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| Who we are |
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 Sally
Harrison Estate Agents opened in Church Street,
Barnoldswick in July 2001, following the decision
by her former employer's, Bradford & Bingley, to
close their Barnoldswick branch, along with many
other small branches, after floatation of the Company.
Sally made the decision, supported very much by
her longstanding colleague and friend, Janet Myers,
to start up on her own and run, what is now an established
and thriving business. Having lived and worked locally
all her life, including 7 years working for a Barnoldswick
Solicitor, Sally started her life in Estate Agency
in March 1989, working as the Barnoldswick Branch
Manager for Black Horse Agencies, in the same premises
as her present office.
Around 1991, she took over the additional responsibility
of managing Black Horse Agencies' Colne office and
continued in this role, of managing both branches
and carrying out market appraisals and listing property
for sale throughout the Pendle area for 12 years.
She was made redundant in May 2001 by Bradford &
Bingley who had bought the entire chain of Black
Horse Agencies offices around 1998 and invested
her reduncy money in the setting up of the business,
including the lastest computer equipment and a quality
software package.
Although it was a very daunting step to take, starting
her own business, it felt very much the right thing
to do, to use her knowledge, experience and expertise
in Estate Agency, along with a strong desire to
remain working in the local community. Sally has
worked very hard over the years to build up an excellent
reputation for high quality customer service and
this has resulted in a large amount of repeat business
and recommendations to other potential clients.
As Sally is out of the office a large part of the
time, doing market appraisals, viewings and listing
new properties, she relies very heavily on her superb
sales team, which is headed by her Sales Manager,
Janet Myers.
Janet Walker joined Sally and Janet in August 2001
as the business administrator and support sales
negotiator as the business expanded. They were then
delighted to welcome Alex Bamford, a very valuable
and experienced member of the team. Sally says 'Our
sole aim is to provide customers with a first class,
professional service, but one that will also be
very personal and tailored to suit each client's
individual needs. The market goes through many peaks
and troughs and being able to move with it is vital.
We are constantly striving to improve our marketing
materials and tools as well as level of service,
to ensure we maintain our excellent reputation.
An eye-catching 'for sale' board has been designed
to stand out from the rest, our regular advertising
in 3 local newspapers is clear and effective, our
computer software system is top of the range, with
a colour picture gallery for each property. The
sales brochures on each property are high quality
and full colour with internal photographs where
appropriate (including glossy, up-market brochures
for prestige properties) and our computer system
automatically cross matches properties with prospective
purchasers. We are also open until 7.00pm on Thursday
for clients who can't get into the office during
normal working hours, we offer flexiblity on viewings
of vacant properties and market appraisals to include
evening and weekend appointments, and our website
is updated on a daily basis with new properties
as they come on the market. These are just a few
of the things we provide to give us an edge over
our competitors.' |
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