TheBusiness


Through the keyhole


Each month, we look at one reader’s office design. This month, we’re in Ilkey in Yorkshire.


L


ester Hurst has ploughed £30,000 into the refurbishment of his office, which he launched last September.


Hurst brought a Master Franchise from


Hunters Property Group to cover over 25,000 properties across Ilkley, Otley and Guiseley in Yorkshire. He instructed his award-winning interior


designer wife, Natalie, to project manage the overhaul using her company, www.weareinside.co.uk. His objective was to


“We were very keen for the office to reflect the high


quality of the local properties with which we work.”


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create a working environment that reflected the high quality of property on which he is typically instructed, steering away from agents’ traditional use of chrome and glass. George Smith, British-made furniture was used to create a homely feel, with the colours, red and blue used to reflect Hunters’ branding. Black and white framed pictures of Ilkley hang on the back wall alongside property displays. The project took six weeks to complete.


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