16/02/2007, 02:56 PM
Here's my PS, if someone could take a quick peek and give a bit of feedback i would be so grateful.
I am a bright, capable and friendly student from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. I have been brought up here and I am now looking to study in another part of the country to expand my knowledge, experience and life skills.
I have an interest in many different areas of life, but particularly in property and structures. For the last few years I have becoming more and more aware that this subject has an amazing potential to be something I can be a part of and add to. I have been around building and construction since my childhood, my father being a 'jack of all trades' who showed me that with a methodical and deliberate mindset you can achieve anything. Working with him part time during school holidays for many years, I gained a wide range of knowledge of everything 'hands on' including mixing concrete, measuring, power tools and basic brick laying and joinery. At present I still work with occasionally on gardening jobs, such as laying patios and turf. This has given me a good idea of how to assess and execute small projects, something which I hope to learn more about.
Last summer I went out to a renovation project in the south of France, where I helped carry out various tasks to rebuild a huge dilapidated farm house. While there I gained experience of how to repoint walls, replace entire parts of roofs, relay floorboards and much more.
My interest in property has grown over several years, to the point where I have decided to expand my knowledge of this subject further and work towards it as a career. Cheltenham has a huge variety of buildings, from the classical style townhouses of Pittville, the regent splendour of the Pump Rooms and the Queens Hotel to the recent completion of the ultra-modern redevelopment of the Flowers Brewery and the wonder of the GBP 330m GCHQ Doughnut. Through my work with Crown Clearance, a small removals and clearance company in Cheltenham, I learnt a great deal about buildings from my boss. While driving in the van he showed me the basic features of building design, such as the design of Georgian flat fronted buildings and 1930's bay windows. Him being a part time property developer, he showed me various things about the houses we were doing removals in, including how you could change the layout to suit modern living, possibilities for extensions, as well as house prices and a little about the potential planning laws. Another factor which has influenced me to choose this career path is the influx of property programmes on television, such as ‘Homes under the Hammer’ and ‘Property Ladder’. I find it fascinating to see peoples’ potential plans carried out, as well as the mistakes they make and problems they face.
My other interests include music and computers, which led me to complete a National Diploma in Music Technology. This has given me a good knowledge of working with computer based applications and electrical equipment, as well as my hobby of building and maintaining mine and my friends’ computers.
A large portion of the course was theory based, and dealt with organisational matters such as setting up a band launch. This involved calculating manufacturing and live events costs, along with planning publicity and marketing strategies. This has given me an insight into how important management skills are, and I am very eager to expand my knowledge of this area.
In my spare time I enjoy playing piano, and I have just finished setting up my home studio. I like going to live music events and keeping fit, attending a Thai boxing gym twice a week and closely follow mixed martial arts contests.
It is my hope that a degree from your university would serve as a solid base for a successful career in surveying or elsewhere in the building industry.
Thanks!
I am a bright, capable and friendly student from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. I have been brought up here and I am now looking to study in another part of the country to expand my knowledge, experience and life skills.
I have an interest in many different areas of life, but particularly in property and structures. For the last few years I have becoming more and more aware that this subject has an amazing potential to be something I can be a part of and add to. I have been around building and construction since my childhood, my father being a 'jack of all trades' who showed me that with a methodical and deliberate mindset you can achieve anything. Working with him part time during school holidays for many years, I gained a wide range of knowledge of everything 'hands on' including mixing concrete, measuring, power tools and basic brick laying and joinery. At present I still work with occasionally on gardening jobs, such as laying patios and turf. This has given me a good idea of how to assess and execute small projects, something which I hope to learn more about.
Last summer I went out to a renovation project in the south of France, where I helped carry out various tasks to rebuild a huge dilapidated farm house. While there I gained experience of how to repoint walls, replace entire parts of roofs, relay floorboards and much more.
My interest in property has grown over several years, to the point where I have decided to expand my knowledge of this subject further and work towards it as a career. Cheltenham has a huge variety of buildings, from the classical style townhouses of Pittville, the regent splendour of the Pump Rooms and the Queens Hotel to the recent completion of the ultra-modern redevelopment of the Flowers Brewery and the wonder of the GBP 330m GCHQ Doughnut. Through my work with Crown Clearance, a small removals and clearance company in Cheltenham, I learnt a great deal about buildings from my boss. While driving in the van he showed me the basic features of building design, such as the design of Georgian flat fronted buildings and 1930's bay windows. Him being a part time property developer, he showed me various things about the houses we were doing removals in, including how you could change the layout to suit modern living, possibilities for extensions, as well as house prices and a little about the potential planning laws. Another factor which has influenced me to choose this career path is the influx of property programmes on television, such as ‘Homes under the Hammer’ and ‘Property Ladder’. I find it fascinating to see peoples’ potential plans carried out, as well as the mistakes they make and problems they face.
My other interests include music and computers, which led me to complete a National Diploma in Music Technology. This has given me a good knowledge of working with computer based applications and electrical equipment, as well as my hobby of building and maintaining mine and my friends’ computers.
A large portion of the course was theory based, and dealt with organisational matters such as setting up a band launch. This involved calculating manufacturing and live events costs, along with planning publicity and marketing strategies. This has given me an insight into how important management skills are, and I am very eager to expand my knowledge of this area.
In my spare time I enjoy playing piano, and I have just finished setting up my home studio. I like going to live music events and keeping fit, attending a Thai boxing gym twice a week and closely follow mixed martial arts contests.
It is my hope that a degree from your university would serve as a solid base for a successful career in surveying or elsewhere in the building industry.
Thanks!