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Who grows there, who goes where
reports on recent mergers, acquisitions and launches and rounds up the property industry’s movers and shakers.
Haart's North-South divide Two new
Gagan Kohli
appointments at Haart have high hopes for both sales and lettings in the north and south.
Gagan Kohli has joined haart as Area Partner
Third acquisition by Ashtons
Harpenden based Home County Sales & Lettings (HCSL) has just been acquired by Hertfordshire based estate agency, Ashtons.
The deal is the company’s third acquisition in just fifteen months and sees HCSL join the Ashtons Group, currently operating with 120 staff in six commuter locations outside of the M25, within the A41-M1-A1 corridor.
Showroom style
Bramleys has renovated its
5,380 sq. ft. Huddersfield branch into a ‘property showroom’, in a move to attract vendors and buyers who want a modern way to buy or sell a home. Based at St George’s Square, in the same building it was founded in 1958, the salesroom has been transformed into a lounge style, designed to look like one of the £1m+ properties it lists for sale. A modern boardroom with video technology has been built to host meetings with commercial and developer clients.
The investment marks an intention to stay in the town centre for years to come, during a period when town centres have typically lost commercial tenants.
Commercial partner, Alex McNeil, said: “Huddersfield centre is rising from the ashes – it just needs some good PR. There have been vacant properties, but they’re being filled
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Karl Judd, Managing Director of Ashtons said: “We are delighted to introduce the Home County Sales & Lettings business to our ever- expanding network. The business is perfectly aligned with our own values, focused on providing exceptional service levels.”
Liz Sibley, Director of Home County Sales & Lettings added; “I would like to thank all our loyal
customers who have supported me on my journey with HCSL. It is a day of rather mixed emotions for me, after 10 years at the helm whilst I am sad to be saying goodbye to our loyal clients, I am confident that I am leaving HCSL in very safe hands with Ashtons and they will continue to provide a first-class service.”
The HCSL business will now be based at Ashtons’ in Harpenden.
for Wolverhampton and Telford, with his sights set firmly on growing the business’ market share. Equally ambitious is Haart’s new Area
Lettings Director in East London.
Gagan, who has 15 years’ industry experience, working for Connells and SKITT, started
AndrieNeophytou hiscareeras a trainee negotiator and won the
award for the Most Improved Branch in 2019 for his region at Connells. “My top priorities are building
market share together with a strong and trustworthy brand at both
my branches by providing great customer service and always acting in the best interest of the clients,” he said. “I wanted to join Spicerhaart as they are one of the leading independent estate agency groups in the UK with a great family ethos.”
Andrie Neophytou has joined haart from Stirling Ackroyd where she was the Executive Lettings Director for the West End. Previously, Andrie had a varied career in the property industry including roles as the Head of Operations for YOPA and Lettings Director/Area Director for different agencies.
Andrie said: “I was really pleased to get this role at Haart. I gravitate towards businesses which have
a big vision and want to grow and move with the times. They stand out from the competition.
“My previous roles have involved overseeing a multi branch region. This role gives me greater responsibility in being involved with overseeing the property management division of the business.”
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with independent businesses and national brands. We are the most active agent when it comes to lettings/transactions in the town centre, and we are seeing an upward trend.
“We’ve been based here for
65 years and hope to be here for 65 more.” The building is also home to Bramley’s commercial team, lettings department and furniture auction house, with four further branches in Elland, Heckmondwike, Halifax and Mirfield.
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