Meet the team

Gary Hartley

Managing partner of the business, Gary has an unrivalled depth of knowledge and experience in the Loughborough, Leicestershire and Charnwood areas having headed local estate agencies in the area for the last 18 years. A fully qualified Chartered Surveyor and self confessed marketing fanatic, Gary has 25 years property industry experience since graduating with a degree in Urban Estate Surveying. Married with 4 boys, Gary played 1st class rugby in the 80s for Nottingham, The Midlands, England Student, under 23 and England A, culminating in 3 caps for the world renown Barbarians.


Jane Peake

Jane Peake is the sales Manager heading up the Fine and Country Wood house Eaves office. Her agency experience was primarily gained with Savills international property Consultants in their Nottingham Office. After spending 10 years with Savills in their successful residential and new homes department, Jane joined the Fine and Country team in January 2010. Over the years she has sold and negotiated some of most expensive schemes and houses in Nottinghamshire. She has dealt with many high profile clients and developers and found herself on the TV screen on occasion.

Jane has a passion for the country house market and spends her spare time enjoying the countryside on horseback.


Lauren Powley

Lauren Powley is the sales negotiator in the Woodhouse Eaves office and has lived in the area all her life. After graduating from Loughborough High school Lauren went on to manage a quality Leicestershire restaurant. Having gained most of her agency experience in the residential sales department at Hartley’s in Loughborough, Lauren has extensive local knowledge and relationship with the local residents. She is very enthusiastic and delivers high quality service with a reassuring smile. She enjoys keeping fit and coaching tennis during the summer months.


Unique benefits of using Fine & Country

Park Lane Office

We co-ordinate all our activities from our showrooms in Park Lane, Mayfair, London and have over 300 offices in the UK, across South Africa, Dubai, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, West Africa and Mauritius ... with further offices opening shortly.

Dedicated Regional Offices

Our individual regional offices handle property of all kinds while our London offices provide a full range of services for London residential properties, each dedicated to ensuring we sell your property at the right price in the quickest possible time.

Lifestyle Marketing

We use lifestyle marketing for property, taking pride in marketing the character, location, setting and feel of the property - rather than the traditional specification-lead approach.

Local Expertise and Knowledge

Dedicated property professionals, we are uniquely able to combine our local knowledge and experience to handle your transaction just as you would wish.

Sophisticated Technology

Utilising our sophisticated technology, we combine the best of all worlds ... local, regional, national and international exposure to the widest market.

Discreet Service

We have the contacts and expertise on a local, national and international level to either enable effective marketing or buying of property ... discreetly.

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Breaking new ground, Fine & Country is rapidly becoming known for its unique blend of intelligent and creative marketing, coupled with a very professional approach to the sale of individual and country property.

Our international activities are co-ordinated from our showroom in Park Lane, Mayfair, London and now - with over 300 offices throughout the UK, South Africa, Dubai, West Africa, Qatar, Mauritius, Cyprus, Malta, Abu Dhabi, Portugal and Madeira - we combine the international market with the local expertise and knowledge of carefully selected independent property professionals.