Company History

Inventory-Portal Ltd (IPL) supplies high quality, Residential Inventories to UK estate agents and private landlords, via our fast growing network of trained, Licensed and Quality-Managed Inventory Providers.

Licensed Inventory Scheme (LIS) is a voluntary, Licensing and Quality Management system for the training and ongoing Audit and Quality Management of our Licensed inventory provider Members.

Inventory-portal Ltd was created in 2009 by Steve Bull, MRICS, a Chartered Surveyor with over 20 years experience in UK estate agency and residential surveying businesses.

Steve was until recently, Operations Director of property-careers.com Ltd a bespoke training and new product development unit within Lending Solutions PLC, a national property services business that includes the well known Brands of Your-Move and Reeds Rains estate agents and e.surv, Chartered Surveyors.

Steve has a long and successful background in Residential Estate Agency, Building and Valuation surveying, and as a Regional Manager for e.surv Chartered Surveyors, the UK’s largest Panel Managers of Residential Survey and Valuation Services. Steve was responsible for the Service delivery and Quality Management of a large team of employed and consultant Surveyors across the South East of England.

In 2005, Steve co-developed home inspectors.co.uk Ltd and property-careers Ltd, successfully delivering Professional Training to over 300 new-entrant Home Inspectors and 2,700 Domestic Energy Assessors.

In 2007 he also set up the-energy-portal, a national Panel consultancy to supply Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs) to Home Information Pack Providers, estate agents and Landlords, until this was moved into the mainstream survey business in 2009.

Commenting on his new role as Director of Inventory-Portal Ltd, Steve said……..