Central Housing Group – Meet the Team

Alex Alexandrou – Lettings Manager

Our Lettings Manager is Alex Alexandrou, BSc (Hons). He has over 20 years’ experience of working both within the private lettings sector and the social housing sector. His primary role is to procure new properties and he is also responsible for landlord negotiation, property inspections, letting of properties to new tenants, overseeing both property repair and tenant-related issues and all tenant mediation. He also often accompanies experienced Council Housing officers and an Environmental Health officer on regular joint inspections of our properties.

Deniz Ozgen – Voids Manager

Our Voids Manager is Deniz Ozgen, BA (Hons). She has 10 years’ experience in managing void properties. Her primary role is to focus on the speedy turnaround of all void properties after tenant vacation, working to high standards of health and safety and cleanliness when arranging refurbishment of these properties and ensuring that void properties are made available for re-letting within local authority prescribed timescales. Her role requires the efficient coordination of contractors’ works, liaising with landlords as necessary and identifying all void repair, maintenance and health and safety issues that may arise. Deniz also often accompanies experienced Council Housing officers and an Environmental Health officer on regular joint inspections of our properties. She is also responsible for monitoring all NICEIC electrical installation reports to ensure landlord compliance.

Katherine Booth – Property Manager

Katherine manages properties in the A–K alphabetical range, overseeing repairs and maintenance coordination within her portfolio. Based in the office, she ensures prompt service delivery through strong communication and IT skills, while regularly visiting properties to stay well-acquainted. Katherine’s key responsibilities include:

• Monitoring landlord Gas Safety certification to ensure compliance
• Submitting Non-Resident Landlord returns to HMRC periodically

Michael Hajinicolaou – Property Inspection/Lettings Officer

Our Property Inspection/Lettings Officer is Michael Hajinicolaou who visits all our properties on a regular basis to carry out general inspections to monitor occupancy,  repair and maintenance and health and safety issues. He also carries out minor maintenance in properties, the letting of properties to new tenants and other general duties.

Laura Demosthenous – Property Inspection Officer

Our Property Inspection Officer is Laura Demosthenous, who visits our properties on a regular basis, carrying out general inspections to monitor occupancy, repair and maintenance and health and safety issues.

Both Lincoln and Laura have been suitably trained in identifying repair and maintenance and health and safety issues within our properties and are very experienced in their roles.

Maria Varnava-Harris – Senior Administrator

Maria provides general administrative support and helps ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the office. She monitors admin systems, sets up tenant utility accounts, and delivers friendly, efficient service to tenants, landlords, and Local Authority clients.

Abby Jones – Senior Administrator

Abby plays a key role in supporting office operations and coordinating administrative processes. She manages system oversight, handles utility account setups for tenants, and maintains excellent customer service for tenants, landlords, and Local Authorities.

Tony Campbell (ARICS, MCIOB).  – Consultant Surveyor

Tony is a Building Surveyor and has been involved in the construction and property industries since 1971. His particular interests and areas of specialism are residential surveys, party wall matters, dilapidations and fire risk assessments. He is also a qualified Domestic Energy Assessor (DEA) and Commercial Energy Assessor (NDEA).