boydens.co.uk Home 34 Seeing the Boyden name in lights above the door and on the various sales and lettings boards on properties in the area, and knowing this was part of my family history always instilled a feeling of pride. A popular misconception at school at the time was that other pupils would remark that my family appeared to own a lot of houses! My more formal involvement in the family firm began when, aged 17, I spent my summer between school and 6th form college working in Boydens’ Property Management Department carrying out Routine Inspections on rented and managed properties. During my gap year before university, I spent time working in New Zealand for a farming firm, which was a wonderful experience. I then headed to university where I undertook a degree in Rural Property Management, which included a work placement for a year as a surveyor taking instructions from Savills, negotiating the installation of pipelines over farmland on behalf of Anglian Water. After successfully completing my surveying degree, I joined the family business full time in the capacity of Sales Negotiator, based in our Braintree Branch. During this time, my experience in commercial property was utilised in providing a source of advice for all of our branches, including our Coastal Branch, in commercial property sales and rentals. Busin ss 2 Main image, David Boyden looks through an archived newspaper advert for Boydens; below, Desmond Boyden during his working days; and an old sign for the original building business, established by Aston Boyden in 1852
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