Following the success of a home selling scheme at the Bradley Stoke branch of leading Bristol estate agent, Ocean Home, their branches are running a special promotion for the next fortnight to encourage sales activity in the run up to Christmas. Every seller on Ocean’s books have been contacted and asked what the lowest price they would accept from a cash buyer would be. The seller’s who agree to take part, commit that they would consider an offer at the same level from any other buyer as long as it is placed in the two week window that the promotion is running. The lowest acceptable figures will be advertised on a special promotional listing available at each branch making the home buying process as transparent as possible.

Chris McLaughlin a senior manager at Ocean said

“although we are in a tough market place at present, we are keen to encourage all our staff to think about new ways of doing business and to encourage innovation”.

The manager of the Bradley Stoke office Jake Grady put forward the “Promotion Fortnight” idea and we are please to say it has been a huge success, matching our best ever sales month for the office. Mr McLaughlin says” if you are looking for a home and hope to secure the best price possible, now is the time to contact your local Ocean branch to see what sort of deals can be done over the coming weeks, you might be surprised what we have got on offer”

We have moved home too!

Moving home can release a whole set of emotions. On one hand there is the excitement of the new place and new neighbours but on the other hand is the natural sadness associated with leaving your previous happy home. No one understands this more than Ocean, Southville’s leading independent estate agent. Having been a fixture on North Street since 1983, ocean themselves are moving. 

Ocean have acquired a local landmark to make their new home and have given a once tired corner of North Street the Ocean facelift treatment. The old Plaza cinema on the corner of North Street and Raleigh Road will become oceans latest and biggest office, incorporating their sister company Ocean Letting and Management. Ocean are taking estate agency in BS3 to another level with state of the art air conditioned offices, a relaxed “contemplation area”,  LCD window advertising and an huge projector displaying all our properties on the Big Screen and staying true to the cinematic roots of the building.

Chris and his first class team have moved to the new branch towards and look forward to showing you around it and all the other homes that they will be marketing. Lucy Kilby, the lettings manager will also be on hand with her years of experience to advise on the finer details of letting your home and to explain how the ocean “menu” of letting services works.

Investment in Bristol

The Ministry Of Defence has announced that it will be expanding its operations in Bristol and moving jobs to an enlarged Abbey Wood. The total number of staff at the site will increase from 6,000 to more than 10,000.

Open Evening at the Deco Building

Open evening Thursday 11th September. These 7 spectacular apartments at the popular Paintworks development in Arnos Vale will be opening their doors on the evening of Thursday September 11th. Staring from 5pm until 9pm, all of the apartments will be available to view.  

Come along and see the apartments for yourself. A mixture of one and two bedroom apartments will be on offer – with terraces and parking also available.

 True to its reputation – The Paint Houses at The Deco Building carry on the style and theme of the rest of the development with top specification and materials being used throughout.

To register your interest in the up coming launch and wish to have a look at this exciting development – then please call 0117 3660070 or email newhomes@ocean-estate.co.uk.

House price to rise by 25%

The average house price in England will rise by 25 per cent over the next five years to reach £274,700, despite fears of a housing market crash – according to a new report published today by the National Housing Federation.

The document – researched by independent economists Oxford Economics – forecasts that house prices will fall in 2009, start to recover in 2010, and then rapidly increase from 2011.

The paper, entitled Home Truths 2008, says that house prices will increase by:

5.2 per cent in 2011
9.2 per cent in 2012, and
9.3 per cent in 2013 – with the typical price at the end of the period being well above the average in 2007 of £222,600.
In the short to mid term, it says house prices will:
Fall by 2.1 per cent in 2009, and
Increase by 1.3 per cent in 2010.
The report also states that while demand is growing, supply of new housing is falling, with only 75 per cent of the new homes required being built each year.

Ocean Mortages Rate Watching

16 July 2008

Neil Butler Director of Ocean Mortgages has been keeping a keen eye on mortgage interest rates. Following months of increases in the interest rate offered by the Banks and Building Societies, Neil has seen rates start to trend downwards with Nationwide cutting its tracker rates this week by up to 0.46% .  Neil is an independent mortgage advisor and is able to offer free advice from any of our 8 branch network.

Ocean Property Lawyers Moving home

26 June 2008

Ocean Property Lawyers, a sister company of Bristol's leading independent estate agent, Ocean Home, has aquired new premises on the Gloucester Road, next door to the estate agency. The lawyers who, on average help 1000 people a year move home, have given up their old premises on the Gloucester Road and have taken up residence in new, larger, state of the art offices at number 199 Gloucester Road. Jon Aldous, director, says "due to our increasing workload and to allow us to offer more services such as Home Information Packs, we have invested heavily in a once derelict building, giving it the Ocean treatment. We now can accommodate our larger team and have dedicated meeting rooms for our clients plus a Home Information Pack processing centre." Ocean are also pleased to announce that Kirstie Wilkins has been promoted to director of the conveyancing company, having worked within the Ocean group for 12 years.

Negotiator of the Year

Following the end of ocean home's financial year, it is with great pleasure that we can announce the Negotiator Of The Year for 2006/2007 is Jake Grady. Jake has had a wonderful year at our Filton office, excelling in all departments. With this in mind Jake has recently been promoted to be one of newest Branch Managers, taking control of our successful Bradley Stoke office. No doubt Jake will inspire his team to continue providing a first class service and push for the accolade again in 2007/2008. Well done Jake.

Buyers camp overnight to secure flats

The much anticipated launch of the landmark Robinson Building in BS3 took place on the 29th September. The development which consistes of 100 flats attracted overnight campers hoping to put deposits on the best units. Mary Forman, sales manager of Ocean Land and New Homes said " the excitment in the run up to the launch of the development has been amazing. We are delighted that buyers have seen what a fantastic site this is and that the building is so special". Following the Launch weekend Ocean Land and New Homes have reserved 60 units, far exceeding expectations. Call 0117 366 0070 to speak to the sales team.

Bristol is top city for home movers

Bristol has been named as the most popular destination for prospective homebuyers, according to research by email4property.co.uk. The city has recieved more interest than any other destination in the UK. Records taken from their site over the past six months have shown that Bristol, on average, has received over 10,000 more online searches for property each month than any other city.

A large number of young professionals are now either choosing to move to the city, or opting to stay after university to take advantage of the thriving local economy and opportunities within the many financial, technical and creative industrys.
 

Ocean rodaway

ocean have bought fellow independent estate agent Rodaway & Son.
The addition of the Rodaway business brings ocean’s total number of Branches to ten, including the legal and the letting and management divisions and makes Ocean one of the largest independents in Bristol.

Rodaway’s staff have joined ocean, bringing the total number of ocean staff to over 100. Nicky Rodaway said, “We have known Paul Harris and ocean for very many years and I believe we share the same commitment to high standards and customer service. We feel very comfortable leaving the business in their capable hands”.
ocean Director Ross Kieran said, “We are delighted that the Rodaway offices will be joining the ocean fold. They are a very well established and highly respected business and we share the same service-led approach. Both office locations are a perfect complement to our own and we are very impressed with the staff, who will become part of the ocean team.”

The Rodaway family started their estate agency business in Westbury on Trym thirty nine years ago, adding the office in Shirehampton in 1992. They moved to larger premises in Westbury in 2001.