- Relocating to West London
- Relocation to Cookham Dean
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- Property search services in Berkshire
- Relocation agent in Berkhamstead
Relocating to West London
£150,000 saved on asking price
Two GPs wanted to move from west London and were seeking a very special house: a period property with enough land to create a wildlife garden and grow their own organic vegetables. Their ideal property would be Georgian, with well proportioned rooms. No low beams and no pokey, dark cottages were the instructions at the top of their brief. Finding their dream property in the Wokingham area was a challenge as we were seeking a period gem in a desert of suburban semis. However, we located a Queen Anne Rectory in perfect commuting distance from both their surgeries and set in an acre of stunning grounds. The property was £150,000 over our clients' budget, but with careful negotiation, we did the deal within budget and won our clients a huge 15 percent discount.
Instructed February 2006
Completed June 2006
Relocation to Cookham Dean
Love at first sight in Cookham Dean
This was a challenging relocation from west London to a village community. The clients required a character property with easy London access - plus home office space for up to five. Within two weeks we highlighted six properties to our clients and on their first accompanied viewing they declared it was love at first sight. And who could blame them? The Cookham Dean property was nicely positioned in its own grounds with a swimming pool and dated back in parts to the 18th century. The detached double garage, previously a stable block, gave excellent potential for a self-contained office facility. However, as with most dream houses, we were not the only interested party. In fact a deal was due to be closed the same day so we had to act fast. We were able to ascertain the top price that the other buyer was willing to go to and made the decision to offer a slightly higher price. We agreed the purchase the same day.
Instructed August 2006
Completed November 2006
UK Property search agent
Dream Marlow property found for Australian family
A senior executive was relocating from Australia to Marlow and needed to get his family settled in a new home as quickly as possible. With two young sons, finding a school was also a key part of the brief.
On the first day of viewings, BDI took the CEO to see a fantastic Victorian rectory that was not due to come on the market for another six weeks.
The four-bed property was in the heart of Marlow and had a veritable football pitch of a garden. A glass-roofed kitchen/living area and a professional interior design job were the icing on the cake.
First through the door, the exec fell in love with the house and by the end of that day, we made an offer on his behalf for £2 million and had it accepted.
BDI then sorted out a rental property across the road from the boys' new school until the rectory's vendors had vacated.
We are now advising the family on how to convert the garage into a granny flat.
Finding residential property - just one of our services.
Property search services in Berkshire
Insider status secures dream property for family
Finding a property with the perfect room in which to home-school their two daughters was the challenge set to us by a telecoms marketing director and his wife. They came to us for some home search help.
A new job had precipitated a move from one side of Berkshire to the other and couple was adamant that the property needed to offer an attached school room rather than a summer house at the end of the garden.
We found their perfect property - a five-bed 1930s detached with a lovely garden and an attached granny annexe at £2 million - but there were already seven bids at full asking price.
Fortunately, our relationship with the estate agent meant that we were able to put the family forward as ideal vendors and within the week, the offer was accepted.
Relocation agent in Berkhamstead
BDI is first through the door
Our clients wanted to move from Gloucestershire to historic Berkhamstead, Herts.
With around £2 million to spend, the brief was a period property, central, and as close as possible to Berkhamstead School, as one of the sons was a county-level swimmer and would often have out of hours practice sessions.
Knowing the area, we were well aware that such a property was likely to be snapped up the second it came on the market. But through a strategy of continuous contact with the local estate agents, we managed to get our family first through the door of a very desirable property.
With five bedrooms and in a perfect central location, our clients snapped up this three storey Victorian town house and hope to move in very soon.
Do you need help to find the right property? Call BDI Home Finders on 0845 603 6110 for an informal chat.
