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Super-primed & ready: On the challenges of maintaining high-end residences
Steve McGregor explains how expectations in the super-prime world compare to regular residential needs - and what it takes to keep luxury homes functioning as they should, well past the point of sale…
Steve McGregor joined DMA Group in February 2016. He is a highly experienced sales and general management executive with a strong 40 years track record across every aspect of the built environment from design and build through to total facilities management & business process outsourcing. From his engineering origins, Steve has led national and international teams to realise over £11 billion of new sales.
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