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Hips Suspended 20/05/2010
The coalition government has suspended the use of Home Information Packs (HIPs) by home sellers. HIPs were introduced in 2007 in England and Wales. The aim was to speed up the house selling process by obliging sellers to provide much of the required conveyancing information when properties are first put up for sale....
Hips Suspended
Lesters Reduce Their Carbon Footprint In 2010 03/12/2009
Lesters Sales & Lettings are pleased to announce details of their new ‘Environmentally Aware’ initiative, which applies to all new clients of the firm from the New Year until the end of 2010. Working alongside the local `Northmoor Trust` charity, Lesters will dedicate one new tree, planted locally, on completion of the sale or letting of every new property instruction received by the firm in 2010....
Lesters Reduce Their Carbon Footprint In 2010
Beware ‘outrageous’ Home Information Pack Charges, Warn Lesters 14/09/2009
Lesters, the independent Estate Agents, have announced a market leading price for the supply of a Home Information Pack. Priced from just £230 plus VAT for a Freehold property, they are the best value available locally and more importantly they are sourced from a local supplier....
Beware ‘outrageous’ Home Information Pack Charges, Warn Lesters
Stay Up To Date With Lesters "tweets" 14/09/2009
Keeping up to date about the latest properties available is now much easier thanks to Lesters and Twitter.com. To help anyone looking for the latest properties, Lesters send ‘tweets’ to registered followers on the networking site, to instantly notify them of the very latest properties available for sale and rent....
Stay Up To Date With Lesters "tweets"
Green Shoots Of Recovery Clearly Visible 14/09/2009
Recent research suggests that for every property for sale, there are now eleven potential buyers. This means that the much anticipated `green shoots of recovery` are clearly visible in the local property market, according to Lesters Senior Partner, James Gesner....
Green Shoots Of Recovery Clearly Visible
House Sales Jumped 40% In March 09 22/04/2009
The number of homes sold in the UK jumped by 40% in March from the previous month, according to figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). There were 60,000 property sales worth at least £40,000 each, compared with 43,000 in February. The figures suggest that the slump in home sales seen in the past 18 months may be coming to an end....
House Sales Jumped 40% In March 09
It`s Official You Need A Floorplan! 03/04/2009
Hard on the heels of figures from Rightmove which showed that using floor plans increases buyer interest by a whopping 30%, there’s further confirmation of the power of floor plans as a property marketing tool - this time in the authoritative Home Moving Trends Survey 2009, published by The Academy....
It`s Official You Need A Floorplan!
Lesters Join Property Live 20/11/2008
PropertyLive.co.uk is the only property search site that`s regulated, protected and run by a professional body of fully accredited agents. Every member belongs to one or more of the following associations, NAEA, ARLA,NAVA or ICBA. Members have joined their respective associations to demonstrate their commitment to professional standards in the property industry to which they can be held accountable....
Lesters Join Property Live
Lesters Join Findaproperty.Com 21/08/2008
Lesters in Wallingford and Didcot have joined findaproperty.com. Julian Walley, senior partner with the firm comments: `with the number of people increasingly starting their search for property on the web it is imperative that your agent show your property on ALL the major property portals`....
Lesters Join Findaproperty.Com
Lettings Market Extremely Bouyant! 21/08/2008
Lesters Property Management Department have seen a huge increase in enquires from potential tenants registering on our mailing list. Debbie Walley at the firms Wallingford`s office comments ` we have a portfolio of about 280 properties at the moment and we just cannot meet the demand for properties at the moment....
Lettings Market Extremely Bouyant!
Lesters Appointed Didcot`s Recommended Guild Of Professional Estate Agents Member 01/04/2008
The Guild of Professional Estate Agents is an organization that is represented by over 700 independent estate agents nationwide. Lesters, who are also Wallingfords only guild member member have now strengthened their coverage to Didcot. The network is an excellent way for sellers to promote their property nationally and through the associated London office in Park Lane where they can be contacted on 0207 0791440....
Lesters Appointed Didcot`s Recommended Guild Of Professional Estate Agents Member
Lesters Legendary Customer Service ‘moves In’ To Didcot 10/03/2008
Lesters, the market leading independent Estate Agents, have recently opened their latest office in Didcot. Established in 1992, Lesters is a fully independent firm, and is still managed by the Senior Partners, James Gesner and Julian Walley....
Lesters Legendary Customer Service ‘moves In’ To Didcot
Lesters Career Opportunity 18/02/2008
Lesters have a vacancy for a weekend Sales Negotiator working in our newly opened busy Didcot office. Previous experience not essential as full training will be given. A lively outgoing personality is essential and computer knowledge required!...
Lesters Career Opportunity
Interest Rates Cut To 5.25% 07/02/2008
The Bank of England`s rate-setting committee has cut interest rates to 5.25% from 5.5% Many banks have already said they will pass on the cut. Halifax, Nationwide, Abbey, NatWest and Royal Bank of Scotland have announced they will reduce their standard variable rates....
Interest Rates Cut To 5.25%
Lesters Raise Over £400 For Helen & Douglas House Children’s Home 18/12/2007
We are really pleased to announce that Lesters have raised over £400 for the local charity Helen & Douglas House. After a couple of days in Wallingford’s town square and their open evening at their office on the Medieval evening Lesters are pleased to hand over the money raised to the locally based charity....
Lesters Raise Over £400 For Helen & Douglas House Children’s Home
How Many Balloons Can A Lesters Mini Hold? 30/11/2007
Lesters Supporting local charity The Lesters mini`s will be in Wallingford Market Square on the 4th and 5th of December and outside the office on the 6th (medieval evening) when the office is open all evening welcoming everyone to come in and have a drink on us....
How Many Balloons Can A Lesters Mini Hold?
Lesters Sponsor Local Football Team 30/10/2007
Lesters Estate Agents have continued their support of local clubs, schools & organisations in the Wallingford and Didcot area and splashed out on a new kit for Harwell International Football Club. The club compete in the North Berks top flight Saturday league....
Lesters Sponsor Local Football Team
Hips To Be Rolled Out On 3 Bed Properties 05/09/2007
The Government has announced that Home Information Packs (HIPs), including Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), will be rolled out to include three bedroom properties from 10 September 2007. HIPs and EPCs are being introduced on a phased basis and already apply to properties with four or more bedrooms....
Hips To Be Rolled Out On 3 Bed Properties
Hips Looking Imminent For August Despite Opposition 23/07/2007
The opposition motion in the House of Lords to abolish HIPs was passed this week. Commenting on this vote, Shadow Housing Minister Grant Shapps stated: `This is another embarrassing development for the Government as the fiasco over HIPs goes from bad to worse....
Hips Looking Imminent For August Despite Opposition
Ministers Push Home Sales Scheme 03/04/2007
A government campaign to raise awareness of Home Information Packs has been launched. Home sellers in England and Wales will have to offer the packs, including documents such as surveys and local authority searches, from 1 June. Critics say the packs, which will cost about £400, are confused and flawed....
Ministers Push Home Sales Scheme
Hips Update 06/03/2007
The Home Information packs will "go live" on 1st June 2007. Housing Minister Yvette Cooper has confirmed that the government still intends to launch the new home sellers` packs on the scheduled date. The National Association of Estate Agents, the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the Law Society and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors are all seeking to persuade the government to delay the implementation date....
Hips Update
A Big Thank You 08/12/2006
What a hectic evening! It was really good to see so many people through the door last night on the medieval evening and hundreds of Lesters balloons around the town The drink finally ran at 9pm but it was great to see so many customers old and new and local people just coming in for a glass of mulled wine....
A Big Thank You
Paddocks Pre-School Event 14/11/2006
On Saturday 16 December Father Christmas will be at Lesters Estate Agents, 23 St Martins Street. Everyone is welcome! There are a variety of events held throughout the day including face painting and a raffle. Lesters are supporting Paddocks Pre-School who are a local registered charity....
Paddocks Pre-School Event
Lesters Are Top Selling Agent 09/10/2006
Wallingford and the surrounding countryside is one of the most desirable areas to live in Oxfordshire. Therefore it is no surprise that properties are very popular – and not just with residents. Estate agents are here in even greater numbers too....
Lesters Are Top Selling Agent
Lesters Win Top National Award 02/10/2006
Leading Wallingford agents Lesters have got plenty to celebrate after winning a top industry award. Against stiff competition from all over the country the company was named Highly Commended in the Single Office Category at the prestigious Guild of Professional Estate Agents National Awards, held in Cambridge earlier this month....
Lesters Win Top National Award
Lesters Support Keyna Children Centres 17/08/2006
Lesters are supporting `Kenya Children Centres`. These centres advance education, relieve poverty, sickness and distress among children in the country. If you are thinking of selling or letting your home we would be delighted to provide you a free up to date valuation and provide you with further information about `Kenya Children Centres` (Charity (No 1103868) our charity challenge....
Lesters Support Keyna Children Centres
Chance To Purchase Three Cottages In A Row, Between Henley And Wallingford 06/04/2006
Investment opportunity a terrace of three Individual three bedroom properties with views over open farmland built in 2001 with potential rental income of £2700 per month. The properties have three bedrooms fitted modern kitchens, downstairs cloakrooms and upstairs bathrooms....
Chance To Purchase Three Cottages In A Row, Between Henley And Wallingford
Lesters Introduce `Interactive Window Displays` 09/01/2006
Our office at 23 St Martin’s Street, Wallingford is the first in the area to use Inter-active Video Displays illustrating all our images on all our properties 24 hours a day! Three large screens have been installed showing all our client’s properties to the best possible standard....
Lesters Introduce `Interactive Window Displays`
Straight Talking Estate Agent Drops Their `Lock In` Period. 11/12/2005
Oxfordshire Estate Agent Lesters, have taken the lead in the region’s property market by dropping the time clause from its agency agreements with house sellers. The clause that states the minimum period of time you must leave your business with an agent can often cause house sellers serious dilemmas and stress....
Straight Talking Estate Agent Drops Their `Lock In` Period.
Lesters Join The Office Of Fair Trading’s Approved Scheme 23/11/2005
On 1 September 2005, the Office of Fair Trading awarded their approval to the OCEA Code of Practice under the Office of Fair Trading’s Consumer Codes Approval Scheme. Julian Walley M.N.A.E.A Partner at the Wallingford office states “Lesters fully support the OCEA code of practice in conjunction with the added security of the Office of Fair Trading....
Lesters Join The Office Of Fair Trading’s Approved Scheme
Rentals & Property Management Department Having A Busy Time! 26/10/2005
According to local independent estate & letting agents Lesters, demand for rental property in and around Wallingford is currently at record levels. “Many first time buyers are choosing to go for the more flexible option of renting at the moment, realising that the property market is not going to leave them behind,” says Donna Gordon, Lettings Manager at Lesters....
Rentals & Property Management Department Having A Busy Time!
Open Day For Town Centre Property 05/07/2005
WOOD STREET, WALLINGFORD - PRICE ON APPLICATION A grade two listed cottage in the centre of Wallingford and in the heart of the conservation area. The property has a wealth of character with alot of the original features. The property is in need of some modernisation throughout and a surveyors report is available on request....
Open Day For Town Centre Property
Lesters London Property Exhibition 11/03/2005
If you’re serious about selling your home, this is an excellent opportunity!” The presentation, scheduled for 15th April, is to be held at the firm’s Mayfair Office at 121 Park Lane, Mayfair just down from Marble Arch Lesters staff will be presenting the firm’s full portfolio of property for sale and to let, to a varied and motivated audience starting their search in the nations capital....
Lesters London Property Exhibition
Lesters Join Rightmove 25/02/2005
Lesters are now advertising their portfolio of properties on Rightmove.co.uk. Branch partner James Gesner states ` In addition to our extensive press advertising we have decided to advertise all our properties on the Rightmove site after a number of requests from our clients` Lesters also advertise their properties on fish4homes....
Lesters Join Rightmove
Time Running Out To Take Part In The London Exhibition! 08/01/2005
Time is running out to take part in our Oxfordshire property Exhibition. Partner at Lesters James Gesner comments: `Last years event was hugely successful with a great deal of interest shown in the event` Extensive advertising and mailshotting will be carried out prior to the event....
Time Running Out To Take Part In The London Exhibition!
Local Schools Drawing Competition - A Great Success 15/12/2004
The partners at Lesters would like to thank all the local schools who took part in this years `Drawing Competition` the response was overwhelming and the Mayor had a difficult job picking the eventual winners as the standard was so good. This culminated in a hectic Victorian Evening with the results on display in our office....
Local Schools Drawing Competition - A Great Success
Oxfordshire Property Exhibition 14/12/2004
Following on the success of last years exhibition Lesters present ` The Oxfordshire Property Exhibition`. During January 2005 a number of leading Independent agents in Oxfordshire will be actively promoting the exhibition to be held on the weekend of the 28 and 29th January at the firm’s Mayfair Office at 121 Park Lane just down from Marble Arch....
Oxfordshire Property Exhibition
Lesters Victorian Evening - 2 December 2005 18/11/2004
As usual Lesters will be open on Wallingford’s Victorian Evening. EVERYONE WELCOME Until 9pm the office will be open for refreshments including mulled wine. The team will be on hand to give a warm welcome especially to client’s past and present....
Lesters Victorian Evening - 2 December 2005
November`s Property News 12/11/2004
Lesters Drawing Competition For Local Schools 02/11/2004
2004 Drawing Competition for local schools. ...
Lesters Drawing Competition For Local Schools
October Property News 20/10/2004
The Next London Property Exhibition 18/10/2004
Julian Walley, partner with Lesters, is delighted to report the success of the firm’s Property Presentation held at their Mayfair Office on 17 September. Significant advertising and mailshotting was carried out in the lead-up to the event, and serious interest in many properties was shown during the event....
The Next London Property Exhibition
London Exhibition - Shaping Up To Be A Great Success 31/08/2004
London Property Presentation shaping-up to be huge success. With less than a month to go the next London Property Presentation by estate agents Lesters, the event is “shaping-up to be an enormous success”, according to James Gesner M.N.A.E....
London Exhibition - Shaping Up To Be A Great Success
London Property Exhibition 03/08/2004
Partner of Lesters Julian Walley explains: “If you’re serious about selling or renting your home, you simply cannot afford to miss out on this opportunity!” The presentation, scheduled for 17th September, is to be held at the firm’s Mayfair Office at 121 Park Lane, Mayfair just down from Marble Arch Lesters staff will be presenting the firm’s full portfolio of property for sale and to let, to a varied and motivated audience starting their search in the nations capital....
London Property Exhibition
Lesters Estate Agents Office Refit 05/07/2004
Lesters are pleased to announce that all there offices are now fully air conditioned for the comfort of our clients. Drew Conroy a senior negotiator added `during the busy summer months its imperative that our clients can feel comfortable whilst in our offices`....
Lesters Estate Agents Office Refit
Lesters Didcot Lettings & Property Management 22/05/2004
Lesters are pleased to announce a further expansion into the Didcot market. We are seeking quality properties particularly on the Ladygrove estate in Didcot. All properties will be managed locally with regular advertising in the local press and the usual comprehensive service including advertising through Primelocation....
Lesters Didcot Lettings & Property Management
Lesters Lettings & Property Management 10/03/2004
Due to a busy start to the year Lesters are looking for more quality properties for their portfolio. Dealing with the principle relocation agents and companies in the area we have let a high number of properties in the middle to upper price ranges in the South Oxfordshire area....
Lesters Lettings & Property Management
Floor Plans On Property Details 14/01/2004
In 2004 Lesters are providing digital floor plans on all their in-house property brochures. Lesters are pleased to announce this feature to enhance their property brochures. In conjunction with IMS Communications of Twyford all our brochures will have high quality digital plans produced as an inclusive part of our service to our Clients....
Floor Plans On Property Details
Lesters Accreditation With The NALS 09/01/2004
Lesters are accredited by the National Approved Letting Scheme. The NALS is an industry-wide accreditation scheme which offers peace of mind to landlords and tenants through the knowledge that the firm they are dealing with provides defined levels of customer service and has the necessary insurances to protect their clients` money....
Lesters Accreditation With The NALS
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