Iris Kirkwood established Kirkwood Home Consultants in 1985 and the business was re-launched in 2007 as Kirkwood - Personal Estate Agents.

Today it is an award-winning business: Kirkwood won the Gold Award as best estate agent in Maidenhead by British Property Awards for 2016 and 2017. And has been voted No 1 estate agent by Rightmove/Property Academy for Maidenhead in 2018 and 2019.