ONE OF Britain's youngest landlords is about to sign the paperwork for his first property.

Luke Clarke from Gunthorpe, near Nottingham, was 17 years old when he started the process of buying a one-bedroom flat in Eastfield worth £90,000.

Luke spent the past two years saving £10,000 for the deposit.

He said: "Buying my first property feels brilliant. It's the only way I can describe it. It feels like a real achievement."

He first became interested in property at 14 on work experience with his stepdad, Terry Lucking, who runs Belvoir Lettings Peterborough. He continued at the office part-time and became a lettings' negotiator there when he left school.

Luke added: "I knew I wanted to get involved in the property market and I knew I was good at it. I want to have at least 20 properties by the time I'm 25."

Luke turned 18 last month and one of his gifts was a year's membership of the Residential Landlords Association.