1. Why did you decide to go into the property market?
My parents were buying a house when I was 17 and I fell in love with the idea of finding buyers their dream homes.
2. What does your firm do differently?
As an independent estate agent, we pride ourselves on our excellent local knowledge of Brighton, Hove, East and West Sussex. We are respected and recognised in the local communities and have developed enviable long-term relationships with local businesses and suppliers which are crucial to the smooth sale of your house or flat.
We have a motivated team who are fully responsible and accountable for their actions; their livelihoods depend on the quality of the service that they provide and their ability to successfully deliver sales at the best price possible.
3. Firms like emoov are suggesting that the ‘high street is dead’, would you agree?
No on the contrary, we have just secured our largest high street office in the City because we know that homeowners, landlords, buyers and tenants wish to enjoy the surroundings, receive advice from our staff covering all property matters, have private conversations in our meeting rooms. The staffs are the face of our company and clients need to know where to find us.
4. How did the introduction of MMR affect business?
We saw a drop in first time buyer activity initially however we see levels now as they were prior to MMR. We have seen for a long time buyers in Brighton & Hove with large deposits.
5. How would you say the sales process differentiates between a typical FTB and an experienced landlord?
It’s a tricky one that, there isn’t a great deal of difference – what we do see sometimes is that landlords don’t have the emotional attachment to their purchase as say FTB do and tend to switches purchases if something with a better yield comes to market.
6. Would you say it is a buyer’s or seller’s market at the moment?
For certain properties I would say it’s a sellers’ market, there is a distinct lack of properties to sell across the City.
7. Where should I buy this year?
Well we are based in Brighton & Hove which has so much to offer and with easy access to London in under an hour I would say here for sure.
