Sewell & Gardner awarded at
The Estate Agency of the Year Awards 2013
Sewell & Gardner have yet again been presented with 3 prestigious GOLD awards at The Estate Agency of the Year Awards 2013 in association with The Sunday Times and The Times and sponsored by Zoopla Property Group.
Directors Alex Sewell & Jane Gardner attened the awards ceremony along with their sales managers Kirsty Drabik, Joe Rylett & Emily Walton and were over the moon to receive top honours for Customer Service, Social Media and Best Small Agent (East of England).
The glittering ceremony took place on Friday 6th December with over 600 leading estate agents from throughout the UK attending The Lancaster London Hotel opposite Hyde Park where the winners of the most highly regarded awards in the estate agency industry were revealed. The prestigious awards were presented by TV newsreader and presenter Penny Smith.
The awards ceremony was the culminating event of a rigorous and thorough judging process by a panel of 20 industry experts who assessed initial entry submissions before conducting an extensive review of the entrants, which included over 150 hours of telephone interviews and mystery shopping exercises. The whole of the judging process was overseen by The Property Ombudsman; Christopher Hamer and Martyn Baum Vice President of the NAEA as Arbiter.
Now in its eleventh year as a dedicated competition, these awards have become widely recognised as the most prestigious and difficult to win. With more entrants than ever before, over 5,000 offices were represented this year, but only the very best of the best were crowned as winners. The regional awards were sponsored by Zoopla Property Group whilst the specialist categories were sponsored by Duel Services (Customer Service Award) VTUK (Social Media Award). Sewell & Gardner add to the lettings gold awards received in May 2013, including the Overall Letting Agency of the Year trophy. A website listing all the winning companies with comments from the judges as to why they won can be found at www.estateagencyoftheyear.com.
For further information contact the marketing team on 01923 721901 or email marketing@sewellgardner.com.