My Dream Home Art Competition

Our Bromley branch recently tied up with the Headmaster of Valley Primary School and decided to test the pupils imagination and creative skills. The result was the "My Dream Home" Art Competition.

The competition covered years one and six and there were first, second and third prizes awarded in the form of water colour pencil drawings sets with pads.

In the main there were some innocently humorous ideas, from viewing towers, to Irn Bru river fountains and lifts! 

Here we display a couple of the winners, but most will be displayed in our office for the start of the new term.

Sam visited the classes in each year and awarded the prize winners with their gifts which were gratefully, if a bit curiously, received.

Links:

Valley Primary School: here

Previous blog re. Valley Primary school (n.b., due to be updated): here

The winner!

Our thanks to all the entrants and to the school for taking part in this competition.

Our team: John Campolini

We're proud of everyone who works for us.  You can find brief staff profiles on our website, but there is room in our blog for a bit more information.  The first of us to be featured is one of our three Directors, John Campolini, who is based in our Tulse Hill office.  

John was educated at St Joseph’s College, Beulah Hill.  He has been involved with property management for over 40 years and these days overlooks the various contracts with tenants, contractors, etc.  He is able to sign and witness various documents and is our specialist in Probate Sales.  

Apart from John's professional property experience, he has a number of interests and hobbies including being a Radio Ham.  He became interested in radio when he was a boy and gradually progressed and became licensed many years ago.  He is one of the founder members of the Mad Hatters Radio Group and one of the riveting subjects that has been discussed on air is the aerodynamics of flying broomsticks!  There was an audience of several dozen fellow radio amateurs listening in on the conversations which lasted over 2 hours and is still talked about after some years!  The Mad Hatters Radio Group has for over 25 years attended the annual Bromley Pageant of Motoring in Norman Park, showing the public what amateur radio is all about.  

For over 47 years he has been a member of the Knights of St Columba which assists the homeless and those less fortunate in our society.

Another of John's interests is music and he is a fairly accomplished musician and plays drums, keyboards and guitar.  He recently appeared in June at the Sydenham Arts Festival as a guest musician in a local rock band.  

John has a grown up son and daughter and two young grand daughters who keep him busy and always make him smile with their antics.

Front page news

A very nice property as well

We enjoy having a great reputation and a growing profile.  Our reputation is built on our values and our excellence, and our profile is supported by our innovative marketing.  

This might involve our tasteful flyers, dropped off by our friendly staff; our newsletter (latest coming soon); this blog; or our Twitter - @edwardashdale.  Sometimes we like to be in the news as well.  In June we had one of our properties listed for sale on the front page of the then recently launched Bromley & Bexley Property Mart magazine. 

Why is a high profile important? Because it helps to keep people aware of us and, in turn, the properties we are letting or selling for our clients.  That helps us to make our clients happy by providing an efficient service that succeeds for them, and that is our ultimate goal. 

Both on our website and, at greater length, in this blog post we share many of the positive testimonials we receive.  However, we really are always seeking to build on our success, to ensure we continue to impress and to receive testimonials and recommendations and are in the news in a positive way.  

What gets an Estate Agent out of bed in the morning?

An ultimate compliment? No, Sam with a golf trophy

As a growing and successful Estate Agents, people say nice things to us and about us.  This just adds to our already passionate, natural determination to do a great job for our clients.

We receive too many compliments, in fact, for our website to contain unless we add a clunky pdf document or have a seriously long page of quotes. And we don't want to put people off by doing that. 

On the other hand, it is nice to be able to show people "the full works" and for our team to be able to look back on what we do with pride.  So we've set up this one post in our blog to keep as many testimonials and nice comments in as we can.  We'll be having a word around our offices to gather more of these up, but let's start with one we really enjoyed:

“…I think your marketing is brilliant, better than all of the big guns around here. I’ve recommended you to everyone I know”

What gets an Estate Agent out of bed in the morning? Now you know.

Latest testimonial, received by email by John Adamthwaite of our Tulse Hill office on 12th October 2012:

"I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the efficient management of the property you've provided over the last decade and more." Mr S.B., landlord

And here are some more testimonials received earlier in our first year as Edward Ashdale:

Thank you so much Joanne
You really know your job, made my life a lot easier
Mr S. A., landlord

We are so pleased with the outcome of everything re 101 and this is all down to you all for which we are so very grateful.  We have highly recommended Edward Ashdale to people who have asked us what you are like and can only say you have all been brilliant in both the rental side and sale of 101.
Thank you again and we'll keep in touch.
Cheers   Ann & Peter

Dear Joanne, Many thanks for your excellent service (top lady).
Mrs NF Landlord

Dear Steve,
I look forward to completion this Friday and thank you for all of your help in co-ordinating between the vendor and both party solicitors.
Rgds M.T.  Sales Buyer

Dear Ashdale
We are enjoying our great adventure down here in East Sussex!  I really cannot thank you enough and please pass on my praises to Sarah for finding me such a lovely tenant in Mottingham.
Regards, Jane B.

Hi Sam, wow you are brilliant!
Thank you so much for all the effort, care, attention and ingenuity you put in - against all the odds - in making the survey happen today. I really appreciate everything you did.  You are a magician.  Thanks also for preparing and presenting comparable values and research information to the surveyor - you are a true professional. I am so grateful for all your help today.
Kind regards, Patricia

Hi Joanne, thankyou for all your help regarding this letting, you are a credit to Edward Ashdale!
Regards PLM

Thanks for following up so promptly and thanks for the great comms
Tom

 

 Dear Sam,
I just wanted to thank you and your staff for finding me a new tenant so quickly. As I live so far away it is reassuring that my property is not lying empty. On both occasions that I have had to find new tenants you have been very efficient in replacing them and for this I am very grateful.
Regards, Joan

Dear Joanne,
The viewings you have lined up have been great, I think Joanne you have done a superb job.  Thanks,
Matt

Dear Edward Ashdale,
The lovely tenants you found me for my flat have already signed up for another 12 months from this July until July 2013 - how fab is that!  Thank you for finding me such wonderful tenants but should they leave you'll hear from me first!

 

Dear Edward Ashdale,

Many thanks for all your help with my house rental.  I very much value the swiftness and efficiency in which you arranged the letting and your efforts and hard work in organising everything, which has meant that the transition has been smooth and stress free for me. I feel safe in the knowledge that, despite being oversees, the property will be in good hands with your on-going management services. With best regards, GL Landlord

 

 Just a short note to thank your firm for all the hard work in achieving and completing the sale of the Croydon property. I have no doubt that without your efforts, way above and beyond the call of duty, this transaction would have floundered a long time ago. I have been involved with many estate agents relating to numerous sales & purchases over the past 30 plus years, and have more often than not been disappointed in their level of professionalism, that cannot be said of your firm. I would have no hesitation in unconditionally recommending your firms services to others. 

Many Thanks, C.O.   Vendor

We found Edward Ashdale Estate Agents very helpful, professional, friendly and always very smartly dressed. They were always available to deal with any small worries we experienced. Within seven days you secured an excellent buyer and the sale came to a successful end. We would have no hesitation in recommending Edward Ashdale to anyone selling or buying. Well done!!

And even earlier...

And just to remind ourselves that even before Edwards joined Ashdale, people liked us, we have our historic testimonials blog post here.  Hop into our Estate Agents Tardis and take a look.