MOVERS & SHAKERS
ACQUISITIONS
OPENINGS
LAUNCHES Who grows there?
If you’re not growing, you’re shrinking – and there’s certainly growth in estate agency, even in these tough times.
Southgate says Robert McLaughlin, Regional Sales Director at KFH, “The area offers a very broad selection of attractive property and is very popular with families. We have been selling properties for clients across North London for many years, and helped them to move to homes in the Finchley area. We hope therefore to now be able to offer the best of the area to a wider London market.”
John Greenaway, Sales Manager at KFH Finchley says, “Having lived in Finchley my entire life, I cannot wait to combine my 20 years’ experience in property with my knowledge of the local community and all it has to offer.” Michael Quinn, Lettings
KFH openS in FincHley
London estate agent Kinleigh Folkard & Hayward opened a new branch in Finchley on 16 May 2011. The new sales and lettings branch on Finchley High Road expands KFH’s presence in North
ONE OF Yorkshire’s most successful estate agents, Dacre Son & Hartley has acquired Graveson Estate Agents. It will combine its successful Settle office business with the new acquisition operating from Graveson’s office which is located in a prominent position on the High Street. Graveson’s owner Trevor
Graveson will become Branch Manager at the Dacres office reporting to Area Director Nicholas Gee who will continue to be actively involved in the Settle business. Trevor has worked as an estate agent for 36 years and started his career as a civil engineer. He previously worked for Richard Turner & Son before setting up his own business in the town. Trevor says, “I am looking
forward to the new enterprise with Dacres. The move will combine my local knowledge and contacts with Dacres’
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L to R: Melanie Rayner, Caroline Raeburn, Trevor Graveson, Nicholas Gee and Rosie Pettiford.
award winning and trusted brand, and as Senior Branch Manager, I will be able to offer continuity to my existing customers whilst providing extra input to many new clients.” Patrick McCutcheon, head
of residential sales at Dacre, Son & Hartley says, “Our acquisition will provide Trevor’s existing clients with
far greater exposure through our extensive branch network and far-reaching web offering as well as access to our Land and New Homes, Survey, Commercial and Financial Services Divisions. Trevor’s vast experience will also no doubt prove invaluable to our operation in Settle and help to further expand our presence in the area.”
London and strengthens its position as one of London’s largest independent estate agents. Finchley is a natural progression
for KFH as it links their offices in Muswell Hill, Highgate and
DacRe Son & HaRtley acquiReS Settle agency
Manager at KFH Finchley says, “Finchley is safe, reasonably priced, has great transport links and is home to several good quality primary and secondary schools. It is a perfect community for
KFH and I’m delighted that I am moving there.”
SoutH eaSt agencieS MeRge
Batcheller Thacker and Monkhouse & Bannisters, both well established agencies in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, have announced that on June 1st 2011 they came together as Batcheller Monkhouse. The two businesses believe that they are a perfect fit, and the experience and skills of the partners and staff are entirely complementary. Creating a broader spread and economies of scale, Batcheller Monkhouse now aims to be the largest independent estate agency and property consultancy in the region and a strong rival for the various national agencies in the area. Managing Partner of
Batcheller Monkhouse, Charles Thacker, says, “We are delighted to announce this merger. It is a very important step for all concerned, and although our priority right now is to consolidate the business, we do have plans for organic expansion. “The new firm has brought
together Partners and staff with a very solid local reputation for professionalism and detailed knowledge within the region. Business is very good across the region and having come through the recession, I am certain that Batcheller Monkhouse will be seen as a real force in the years to come.” There were no redundancies
as a result of the merger. All the Partners have joined the management team of the new firm. The only overlap between the two original old firms was that they both had branches in Haywards Heath; these have been merged.
MERGERS
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