The Trailblazer Podcast

On this weeks podcast It is my distinct pleasure to be interviewing my good friend, and self build property expert - Mr Mike Cruickshank. Starting from the beginning, Mikes schooling years were rather unconventional, as his father was in the police force, his family were constantly on the move. He went from grammar schools to comprehensive schools, and everything in between, incurring extreme changes in school rules and behaviour. Coming from a humble background, Mike was certainly not born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father was set in his ways in the sense that ‘ if you didn’t have the cash present ‘ then you couldn’t afford to buy it, meaning the family never had a mortgage, nor any form of loan. It’s for this reason that the lifestyle lived by Mike and his family was always a simple one. Leaving school, Mike started an architectural apprenticeship as he wanted to get out into the world and he wanted to earn.. His parents told him to get an education at school, and get a decent secure job. There w