Our Gloucestershire property search begins with the brief rather than the available stock. Before looking at individual houses, we establish how the property will be used, the lifestyle it needs to support and which compromises are acceptable. That allows us to search intelligently rather than allowing the market to dictate the criteria.
Defining the search
We look closely at requirements such as acreage, privacy, architecture, schooling, access to London, equestrian needs and proximity to shops or a market town. We also consider less tangible preferences: whether a buyer wants to feel part of a village, to look across open countryside or to be somewhere almost entirely secluded.
These conversations often refine the geographical search considerably.
Sourcing property
We monitor the openly marketed market, speak directly with relevant selling agents and investigate quieter opportunities where appropriate. For particularly specific briefs, this may include targeted approaches to owners whose properties appear capable of meeting the requirement.
The purpose is not simply to uncover off-market houses. It is to ensure that the search considers the widest sensible range of opportunities.
Appraising each opportunity
Before encouraging a client to invest time in a property, we consider the factors that photographs and floorplans cannot adequately convey: the approach, setting, views, orientation, privacy, neighbouring land, traffic, village character and usefulness of any acreage.
Where a property remains compelling, we arrange and accompany viewings and continue to test it against the original brief.
From property search to purchase
Finding the house is only part of the assignment. We advise on value and bidding strategy, negotiate with the selling agent and help assemble and coordinate the appropriate professional team.
Our objective throughout is simple: to reduce a large Gloucestershire market to a small number of credible opportunities and ultimately secure the property that best fits the client’s requirements.
