As a property advocate, I am frequently asked what areas do I specialise in ? Unlike agents who tend to specialise in an area, region and or property type, my work is based on personal referrals. So, it is the people or clients that determines what I sell and buy not where those properties are located ! And whilst I have a very strong personal network based on where I have lived and worked, it should come as no surprise that the properties I buy and sell are the by product of the people I act for and where the referral has come from.
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