There’s always plenty of newsworthy and interesting things happening across our offices. Here are just some of them.
- 17th May 2013 - From secretary to partner – the opportunities at CPBigwood
A property specialist at Birmingham-based CPBigwood has been promoted to partner. Karen Combellack, a manager in the Residential Service Charge Department, steps up from associate. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 17th May 2013 - Surveyor looks back over 30 years
Jonathan Hackett, partner and head of auctions for CPBigwood, reflects on 30 years in the profession. Property agency has seen massive changes in the three decades I have been involved. When I started out there were no mobile phones, no sat navs and no laser measuring tools.(Please click on heading for further details)
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- 14th May 2013 - Cannock proving popular with finance firms
Nationwide Building Society will be relocating within Cannock to a location becoming increasingly popular with financial services firms. CPBigwood, acting for the landlord, secured Nationwide as a tenant who beat off competition from a rival to move into No.1 Market Place. Nearby occupiers include Yorkshire Bank and Lloyds Bank. (Please click on heading for further details)
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- 14th May 2013 - CPBigwood hammer falls on near £8 million auction haul
A host of properties sold for way above their guide price at another hugely successful CPBigwood auction. Some 100 lots were offered, 82 sold and a total of £7.9 million was raised. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 30th April 2013 - New role for Peter
Property agents CPBigwood have promoted Stratford-upon-Avon based Peter Jordan to a new position at the firm’s Birmingham headquarters. Currently a senior property manager, he has spent the last four years in Stratford. Joining in 2007 from Grainger plc, he is a qualified architect with experience of supervising a wide range of schemes. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 30th April 2013 - Three times a winner
A stunning period farmhouse in the Worcestershire village of Cleeve Prior has three-track appeal. Being marketed by the Stratford-upon-Avon office of CPBigwood, Hoden Farm, Hoden Lane, is a delightful detached residence in its own right. But with a barn, stabling and paddocks it is also sure to be of interest to equestrian lovers and hobby farmers. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 29th April 2013 - CPBigwood golf day boosts St Mary’s Hospice
Property agents CPBigwood have presented a cheque for £8,400 to St Mary’s Hospice in Birmingham. The ceremony took place at Edgbaston Golf Club where the firm’s tenth annual golf day was held in the autumn. In celebration of the tenth year of the competition, CPBigwood topped up the total to £8,400 with a £5,000 donation. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 25th April 2013 - The simplest way to buy and let is the CPBigwood way
Property agents CPBigwood are increasingly becoming a one-stop-shop for purchase and rental. And the rapid turnround of one of Birmingham’s iconic homes has illustrated just how effective it can be. The Grade II listed Lambavady at 172 Oak Tree Lane is one of the Bournville Estate’s most historic “chocolate box” houses. (please click on heading for further details)
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- 24th April 2013 - Victorian splendour and contemporary style
Queen Victoria would have been very amused by the delights of 53 Shipston Road, Stratford-upon-Avon. It has been lovingly renovated and is on the market at a guide price of £725,000 through property agents CPBigwood. An impressive and substantial terrace house standing in a prime location within walking distance of the town centre, it is believed to have been constructed in 1887 and was formally part of the next door Sequoia House Hotel. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 17th April 2013 - Lots to go for at CPBigwood’s next auction
CPBigwood are set to take property investors on a “summer holiday”. For 14 bungalows, part of a leisure village in Wales, are to go under the hammer at the firm’s latest auction on Thursday, May 2, in the Holte Suite at Aston Villa Football Club. (please click on heading for further details)
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- 17th April 2013 - Pop-up shops could help sell Stratford
Two of the town’s top property professionals have called on landlords to embrace the “pop-up” shops phenomenon which is spreading across the UK as a way of boosting Stratford-upon-Avon’s retail trade this summer. (Please click on heading for further details)
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- 16th April 2013 - There’s no mystery about The Holmes
Eager home investigators will find The Holmes is no mystery. Albeit the beautifully renovated period house set in 1.1 acres of Warwickshire tranquility does date back to the 17th century. (Please click on heading for further details)
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- 16th April 2013 - How to make the most of auctions
Jonathan Hackett, partner and head of auctions for CPBigwood, highlights what to watch out for when bidding at auction. Some of the best bargains in the housing and commercial property markets are to be found at auctions. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 15th April 2013 - CPBigwood beefs up Warwickshire team
Property agents CPBigwood are strengthening the residential service charge team at the firm’s Stratford-upon-Avon office. It is a sector where CPBigwood is particularly strong, operating from both Stratford and the Birmingham headquarters, providing professional property management of blocks of flats/apartments, sheltered/retirement schemes and mixed use developments on behalf of developers, investors and resident management companies – some 15,000 units in all across the country. (Please click on heading for further details)
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- 12th April 2013 - CPBigwood staff take charity to heart
Big hearted staff at property agents CPBigwood have been totting up their 2012 charity effort. And, directly and indirectly, it comes to over £150,000. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 12th April 2013 - Di calls it a day after 30 years
One of Warwickshire’s best known estate agents is to hang up her keys on April 30 after 30 years with the same business. Di Coates, sales manager at CPBigwood’s Henley-in-Arden office, is retiring after a career working for Bigwood and latterly CPBigwood both at the Stratford-upon-Avon and Henley-in-Arden offices. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 4th April 2013 - CPBigwood appoints third associate in 12 months
Property agents CPBigwood have promoted Jo Bennett to associate partner. The appointment comes on the tenth anniversary of her joining the firm in March 2003. She is the third female employee to be raised to associate partner level in the last 12 months. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 3rd April 2013 - Period property with plenty of room
A character cottage in picturesque Henley-in-Arden is to be thrown open to the public. Situated on historic High Street, No. 138 is a Grade II listed town house being marketed through agents CPBigwood at offers based on £379,000. The open day takes place on Saturday, April 20, from 11am to 12 noon. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 27th March 2013 - CPBigwood backing Stratford rugby
CPBigwood are sponsoring the Stratford-upon-Avon v Camp Hill, Midlands West One rugby match on Saturday, April 13. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 27th March 2013 - CPBigwood backs retail-to-resi proposals
Government proposals to ease retail to residential planning rules could re-energise town centres, an expert has forecast. Simon Gibbs, a partner in property agents CPBigwood, said the move had the potential to attract investment back. He was commenting on the continued push to boost house building by making planning regulations less restrictive and more responsive. (Please click heading for futher details)
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- 25th March 2013 - CPBigwood wins Latitude management role
CPBigwood has taken over as managing agent of the prestigious Latitude development in Birmingham. On the corner of Bromsgrove Street and Hurst Street, the building was completed approximately four years ago. (Please click heading for futher details)
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- 22nd March 2013 - Budget initiatives can help the housing market - CPBigwood
Government initiatives to spark the housing market could boost the chances of a go-ahead for Stratford-upon-Avon`s former cattle market site an expert has suggested. Simon Gibbs a partner in property agents CPBigwood, said the town badly needed a stimulus. (Please click heading for futher details)
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- 20th March 2013 - CPBigwood calls for mortgage and building action NOW!
Tom Dennes, head of residential agency, at CPBigwood, said: “We welcome further investment in house building, but it begs the question ‘where are the houses going to be built?’ “Are we to eat into the green belt further to achieve this and we know how unpopular that is going to be across the country. “In Stratford-upon-Avon, the Shottery scheme was passed for 800 houses but is being challenged this summer and for there to be any meaningful impact on the economy, dormant schemes need to be re-financed with work commencing straight away, so integral to the initiative must be the instruction to local authorities to fast track planning applications .(Please click on head for further detals)
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- 19th March 2013 - CPBigwood agency appointment in mint condition
Property agents CPBigwood have announced a prestige appointment to handle space at the former Birmingham Mint in the Jewellery Quarter. The firm is to market commercial elements in Phase II of the building’s on-going redevelopment. Steve Bott, part of the firm’s commercial agency team based out of Colmore Row, said: “This is a showcase regeneration of an iconic site steeped in the city’s history. (Please click heading for further details)
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- 19th March 2013 - Graham sets sights on growth
CPBigwood partner Graham Carter is set to take on a new role with the expanding property agency. Mr Carter, who has worked at the Stratford-upon-Avon office since 1988, is one of the best known figures in the town’s business sector. From May 1 the chartered surveyor will be heading up the commercial agency arm with a remit to extend CPBigwood’s reach across all types of commercial property including lettings and sales as well as rent reviews and lease renewals. (Please clcik heading for further details)
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