Our Story
Alan Wright and Lee Johnstone previously ran Silk Property in Macclesfield and developed an excellent reputation backed by a wealth of superb reviews and testimonials. Our clients were the backbone to Silk Property.
Lee started at the company during its living room enterprise days and Alan arrived shortly after to take over from the company director. In their first full year they nearly tripled the companies turnover.
Alan and Lee want to provide the best possible experience when buying or selling a house and this is somewhat lost in todays cut-throat, target driven sales world. Ethical selling is a new breed of salesmanship; the duo’s drive to build a trustworthy Estate Agency brand in Macclesfield is aiming to thrive utilising their ethical, honest approach coupled with their vast industry knowledge.

Our Story
Alan Wright and Lee Johnstone previously ran Silk Property in Macclesfield and developed an excellent reputation backed by a wealth of superb reviews and testimonials. Our clients were the backbone to Silk Property.
Lee started at the company during its living room enterprise days and Alan arrived shortly after to take over from the company director. In their first full year they nearly tripled the companies turnover.
Alan and Lee want to provide the best possible experience when buying or selling a house and this is somewhat lost in todays cut-throat, target driven sales world. Ethical selling is a new breed of salesmanship; the duo’s drive to build a trustworthy Estate Agency brand in Macclesfield is aiming to thrive utilising their ethical, honest approach coupled with their vast industry knowledge.
Meet the Team
Director – Lee Johnstone
Having grown up with a passion for property born from working in the summer holidays as a labourer for his fathers residential construction business. Lee’s first steps into property were when he was made redundant 10 years ago from a sales role in a different industry, thus helping point Lee in the direction towards his passion in property.
Lee’s first role was at a corporate estate agents head office working his way up to be promoted to a corporate trainer in charge of both training new and experienced administrators and estate agents based at head office. With the knowledge he learnt within this role he went onto work as a negotiator in both sales and lettings for a few small successful independents in Cheshire before helping set up a new local independent agency in Macclesfield working from a directors living room before moving into offices. Lee has since undertook all aspects of the job including measure ups and valuations.
Lee joined Alan in setting up Alan Lee Independent Estate Agents in January 2019.
Meet the Team
Director – Alan Wright
Alan is born, raised and schooled in Macclesfield and has an extensive knowledge of the area and has had his finger on the pulse of the town’s house prices and market trends for many years. Alan started his property career in Dubai and spent a year in the Middle East as a property consultant.
On moving back to the UK he worked for a local corporate estate agency and was promoted after a year where he then conducted the majority of the branches Valuations and gained a solid foundation and reputation for the next three and a half years. The following two years he took over from the company director at a local independent firm where he learned the importance of small local businesses and the hugely important role they play in the local community.
In January 2019 he and Lee incorporated Alan Lee Ltd.
Meet the Team
Director – Lee Johnstone
Having grown up with a passion for property born from working in the summer holidays as a labourer for his fathers residential construction business. Lee’s first steps into property were when he was made redundant 10 years ago from a sales role in a different industry, thus helping point Lee in the direction towards his passion in property.
Director – Alan Wright
Alan is born, raised and schooled in Macclesfield and has an extensive knowledge of the area and has had his finger on the pulse of the town’s house prices and market trends for many years. Alan started his property career in Dubai and spent a year in the Middle East as a property consultant.