Here we share news and views on both the local letting market in & around Oxfordshire and all planned and recent legislation.
Witney Office have been delighted to sponsor two local horsetrials recently, The Elmwood Equestrian Horsetrials in Bampton and The Ascott-under-Wychwood Horse Trials at Crown Farm. Our new banners and boards were on display, and any concerns that the bright new colours of our logo would upset the horses were unfounded!
Thanks to our corporate membership of the Oxford Preservation Trust I was invited to a private tour of the former Radcliffe Hospital development which is one of the most significant building projects the University of Oxford has undertaken for more than a century.
This 10-acre site in central Oxford between the Woodstock Road, Walton Street and Green Templeton College, is the last remaining large plot of land available for development in the historic heart of the city.
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We’re well and truly up and running.
7 days into the competition and we’ve had over 600 entries
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Bob Diamond presenting the Premiership trophy to John Terry in years gone by
Had an interesting day yesterday. Started with breakfast at 7.30 am with Bob Diamond Chief Executive of Barclays Bank at Blenheim Palace. Not just me of course, but a select number of invited commercial customers ranging from college bursars to local architects to farmers and accountants.
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On Tuesday 1st May we attended and spoke at Property Drum’s conference in Lancaster Gate, London. These are selected notes from the conference – not verbatims – and represent only our interpretation (and recollection?!) of what was said.
Andrew Neil = host
Christopher Hamer, The Property Ombudsman
Mark Hayward, NFoPP
David Dalby, RICS
Liya Fateh, MeetMyAgent.co.uk
Now the madness of May Day morning in Oxford is over, we take a look at what is happening the rest of this month…
The recent heavy rain and high winds meant the Banbury staff were very busy on call right across the weekend. On the Hanwell Fields development on the North side of Banbury various houses were affected by rain water getting under the roof tiles and pouring through the bathroom extractor fans. The five call outs on Sunday alone were dealt with smoothly and efficiently to minimise the damage to the property and ensure the occupant’s disruption was minimised.
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