. They were determined to get the best for us and kept us informed throughout the whole process. They made the land deal straightforward and quite stress-free. We could not be happier with the result.”

Adam and Jean Thomlinson

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