<b><b>Former M15 man Jonathan Buchanan, the 44-year old chief executive of London Town, sits in the Hot Seat and gives some strong views on the Halifax price survey and the Euro while eyeing the top job at Berkeley - when Tony Pidgley steps down, naturally....</b></b><br><b><b>Family?</b></b><br> Married to Sally, who is head of design with the design and project management arm of London Town. Three children: son (19) and daughters aged 16 and 9<p></p><p><b><b>First job ever?</b></b><br> After leaving Charterhouse, I worked in a ski resort for a year. At 19 I joined the Royal Marines, where I was a commissioned officer until 1982. From 1982 until 1987 I worked for the Ministry of Defence in London, attached to M15</p><p><b><b>First job in the industry?</b></b><br> I worked to a shift system at M15, so my moonlighting job was doing up three or four flats at any one time: arranging the plumbing and electrics, while I did all the decorating. When I left M15, Sally and I ran a company based on a little box advertisement in London Portrait Magazine, which cost &amp;£120 a month and said &amp;“Design to a Budget&amp;”. We would tackle anything, particularly ripping out kitchens in flats, and Nick Walton …