EBG Property Blog

Our New RICS Surveyors !!!

2009-06-02T13:21:00.005+01:00

Congratulations to Andrea Buckley and Martyn Wand for succesfully completing there assessment of technical competence and by being awarded the status of Associate Member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (AssocRICS) It has been a particularly long journey for both Surveyors with Martyn having almost continually studied for 6 years in a variety of property related areas.

Andrea Buckley said " RICS membership offers a wealth of opportunities to develop business opportunities and make contact with like-minded professionals. The RICS standard is seen as the benchmark for the property profession around the world and ensures that our advice is held in highest regard.

Louise Passes Exams!

2009-05-06T11:52:00.002+01:00

The staff and partners of Escritt Barrell Golding wish to pass on their congratulations to Louise Allison on passing the first part of NVQ award in Residential Estate Agency. Next on the hit list is her Technical award in estate agency, then we believe her plans to take over the world will fall into place.

Well Done Louise!!!!!

100% Recommended!

2009-04-09T14:02:00.005+01:00

In a recent survey of Escritt Barrell Golding by the Ombudsman for Estate Agents (OEA) 100% of sellers and buyers would recommend friends and family to use the firm.

Comments from customers about the firm on four key areas included -

Professional “Acted professionally at all times”
Friendly “was friendly and understood my requirements”
Knowledge “showed a good knowledge of local market conditions”
Helpful “helped in the negotiations between buyer and seller”

The customer survey report is held in our offices and is available for viewing if you are interested prior to instructing your next estate agent.

Escritt Barrell Golding is 100% recommended by its customers, choose Grantham and Sleaford longest established estate agents to sell your home.

Call 01476 590211 or visit www.EBGproperty.co.uk for further information on all services offered and to arrange your Free Valuation.

EBG puts your property on Youtube!

2008-12-11T11:28:00.007Z

“Moving with the Times” is certainly true as EBG announces its own Youtube channel featuring property slide shows, info and videos as well as all the latest happenings in the property market, at EBG and “coming soon” property sale advice.

VISIT TODAY -
http://uk.youtube.com/EBGHOMES

Who put a smile on Louise's face !!!!

2008-11-24T17:21:00.006Z

Who is the mystery man (or women) who recently delivered flowers to our golden girl Louise. Louise was very touched by the mystery client who is yet to identify themselves to her. Please come forward so that Louise can thank you personally.

CHILDREN IN NEED 2008

2008-11-19T12:45:00.003Z

Many thanks for all who supported "Soak the Estate Agent" in raising money for Children in Need. Over £170 was raised. Martyn Wand said "once again it was great to connect with the Grantham Public they were very keen to throw things at us" !! It raised peoples spirits however that may have been due to the mulled wine.

Ed's Getting Married

2008-07-01T12:57:00.003+01:00

Congratulations to Ed Jepson who this week marries Vicky. Best wishes from the staff and partners of Escritt Barrell Golding

Lincolnshire Show 2008

2008-06-23T16:10:00.009+01:00

A big thank you to all our clients who visited us at Lincolnshire Show, excellent organisation by Lucy Kay and all the Lincs Show committee team.

Market Comment - An Estate Agents View

2008-05-07T14:37:00.003+01:00

7th May 2008
The market remains challenging although there are some positive signs of improvement. Viewings are still a little low however most activity is from seriously minded purchasers. It is important that asking prices remain realistic, to that end our sellers are realistic in there expectations and where necessarily have reviewed price accordingly. Our March 2008 sales figures were an improvement on last years, so yes there is activity.

Confidence is the key ingredient in securing a sale and this has obviously been knocked by negative press over the last few months.

A good agent is one who will tell a client if there property will sell or not. Gives best advice at all times and has worked in all market conditions. Call us today for an no obligation appraisal of your property. Martyn Wand DipSurvPract DipDEA CPEA FNAEA

Easter Egg Competition

2008-04-22T15:58:00.004+01:00

Our Sleaford Office would like to congratulate the winners of our recent Easter Egg Competition.

Children from the age groups 5 and under, 6-8 years, and 9-11 years were invited to decorate or paint a hardboiled egg, to get the chance to win Family Cinema Tickets, £50 for their school and a Thorntons Easter Egg. Every entrant received a crème egg as a special thank you for their hard work.

The winners were Sophie Marsden, Freddie Sumner & Luke Cinavas as pictured (from left to right)

RACE FOR LIFE

2008-04-04T16:22:00.002+01:00

Team EBG ladies will be taking part in the RACE FOR LIFE at Waddington on the 18th May. To support our ladies who are raising money for CANCER RESEARCH UK please click on the following link.

Lincoln 10K

2008-03-31T09:48:00.008+01:00

Andrea and Martyn ran the Lincoln 10k on Sunday in aid of Cancer Research UK and raised £280.00. Team EBG will next be seen at a Race for Life event coming soon

ADELE CELEBRATES HER HAT TRICK

2008-03-13T15:35:00.002Z

Adele Worth looking deservedly pleased having negotiated the sale of three properties in one day. Adele a Sales Negotiator at our Sleaford Office joined us four months ago and has already established herself as a most valuable member of the Sleaford team. Well done Adele.

MARBLE ARCH

2008-01-31T17:12:00.000Z

Escritt Barrell Golding
MOVE INTO MARBLE ARCH, LONDON!

Escritt Barrell Golding has expanded the service they offer to their clients with the opening of their associated office in Great Cumberland Place, Marble Arch, London W1.

Associate Partner Martyn Wand said “Situated in a ‘prime location’ in Londons West End, our office provides access to prime London, investor and International buyers for our clients property sales”.

Martyn went on to comment “We are very pleased with the expansion of the services, as we are now able to extend the marketing of our properties from this London, Marble Arch Office affording a further presentation of our homes for sale. This now includes -

Access to the lucrative and important London, Investor, Relocation and International buyers
Presentation of our property details
A comfortable property ‘Browsing Area’ for visitors to the Marble Arch office
A PC and Internet facility with large wall-mounted flat screen for accessing and browsing of our own website – http://www.ebgproperty.co.uk/
A Media Room for presentations / promotions of properties and client meetings
An added location putting our clients properties at potential buyer’s fingertips
Offering additional exposure to properties nationwide from central London

“Why not give your house sale the very best opportunity of attracting the best achievable price by promoting it with Escritt Barrell Golding.”

Louise's 18th Birthday

2008-01-31T11:51:00.000Z

Congratulation to Louise on celebrating her 18th birthday. EBG's youngest full time employee was surprised when returning from an appointment to find that her colleagues had celebrated by decorating her desk. Louise is pictured at her disk. Tidy desk policy please in future Louise !!!

Brand New Lettings Office

2008-01-25T15:31:00.000Z

Our new lettings department opened its doors on Friday 18th January and is dedicated to offering the highest levels of service to our clients. Clients past, present and future are welcome to take a look round and discuss all aspects of our lettings and management service.

Swimarathon

2008-01-17T10:23:00.000Z

Interested in Sponsoring us ?

Annual Swimarathon Saturday 2nd February 2008. at 3.30pm organised by The Rotary Club of Great Britain sees a crack, sorry crocked, team of swimmers compete in the Grantham Swimarathon. Participants include Martyn Wand (only male brave enough to do it), Andrea (Goodhew) Buckley, Julia (Spitz) Norsworthy, Michaela (Thorpedo) Canham and Lucy (Flipper) Kay.

If interested in sponsoring us please contact us, email, phone. Digitally enhanced photos to be published on blog at later date.

Our own Celebrity Mr Ian Shaw

2008-01-11T11:39:00.000Z

At a recent National Estate Agents conference Ian Shaw was selected to participate in a Never mind the Buzzcocks/Question of sport style quiz. Despite his attempts at singing Satisfaction he was fortunate enough, not necessarily through his own talent, but due to the competition, to win a IPOD NANO. This was two months ago and being the diligent surveyor he is working through his CD collection alphabetically and is currently on letter 'G' for Genesis........he will not sync them to the IPOD untill he has got to Z, we are hoping he will get to do this before the guarantee expires. The quiz was hosted by Rob Brydon who also presented Ian with his prize and although the quiz was fast moving both Ian and Rob found the time to compare bald spots.

Congratulations

2008-01-11T10:22:00.000Z

Well done Ed Jepson on recently passing the National Association of Estate Agents - Technical Award. Ed's studies included Estate Agency Law and Practice, Building Construction and Pathology, Health and Safety and Property Appraisal. Ed was "Over the Moon" to obtain letters after his name. Good Luck to Tracy Lewis on her next exam on the 27th Feb 2008. As a company many staff are undergoing further studies as part of their professional development.

Christmas Market 2007

2008-01-11T09:27:00.000Z

Escritt Barrell Golding recently connected with the Grantham Public with a pitch at Grantham Market. Mince Pies and Mulled Wine were given to clients, past, present and future and competitions were held which raised money for Cancer research. Despite adverse weather we had a successful time and will be again hitting the market later in the year to again connect with the public. Many thanks to everyone who visited.

Children in need

2008-01-09T15:54:00.000Z

Great fun was had raising money with a sponsored three legged race around Grantham. Together with support from some other agents we raised £500 for a very worthy charity. The David Bedford lookalikes Martyn Wand and Ed Jepson proved a hit around town together with schoolgirls !!! Andrea Buckley and Louise Allison. Thank you to all of Grantham for your donations and support.

Pictured left to right are Martyn Wand, Ed Jepson, Louise Allison and Andrea Buckley

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