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Leaders has announced the acquisition of the letting and property management portfolios and branches of Curtis Haines in Bromley and Beckenham.
Curtis Haines has been specialising in letting and property management since the 1980s; owned and run by Richard and Brenda Haines who built up a successful market share and who are now retiring from letting. Leaders’ relationship with Curtis Haines began in the 1990s, when Leaders bought Curtis Haines’ Sutton business, now one of Leaders’ flagship branches. Some years later, deciding to focus on its core regions of operation in Sussex, Surrey and Hampshire, Leaders’ sold its Bromley and Beckenham branches to Curtis Haines. A proportion of those branches accounts for the business that Leaders has now bought back. Says Leaders’ MD, Paul
Weller, “We are delighted to be back in Bromley and Beckenham; both areas enjoy thriving lettings markets. We warmly welcome our new landlords, tenants and Curtis Haines staff who have joined us and we look forward to working with them. We are especially pleased to welcome back Isobel Dell, a former Leaders employee who joined Curtis Haines when we sold them our Bromley and Beckenham branches back in 2001!”
taylors’ Kingsway offiCe reloCates
Due to increasing demand in the Kingsway area of Quedgeley, Gloucestershire, Taylors have relocated to a larger hub - six times the size of their previous premises. With planning permission for 6,000 homes to be built in the area by 2016 and 3,000 already completed, the move coincides with the increasing popularity of the Kingsway area. Part of Countrywide, 59 Taylors
offices cover the south of the UK, all centrally linked, allowing all branches to provide property services for the entire area. Led by Branch Manager Mike
Burtenshaw, the team includes an Assistant Manager, Sales Negotiator and Mortgage Advisor.
62 DECEMBER 2011 PROPERTYdrum James Coghlan, Estate Agency
Regional Manager at Countrywide, says: “Over the last few months we have seen a growing demand from buyers and tenants, including local families and those looking to relocate to Kingsway due to increased employment opportunities in the area. Robert Scarff, MD of Estate
Agency at Countrywide, said: “Kingsway’s residential area has almost doubled in size over recent years and it continues to be one of the fastest growing areas in the city. This relocation will help our team continue to provide new and existing customers with the quality services synonymous with the Taylors brand.”
suCCess in twiCKenham Dawn Platt, MD HomeXperts Twickenham recently received the highly commended award for the Best New Start Up at the Richmond Business Awards, recently held in Teddington.
HomeXperts Twickenham Connells launChes lettings in oxfordshire
Connells has opened a new letting service in Carterton, headed by new appointee Simon Blackman, who is tasked with developing it into a major presence on the letting scene.
The expansion comes after a
successful few months for the residential sales operation which opened in May of this year. The operation will focus on the lettings market in Carterton and throughout West Oxfordshire. Simon has been in lettings for
ten years. He ran his own lettings agency for a number of years,
before selling it two years ago to concentrate on his BTL portfolio. “I am extremely pleased to have
joined Connells and to be heading up this new lettings operation. Our aim is to establish Connells as the agent of choice in West Oxfordshire for landlords and tenants and I look forward to this new challenge,” says Simon Blackman. “I firmly believe in providing customers with a personal and professional customer service, making sure that landlords and tenants are always kept up to date.”
company. She chose the Twickenham area for her Agency as she has lived in the area for 35 years and has an in depth knowledge of the area. Dawn’s connection with
property started from an early age, she grew up watching her parents renovate every family home and became personally involved in buying, selling and renovating property both in the UK and abroad in 2005. Starting a business in property was the perfect fit for Dawn, an experienced landlord herself she has a clear understanding of the level of service clients expect from a letting agent. In March 2011 Dawn
received a BA award by the Southern Counties Times for Excellence in the Property Industry 2011. The award was for innovative ideas, first-class customer service and value for money, with the winners labelled as “the best of the best”.
Dawn said, “I am thrilled with this award. There were some excellent businesses’ shortlisted, so it’s a real an honour to have been selected. I am extremely proud of what I have achieved in my first year.”
award winning Estate Agency was started by Dawn in 2010 after working in the city selling IT solutions to the Investment Bank and Legal Sector. Dawn was eager to start up her own
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