'How tough can it be!?', and how to succeed in the premium market - #54 Mark Manning.

Property-Porn Stars · Nov 5, 2026 · 38m

In this episode, we sit down with Mark Manning, MD of By Design in Wells and the Chew Valley, a beautiful part of Somerset, to talk about his journey from the world of performance motorsport journalism, to photography, into agency and then into the premium property market.

We get into:

- Why he changed career

- What he underestimated

- The surprise learning curve

- What won his first instructions

- Setting premium standards before he had premium stock

- Where his leads come from now

- What’s different about premium clients

- Why he changed brand

- Capping his workload to protect quality

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