Services
Established in 2019, Ran Morgan Consultancy Ltd offers a completely independent and discrete property acquisition service to buyers of prime property.
Farms, Estates,
Coastal & Sporting
Rural & City
Forestry, Agriculture,
Carbon & Natural Capital
The Team
A dedicated and well resourced team of individuals with interests in land and over 50 years of combined experience in prime property markets.
Ran Morgan MRICS
Property acquisition and client service is in Ran’s DNA. His foundation is a degree in rural land management, supplemented by the renowned ‘Achieving Breakthrough Service’ programme at Harvard Business School. He is a qualified Chartered Surveyor.
Ran has spent his career working with clients to find the best property for them, he knows the sector, how it works and how to deliver results.
He has had over 20 years’ experience. First in England with leading buying agencies Property Vision and The Buying Solution. Latterly he spent 10 years based in Edinburgh, Scotland, with one of the UK’s most prestigious property firms, Knight Frank, where he was responsible for its residential team covering city and country markets including houses, farms, forestry and estates.
Ran is one of the most respected operators in the UK rural land sector. Practical and down to earth, he oversees the running of the family farm in Dumfriesshire with his wife and two children and is also a Trustee of two property trusts.
ran@ranmorgan.com
+44 7825 681 295
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Douglas Spencer-Nairn MRICS
Douglas is a Chartered Surveyor and RICS Accredited Valuer based in Edinburgh with over 15 years of experience in the rural, residential and commercial sectors.
He began his career in 2008 when he joined Savills after graduating with a degree in rural land management. Whilst at Savills he worked in the rural division managing estates and property portfolios across Scotland and qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2010.
Douglas subsequently spent 10 years in London, working with Chestertons and Knight Frank undertaking professional valuations for lending, development and investment purposes. Whilst in London he was fortunate to gain experience in both commercial and residential markets, including the valuation of some of the highest value single-unit property assets in the UK.
Starting life in a remote glen in the Highlands and subsequently working in Edinburgh and London, he has broad experience in both urban and rural property markets across the country. Since returning to Scotland and joining Ran Morgan Consultancy in 2021, Douglas has acted for domestic and international clients on a wide variety of private acquisitions and investments.
douglas@ranmorgan.com
+44 7548 342 841
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Alastair Gemmell MRICS
Alastair specialises in the acquisition of prime rural assets in northern Britain. He has developed a wealth of experience in the Scottish rural property sector, principally in the sale and purchase of rural property. In addition, since 2005, he has provided estate management and consultancy advice to a wide variety of private and institutional clients whose landholdings amount to some 40,000 acres.
Alastair is from a rural background and obtained a degree in agriculture from the University of Edinburgh, before serving in the British Army for five years. He qualified as a Chartered Surveyor in 2008. Concentrating on estate management in the early part of his career he developed an extensive knowledge of rural property matters. He established a reputation and a loyal following based on his knack of anticipating opportunities and potential issues and delivering solutions. Most recently he established a successful Farm and Estate Agency department in Perth as well as managing the Savills Perth office.
This balance of rural professional and transactional work ensures that Alastair has a thorough understanding of the many issues and opportunities, both current and developing, relating to rural property. Known for his thorough, considered and sound advice, he is highly sought after by those looking for guidance and an advantage in the purchasing process in this complicated market.
Alastair is passionate about the Scottish countryside and all that it can offer, running the family farm in Perthshire and spending much of his precious spare time in the Scottish Highlands and the Western Isles.
alastair@ranmorgan.com
+44 7812 965 462
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Katy Kennedy
Katy joined the Ran Morgan Consultancy team in March 2023, as a Personal Assistant, providing client support and assisting the team with administration. With a background in property and client facing roles, she is particular about delivering high quality service. Katy spent ten years with Knight Frank between London and Edinburgh including assisting with sales and purchases of prime rural property. After promotion to Associate Partner, she headed up sales in the north of Edinburgh dealing with a variety of properties.
Organised and proactive, she enjoys supporting the team to ensure we deliver the best possible client service, as well as managing the smooth day to day running of the office. She lives in Edinburgh with her husband and two young children.
katy@ranmorgan.com
+44 7354 847 070
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Track record
Over the last 4 years we have acted on behalf of clients who have acquired a diverse range of property assets, some examples of which have included the following:
- A substantial and diverse coastal estate in Inverness-shire extending to over 13,000 acres.
- A stunning beachfront house in a prime position on the East Neuk of Fife.
- Land acquired for natural capital purposes including habitat restoration, biodiversity improvement and carbon sequestration – representing private, charitable and institutional investors.
- One of the most architecturally striking townhouses in central Edinburgh.
- A 16th-Century castle with 300 acres.
- A varied rural estate in Aberdeenshire with a residential portfolio, windfarm, in-hand and let farming, commercial forestry and hospitality businesses.
- One of the largest private islands in Europe.
- West coast estate in Argyll with 6 miles of coastline.
- Commercial farming portfolio in central Scotland.
- An upland moor in the North Pennines extending to over 4,000 acres.
- Over 2,000 acres of commercial forestry.
- Fishing on one of the world’s premier Salmon rivers.
- A 17th-Century refurbished country house in East Lothian.
Since its establishment in 2019, Ran Morgan Consultancy has acquired over 100,000 acres on behalf of retained clients.
The service we provide is discreet and confidential. If you wish to discuss how we can help you please contact the team via email or telephone.