Pictured: (l-r) Banks Long & Co director James Butcher
wishes Sean Mayers well in his new venture
Estate agent Sean Mayers has invested in his own strategic move,
which has created extra choice and three new jobs in
Lincoln.
And such is his confidence in the uptapped potential of
Lincolnshire's sales and letting market, that he is hoping to
employ a team of up to 15 staff in the city within the coming
year.
Buoyed-up by the success of his Northwood franchise in
Doncaster, which has been open for four years, Mr Mayers decided
that Lincolnshire and the surrounding market offered an unmissable
expansion opportunity.
And Lincoln-based commercial agent Banks Long & Co helped
him find his ideal premises in Silver Street - the traditional home
for Lincoln's established and up-and-coming agencies and financial
services businesses.
"We offer traditional estate agency services but we also
specialise in guaranteed lettings, whereby we guarantee to pay a
landlord his rent irrespective of whether or not he has a tenant in
his premises. Northwood currently offers this service to 9,000
landlords across the UK," said Mr Mayers.
"Lincoln is a nice market and particularly busy on the lettings
front. But it is also an ideal base from which to service customers
across an area which also takes in the wider county and
neighbouring locations, including Gainsborough, Horncastle, Louth,
Skegness, Mablethorpe, Newark and Retford.
"I believe there is a lot of room for expansion locally on both
the sales and lettings sides. My Doncaster franchise has done
particularly well, thanks to the strength of the Northwood brand. I
now employ ten people across both my offices, but I hope to have 15
people working out of Lincoln alone over the next year," added Mr
Mayers.
Banks Long & Co director James Butcher said: "We are pleased
to have let this prime site office in Silver Street on behalf
of private clients.
"This is a popular area with estate agents and the vast majority
of those firms practising in Lincoln and the surrounding area are
situated on Silver Street.
"Therefore when I was approached by Sean last year looking for
premises I knew this property would ideal for him. The premises
link through to Clasketgate, which means the business benefits from
a profile to two busy city streets."