The Agent: Dominic Maxwell-Batten - Home Sales

This novahomes.co.uk estate agent has homes for sale available in Exeter, Devon.

Exeter, Devon

Opened beginning of September 2006
The agent - The team at Novahomes Exeter (Dominic Maxwell-Batten trading under licence as novahomes.co.uk)
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Dominic and David have nearly 40 years estate agency between them. During that time they have seen good market conditions and the leaner times.

Dominic started in 1988; initially as a land buyer with a prominent National house builder in the South West before moving to residential estate agency. He gained valuable experience with some of the region's leading independent agencies. He said. “The true benefit of Novahomes is how it delivers massive savings by combining the power of the Internet with a network of real and experienced estate agents delivering a high level of support to buyers and sellers. I believe it to be the best of both worlds"

David began his Estate Agency career in 1976 in Gloucester before moving to Exeter 1998. Since then he has managed a number of branches for leading corporate Estate Agencies and gained the accolade of most improved branch in the UK. He became disillusioned with the level of service corporate agency was able to offer and joined Novahomes Exeter as co director. He said. “During my career I have managed many branches of Corporate Estate Agencies and their attitude of one size fits all often leaves house sellers and buyers with poor service. The opportunity to join an agency with the power of a national chain but the personal attention of an independent is very attractive. With a fee of just 0.75% sole agency and the fact we are selling houses despite the current market conditions – what is there not to like?”

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Novahomes Exeter Offer International Properties

Novahomes Exeter are pleased to announce they are now a Polaris World Authorised Agent.

Polaris World is a company that promotes, develops and builds a comprehensive concept: resorts with golf courses. The firm manages services of the entire resort, not just the housing-related, which makes the homes and their setting a great investment.

Dominic said "We are very excited to offer a variety of properties in the exclusive Polaris World resorts in the Murcia region of Spain, these range in price from just £89,000." He went on to say "The attention to detail and quality represents incredibly good value and all the resorts have 24 hour security to watch over villas while the owners are away."

Polaris World is currently backed by large companies with which it has signed major joint venture agreements. Nicklaus Design is in charge of designing all of our golf courses, guaranteeing the highest quality standards. For their resorts, they choose internationally prestigious architects such as Melvin Villarroel and José de Yturbe. They are collaborating with the Intercontinental Hotels Group on two, five-star Intercontinental hotels. The one at Mar Menor Golf Resort is already operating, while the Crowne Plaza is underway.

Polaris World is additionally backed by cutting edge technology companies such as Oracle, a world benchmark in business technologies and solutions; Cisco Systems, in charge of the development and implementation of Internet and router systems at our resorts; and Siemens, which collaborates in the development and implementation of our telephone network. Last but not least, they highlight their sports collaborator, José Antonio Camacho, one of Murcia´s most internationally renowned sportsmen

Polaris World are one of the leading developers in Europe and the Polaris World offer will be unique: 9 golf courses, all within striking distance of each other. Polaris World are also working with the leading hotel chain, Intercontinental, which will have 3, 5* hotels on the resorts. The facilities at Polaris will be second to none, with 24 hour security, supermarkets, bars, restaurants, sports facilities and broadband internet to name a few.

As there are a number of Polaris World Resorts in various stages of development, we can offer you property that is Ready Now as well as Off-Plan. This gives you hundreds more properties to choose from, many of which are brand new and at very good prices. For example, see the exclusive frontline properties Ready Now at the La Torre Resort available through us.

Our tailormade inspection trips are free, they include accommodation in a luxury hotel and a whole lot more. All you need pay for is your flight!

For further information please call 01392 349126.

David Brooks Joins Novahomes Exeter

NOVAHOMES EXETER GOES FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH

Due to demand for their Full Service, Fair Fee – Exeter estate agents Novahomes Exeter is pleased to welcome a new member to the team in its Pinhoe office.

Novahomes Exeter are pleased announce that David Brooks has joined the team based in Pinhoe. David joins as co-director and brings a wealth of experience gained through over 30 years in Estate Agency. Latterly as branch manager for Your Move in Exeter.

Dominic Maxwell-Batten said “We are very pleased that David has chosen to join Novahomes Exeter. He brings a wealth of experience gained in the industry over many years and he will add real value to the business at a time when good solid estate agency is most important.” He went on to say “David’s experience of the Exeter market includes lean times as well as good and this is important to us and our vendors in achieving that all important sale.”

David said “During my career I have managed many branches of Corporate Estate Agencies and their attitude of one size fits all often leaves house sellers and buyers with poor service. The opportunity to join an agency with the power of a national chain but the personal attention of an independent is very attractive. With a fee of just 0.75% sole agency and the fact we are selling houses despite the current market conditions – what is there not to like?.”

He went on to say “I have seen the good times and the lean times before. Despite the negative spin put on the housing market by the media over recent months houses are selling if they are placed in the hands of an experienced and professional estate agent with a realistic asking price. Now, with a further cut in interest rates announced on Thursday I am confident buyers will come forward including those all important first time buyers.”

Novahomes is at the forefront of change in the industry; a recent HotProperty survey revealed an increasing trend towards online estate agency with only 38% of agents believing that high street premises will be necessary in 10 years time. A massive 62% of agents agree that the Novahomes business model is the future of estate agency!

Novahomes Exeter offer all the services you would expect from a professional estate agent. The only difference is that we charge a much lower fee! We do this by keeping our overheads low. That means we utilise the power and reach of the Internet rather than maintaining less efficient and expensive shop fronts. In essence the service that you get from a traditional agent is dependent on the quality of the person that you deal with. Their fee however is based on the overheads that they carry as well as the level of service that you require. Premises are the main overhead as a High Street shop presence is very expensive to maintain and staff.

In recent years buyer behaviour has changed dramatically. Most people are now exceptionally busy, and work hours in the UK are longer than many other European counties. Add all of these factors together and it is easy to see why so many buyers now search for a property on the Internet. They can choose when and where they do it, and they can initially browse anonymously.

Agents have been slow to adapt to the buyers needs. Many try and get a buyer to register their name, address and phone number to receive full details, and some refuse to give any information at all getting the buyer to ring the office instead. The buyers using the Internet want information – and they want it NOW!

Novahomes.co.uk has been designed to allow a buyer to browse the details, download full particulars, and register for e-mail updates giving only an e-mail address and password. Our philosophy is to give the buyers what they want – plenty of information and easy access to it.

The result is that as so few buyers pound the streets when looking for a home to buy the website and the phone are kings. There is therefore no need for an expensive High Street presence. That means lower overheads for us – and more importantly a massively reduced sales fee for you. We believe that you pay for the person and the service and not the incidentals. That is why with novahomes.co.uk you get experienced and talented agents for a fraction of the cost.

For further information on Novahomes Exeter, or to arrange a free no obligation market appraisal of your home please call 01392 349126 or visit www.novahomes.co.uk.

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