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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Nov 17,2016
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Very helpful from a Buyers point of view. Quick to get answers to queries and a good go-between for direct contact with the Vendors for specific items, rather than waiting on solicitors...
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Nov 17,2016
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Claire carried out an excellent job in a short space of time.
Very helpful & professional throughout, which made the whole process less stressful...
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Nov 14,2016
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Fine & Country is by far the most proactive and professional Estate Agent i have ever appointed. Hilary and Claire have been outstanding in their efforts to achieve a good outcome for us, despite the challenges we presented. Every member of staff is pleasant and helpful. ...
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We were able to negotiate an acceptable fee.
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Nov 11,2016
Nov 11,2016
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Claire was exceptionally helpful and friendly throughout the entire process. She always spent time explaining each step and ensured any requested visits to the property were possible.
Claire had an immediate understanding of the entire chain, ensured everything progressed with all parties and kept me ...
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Nov 10,2016
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Using Fine as my letting agent I am pleased to report another successful let completed by Hilary, she has kept me informed at all times regarding prospective tenants and finally arranging all searches etc for the new tenant . Any queries have been sorted quickly and ...
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I have been fortunate to negotiate fees to suit me.
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Nov 10,2016
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Claire has sold my sons property and I found her to be extremely efficient and friendly. I would highly recommend her to anyone else who is looking for a good Agent to sell their property....
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Oct 31,2016
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Claire has recently sold our house, we found Claire to be friendly, easy to communicate with and very efficient in all aspects of her role, i would happily use Claire again in the future and recommend her and Fine and Country to friends or colleagues ...
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Fees are at current market rates, no issues here.
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Oct 23,2016
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When m purchase of another property fell through, I needed to act fast to find another I'd love as much. Seeing such a place on Rightmove, I contacted Claire who reshuffled her calendar to meet me there a couple of hours later. She clearly really ...
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Sep 21,2016
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From the initial valuation by Colin Shairp and the accompanied viewings with instant feedback, I would certainly recommend Town and Country. Both Claire and Hilary worked tirelessly to keep the momentum of our sale going, keeping us constantly updated. Hilary certainly did a fantastic job ...
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Aug 23,2016
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After an initial bad experience with another estate agent . I reached out to Colin and his team to help me market and sell my property.
The whole experience has been nothing less than professional from start to finish .
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Aug 11,2016
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The sale of our property has been a long process due to a lengthy chain, but Colin and his staff at Town and Country have been excellent throughout, Keeping us informed regularly about the progress. A special thank you to Hilary for all her efforts....
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Aug 02,2016
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Although we did not use Town & Country as our estate agent, I could not give praise enough to Hillary for all her sterling work and constant updates when our estate agent was nowhere to be seen or heard. She was always professional, friendly & helpful and ...
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Jul 18,2016
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Claire is Excellent. Our chain was long with many challenges but she kept us informed every step of the way, stayed patient and really worked hard to get our sale and purchase through.
I would highly recommend Claire and the team at Town and Country ...
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As expected and in line with other local agents
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Jul 11,2016
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The sale of my flat was made a very simple process from the initial valuation to completion. This was down to Claire being on the ball at all stages of the sale providing me with regular updates & chasing all concerned when required. A stress free ...
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The fees I feel were very competitive with no hidden extras.
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Jul 10,2016
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Many thanks to Claire for overseeing the sale of the family home.
It was somewhat of a 'long slog' but Claire's tenacity kept all stakeholders within the chain in line and without doubt her proactiveness enabled us to ultimately complete as per our expectations.
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The fees were as expected.
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Jul 07,2016
Jul 07,2016
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After 32 Years at our address we decided it was time to move Fine & Country were the obvious choice for our property, We have no regrets as they have been superb in every aspect. Colin, Hilary and Claire have been very professional and kept us informed ...
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Fine & Country's fees were very good
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Jul 07,2016
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Hilary has been most helpful when I contacted her about properties for sale in Southsea. Unfortunately I purchased a property on the market with another agent but wished I had been able to buy from her as she was definitely the most professional and nothing ...
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Jul 06,2016
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From the initial valuation through to completion of the sale of my house, Colin and Claire (together with all of the staff) where courteous and professional. Viewings where organised and the fact that I did not need to be present removed a great deal of ...
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Exactly as advised and quoted.
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Jul 05,2016
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We found Claire not only very helpful and courteous but also extremely efficient in chasing up solicitors etc and all the time keeping us informed of the progress in the purchase of the Garden Flat. We would have not hesitation in recommending her and all ...
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Jul 05,2016
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We purchased our new house through Town & Country via Claire and were slightly apprehensive of the process after the poor service we received throughout via our estate agent to whom we were using to sell our property.
The service we received was completely the opposite ...
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Jul 04,2016
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Without Claire's amazing support this sale could have fallen through on numerous occasions.
Dedicated, calm and effective, all with a smile and positive attitude.
I couldn't have asked for more. Highly recommended!
Thanks for everything Claire....
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Jul 04,2016
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Claire is a lovely lady who really helped make the rental process easy. Managed to have a great laugh with her, which is nice as most estate agents in the past have been very wooden. Would recommend....
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Jun 27,2016
Jun 27,2016
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With no preparation, we saw our dream house on right move and Claire sold both of our properties and worked tirelessly to negotiate the details throughout the whole process in order to secure the outcome we desired. She achieved the asking price on both properties ...
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Competitive with the market price but with significant additional value add.
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Jun 20,2016
Jun 20,2016
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Hilary worked very hard to try and secure us our purchase. She was so very helpful, keeping us informed of progress and trying to keep the sale going through smoothly. I would certainly consider going back to Town and Country when we next need to ...
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Jun 02,2016
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Complicated sale and purchase but got there in the end with the help of Hilary and Claire and also Sarah. Long drawn out process because of problems mostly with the sale but thanks to them I finally bought the house I wanted and am now ...
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Can't comment as I was a purchaser
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May 23,2016
May 23,2016
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Claire was extremely helpful from the outset, she was always on hand to answer any questions and to keep the process moving by dealing with any issues that came up and chasing for answers etc. We had a few issues during the sale which Claire ...
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May 23,2016
May 23,2016
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Delighted. Impressed. Very efficient. Always quick to deal with issues that arose. Had to go several extra miles as a number of complications occurred. Always friendly and cheerful.
Hilary and Claire handle the majority of our sale but the rest of the team were equally ...
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Very reasonable especially given the amount of work they did.
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May 16,2016
May 16,2016
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Claire was the agent acting on our recent purchase. From the offset my wife and I felt at ease dealing with Claire. She was knowledgeable, approachable and always willing to help us.
Our purchase was problematic (due to issues with our buyers not Claire's seller), ...
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May 13,2016
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Claire has been brilliant from start to finish of my house sale. She was engaging and personable with the prospective clients and developed a great rapport with them. She also tirelessly pursued the different agents and solicitors in the sale chain to keep the momentum ...
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May 13,2016
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Claire was very helpful throughout the purchasing period excellent with progressing solicitors. very quick to responses to questions and friendly....
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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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2023
Best Estate Agent in PO6
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2022
Best Letting Agent in PO6
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2022
Best Estate Agent in PO6
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2021
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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2023
Best Estate Agent in Portsmouth
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2022
Best Letting Agent in Portsmouth
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2022
Best Estate Agent in Portsmouth
