Oliver Gordon Davis, the man who sold Ross House to FHDC for £1.8 million.
The man who sold Ross House to the Council for £1.8 million goes by two names on Companies House website:
Oliver Davis
Oliver Gordon Davis
Oliver (pictured) likes to be known as Ollie to friends and family. He “is keen for things to progress quickly.” He is a man “who would find a way to get through obstacles, regardless of what the obstacles could be!“
“He heads up his property development business focusing on bringing high quality new build homes to Kent. Specialising in large scale conversions and new modular build developments.
Ollie’s Specialities: My area of interest and expertise is project management, Idea Conception through to Implementation. Developing a project strategy, financial plan and timetable concept through to a full completion and delivery of that plan is where my passion lies and where I have experienced most success”, according to his Linkkedin page.
He was born in April 1987 making him thirty two years old. He is a graduate of University of Surrey, where he studied Entrepreneurship with ICT and Business, Business Management between 2005 and 2007. Ollie has a passion for Caterham Cars for whom he worked for two years and four months.
Ollie is a director in sixteen companies, according to Companies House. Oliver has, or had, five different service addresses for the various companies listed below, of which he is, or has been a director of:
Oliver has used the following occupation variants at Companies House:
MANAGER
SALESPERSON
DIRECTOR
MEDIA DIRECTOR
PROPERTY DEVELOPER
Of the sixteen companies named above Oliver is a person of significant control of seven of them, according to Companies House.
One of Oliver’s company has recently converted a commercial property in Whitstable into 15 flats. As of the 6th of Nov only four apartments were left.
However, as the candid public statements made by Cllr Prater with regards to the Ross House conversion which he said “was total shit” and “sub standard”, it’s also been described as a “tinderbox”, given what we know about Ross House, it would be sensible for Kent Fire & Rescue Service to inspect the Oystergate conversion thoroughly. It would be wise and prudent for KFRS to liaise with Canterbury Council Building Control to see who signed off the building under Building control as well.
Now Oystergate is almost finished Ollie will possibly be moving onto Calgarth House in Ashford. He announced just a fortnight ago:
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“Delighted to exchange contracts on Calgarth House in central Ashford yesterday. We will be delivering 8 stunning town centre apartments, within a stones throw of the new cinema and shopping centre complex. Just a 4 minute walk to the High Speed train to London St Pancras which takes just 37 minutes. Works commence this week to deliver 4 x 1 Bed, 3 x 2 Bed and 1 x 2 Bed penthouse with roof terrace in time for Spring! Sales info coming soon.“
It would also be very helpful if Shepway Vox could obtain copies of any contractual agreements and property transfer documents between Oliver Davis/his various companies and Folkestone & Hythe District Council.
In particular, did they contain any warranties about Ross House complying with building/fire safety regulations as a condition of the sale? Also, is there any obligation on Mr Davis/his companies to remedy defects within a certain time period or not?
I suspect that the Council legal department is now heavily involved which may explain why Mr Davis has not responded to your kind offer of a right to reply.
You might not be aware but the same Oliver Davis bought a house called Minstead in Saltwood this summer and has immediately put in an application to sub-divide the plot and build two 4 bed houses. You can find the application, and the 19 local objection letters from all of his neighbours, if you search for Minstead on the FHDC web site under Planning.
and now this too!
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/ashford/news/ex-nightclub-building-to-become-flats-270405/