97% sales valuation accuracy
99% sales fee satisfaction
96% lettings valuation accuracy
98% lettings fee satisfaction
Town & Country Southern are sales agents, covering Southern Hampshire and West Sussex. Our primary office is based in Drayton, Hampshire we cover the City of Portsmouth and the surrounding area. Working alongside our sister company Fine & Country, we have the facilities available to assist sellers, landlords, buyers and tenants by ...
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Town & Country Southern are sales agents, covering Southern Hampshire and West Sussex. Our primary office is based in Drayton, Hampshire we cover the City of Portsmouth and the surrounding area. Working alongside our sister company Fine & Country, we have the facilities available to assist sellers, landlords, buyers and tenants by utilising their marketing suite at the Emsworth Office, covering a wide geographical area. Whether you are a seller or purchaser, a tenant or a landlord, 'Town & Country Southern will aim make the whole experience as stress free as possible'.
Having highly qualified individuals, our staff are Associates of The Guild Of Professional Estate Agents (AGPEA), they are able to negotiate the best price on your behalf and chase the sales through to a successful conclusion. Having a comprehensive marketing and advertising strategy, with regular feedback and all viewings accompanied, as well as regular reviews, when we discuss the saleability of your property and other matters which may help to improve its saleability. Having regular mailshots to potential buyers, eye catching property particulars, coverage through media websites and free market appraisals.
Our philosophy is to achieve the best possible price for your property, whether it be for sale or letting in the time period you require.
Having our primary office in a prominent high street location, covering Southsea, Portsmouth, Cosham, Drayton, Southern Hampshire and West Sussex. As the only members of the Guild of Professional Estate Agents (GPEA) in Portsmouth, we are delighted to be able to market our portfolio of properties through the Guild's website, a high quality Regional magazine and via the Associated Park Lane, London Office. Thus providing an increased coverage and complimenting our already vast marketing strategy.
If you are looking for a professional, honest estate/letting agent, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy for one of our property consultants to discuss your marketing requirements.
Residential Lettings
If you are a Landlord with a property to let or you are reviewing your management options, why not talk to us, free of charge, in order to obtain and honest appraisal for the best way to utilise your investment. Our marketing strategy includes, colour sales particulars with internal images, accompanied viewings by experienced, mature reliable staff, regular local advertising, property matching with prospective tenants, distinctive and eye catching To-Let boards and regional wide marketing coverage. We subscribe to the major property websites and are members of the Ombudsman Scheme for Lettings Agents (OEA), Tenant's Deposit Release Scheme (TDS). Your property will be in good hands.
Whether you are a landlord, tenant, seller or buyer, to benefit from excellent service, please contact your local office.
Professional Staff
Our staff have an excellent local knowledge and experience, our Director, Colin Shairp, has been an Estate Agent and Letting Agent in the area since 1985 and was (2007 - 2011) the Chairman of the NAEA Solent Region, he sat on the Board at the NAEA from June 2015 May 2017, he is an Associate of the GPEA. If you would like to deal with friendly, forward thinking and reliable staff, we would be delighted to help you through all stages of the moving process. We are committed to making, what is considered to be one of the most stressful transactions, easier and less time consuming for you.
Having highly qualified individuals, our staff are Associates of The Guild Of Professional Estate Agents (AGPEA), they are able to negotiate the best price on your behalf and chase the sales through to a successful conclusion. Having a comprehensive marketing and advertising strategy, with regular feedback and all viewings accompanied, as well as regular reviews, when we discuss the saleability of your property and other matters which may help to improve its saleability. Having regular mailshots to potential buyers, eye catching property particulars, coverage through media websites and free market appraisals.
Our philosophy is to achieve the best possible price for your property, whether it be for sale or letting in the time period you require.
Having our primary office in a prominent high street location, covering Southsea, Portsmouth, Cosham, Drayton, Southern Hampshire and West Sussex. As the only members of the Guild of Professional Estate Agents (GPEA) in Portsmouth, we are delighted to be able to market our portfolio of properties through the Guild's website, a high quality Regional magazine and via the Associated Park Lane, London Office. Thus providing an increased coverage and complimenting our already vast marketing strategy.
If you are looking for a professional, honest estate/letting agent, then please do not hesitate to contact us and we will be happy for one of our property consultants to discuss your marketing requirements.
Residential Lettings
If you are a Landlord with a property to let or you are reviewing your management options, why not talk to us, free of charge, in order to obtain and honest appraisal for the best way to utilise your investment. Our marketing strategy includes, colour sales particulars with internal images, accompanied viewings by experienced, mature reliable staff, regular local advertising, property matching with prospective tenants, distinctive and eye catching To-Let boards and regional wide marketing coverage. We subscribe to the major property websites and are members of the Ombudsman Scheme for Lettings Agents (OEA), Tenant's Deposit Release Scheme (TDS). Your property will be in good hands.
Whether you are a landlord, tenant, seller or buyer, to benefit from excellent service, please contact your local office.
Professional Staff
Our staff have an excellent local knowledge and experience, our Director, Colin Shairp, has been an Estate Agent and Letting Agent in the area since 1985 and was (2007 - 2011) the Chairman of the NAEA Solent Region, he sat on the Board at the NAEA from June 2015 May 2017, he is an Associate of the GPEA. If you would like to deal with friendly, forward thinking and reliable staff, we would be delighted to help you through all stages of the moving process. We are committed to making, what is considered to be one of the most stressful transactions, easier and less time consuming for you.
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Performance Statistics
| Services | Valuation | Fees | Min Price of property reviewed | Max Price of property reviewed |
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| Sales | 97% | 99% | £28,100 | £975,000 |
| Lettings | 96% | 98% | £575 | £3,950 |
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| From Landlords | From Tenants | From Vendors | From Buyers | Other | |||||
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| 47 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 230 | 1 | 169 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
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Address
141 Havant Road
Drayton,Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 2AA
023 9327 7288
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- Sales
- Lettings
- Block Management
- Surveys
- Conveyancing
- Mortgage Advice
- Home Builder
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Having rented through a few of the more larger chains of letting agents, I was thoroughly surprised and very pleased at the friendliness and professionalism of Claire and the others we met at Town and County.
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Hilary is the epitome of a quality estate agent. Always attentive and if it was not for her we would not be moving into our new home.
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Claire made the process of buying a property much more palatable when our sellers started to become difficult. She constantly kept us updated and worked hard to ensure a mutual completion date could be agreed upon. She certainly went above and beyond and I would ...
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Hilary was highly professional, very competent, clear and practical. She kept us informed of what was going on and went out of her way to assist us. Thank you!...
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Apr 11,2016
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Claire and the team were excellent in our recent house purchase. A good humoured, friendly and professional service throughout. Probably our best property transaction yet. Thank you....
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Mar 17,2016
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Claire has been brilliant in helping me bag my new rental home!
Providing a quick response to my online request to view a listed property, answering all my questions and many phone calls/emails quickly and efficiently. I have been very impatient throughout the process ...
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Mar 11,2016
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Claire has worked tirelessly to successfully progress this recent purchase for us and I am sure the vendor is equally delighted with the professionalism and courtesy shown throughout the process. Communication has been prompt and reliable. Having been a previous client of Fine and Country/...
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Fees are very fair and reasonable given the extremely high quality of service provided.
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Mar 11,2016
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Many thanks to Claire for her expert advice and diligence in finding the right buyer for us as we sold our family home of 60 years, and for her efficiency in dealing with all parties, particularly when a little bit of chasing up was required in ...
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Happy with the fees, Claire earned every penny!
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Feb 26,2016
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Claire at Town and Country has been amazing throughout our time buying and selling both properties , always on the end of the phone or emailing .. So very helpful , all staff highly recommended... Thankyou...
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Selling or buying a house is rarely straightforward but Fine & Country made it as straightforward as one could hope for. Why? Because they were attentive, professional, organised and always on the ball. Nothing was allowed to drift. They always kept us in the picture. They ...
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Feb 01,2016
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I found Claire to be very professional and a pleasure to meet with someone who cares about her job. She has a very pleasant and helpful. I have no hesitation in recommending her. I would put her up for agent of the year if there ...
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From our first meeting with Colin we were very impressed with his friendliness and professionalism along with his status within his field. He was sympathetic to our needs and we felt confident in awarding him our business. Fine & Country quickly found us the tenants we ...
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We are always working to achieve our clients end goal, to find a suitable tenant in the time frame required. It is all about team work and making our clients 'happy'. ...
Dec 07,2015
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I have just completed my house move using Town and Country for both the sale of my property and the purchase of my new property. Hilary Landey was my main point of contact and I cannot thank her enough, from day one she was professional, ...
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We utilised Claire's services at this and her previous employer and on both occasions found her to be extremely efficient, polite and helpful. We were more than happy to allow her to call conduct the viewings as she always sold the positives and ensured the ...
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Hillary did a fantastic job in getting things done and making the transaction relatively stress free and timely. She was dealing with a seller with a challenging lead time for completion and she was well up to the task. She communicated well with all parties ...
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Nov 18,2015
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Claire was extremely professional from start to finish. Friendly and reassuring at all times. Claire also informative throughout the sale of my house and purchase . A real expert in her field and very knowledgeable . It hasn't been easy having to sell my family home and ...
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True value for money as I found both Claire and Albert provides me with a very professional service.
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'True value for money', you don't hear that mentioned many times when referring to estate agency services. I am delighted that the client found the services we provided, not only value for money but more importantly both friendly and reassuring. ...
Nov 12,2015
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We sold our property and unusually took a part exchange so as well as doing day to day house sales Claire and Colin will look outside the box for a way to make the deal work for you. Overall it was a smooth transaction with ...
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Nov 10,2015
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Claire was fantastic when helping us with the purchase of our new house. A very pro active agent and she always responded promptly when any issues occurred. Thank you for everything : ) Would highly recommend using Town and Country....
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Nov 03,2015
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An excellent service given by all at Town & Country. We had a sale agreed on our property within a week of it going on the market and we were kept up to date every step of the way.
We also purchased our new property through ...
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Nov 02,2015
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I recently purchased a property using town & country southern. They were always very friendly, quick to response to any queries and always answered the phone. Following a homebuyers report the team arranged helpful quotes to all queries raised.
I would definitely recommend Town & Country as ...
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It is all about the culture within the office, our desire to make people happy. Get them moved without causing too much stress or anxiety. ...
Oct 29,2015
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Harriet was very helpful with our property from the offset. The first viewing was impressive and she was very knowledgeable about the property. We were in a long line of people interested in the property so was overjoyed when she called to say we had ...
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Another happy tenant, happy tenants and happy landlords make for a happy lettings agency. ...
Oct 28,2015
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Harriet was my contact when renting my flat. As I didn't have any transport she was more than willing to drive me around.
She did well under difficult circumstances. They were delays but these were beyond Harriet's control.
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Service, not only to the landlord, but to the tenant as well. Not many agents get reviews from tenants, and when they do they don't normally make praise. I am delighted that we were able to provide a memorable service and grateful for the comments. ...
Oct 27,2015
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Claire has been excellent throughout the process of purchasing the property. From the initial viewing she was knowledgeable about the property. Answering any question (however daft) I had.
During the purchasing process - which was very long (due to others in the chain) she kept ...
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Oct 26,2015
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The service I had was excellent from start to finish, Claire returned all my calls promptly and the price was cheaper than others, I will definetly use them again....
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Oct 26, 2015
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This is a great example of providing a service after the previous agent had let the client down badly. Knowing the market, the correct pricing and following through with our promises meant that we sold two homes in the short chain of two homes! ...
Oct 26,2015
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Claire was outstanding from beginning to end of a slightly difficult and long drawn out sale which had a short chain below it.. She stayed the course in supporting us and cajoled and pressed solicitors and estate agents alike to bring the sale to a ...
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I am delighted that we were able to progress this transaction, it had its ups and downs but the final goal was always in sight. It not all about finding a buyer, sometimes the job just starts there! ...
Oct 23,2015
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Excellent service from Town & Country Southern.
Special Thanks to Claire Ray for involvement,and help through all process.
Very professional service from begging to the end.
Many Thanks!!!...
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Oct 17,2015
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From day one Hillary and Claire have been extremely helpful and very pro active in chasing up everyone in the chain. They pulled out all the stops to facilitate a date to exchange contracts for my buyers, only to be let down when my buyers ...
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Very happy with the quote I was given from Colin.
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As an agent, we are in the firing line when things don't go to plan, I am delighted that the team stuck to the challenge and progressed the transaction through. I wish all agents had the drive, desire and ability my team have shown in this instance. ...
Oct 16,2015
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We bought our first property and that was a stress free and really enjoyable experience. A special thank you to Albert. I recommend Town and Country for their professionalism and friendliness....
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Oct 08,2015
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We always feel everything is under control when dealing with Hilary and Claire. They are both very professional and competent and communicate well when needed....
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Claire did a fantastic job in getting things done and making the transaction relatively stress free and timely. She was dealing with a seller who needed his hand held and she was well up to the task. She promoted the property with just the right ...
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Awards won by Town & Country Southern
Regional Awards won by Town & Country Southern
Individual Branch Awards
Portsmouth, PO6
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Best Estate Agent in PO6
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Best Estate Agent in Portsmouth
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2021
Best Letting Agent in Portsmouth
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2021
Best Estate Agent in PO6
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2021
Best Letting Agent in PO6
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2023
Best Letting Agent in Portsmouth
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Best Estate Agent in Portsmouth
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2022
Best Letting Agent in Portsmouth
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