Fine & Country

Fine and Country Property Consultants for Residential Sales and Lettings (incorporating Town and Country Southern)

Fine and Country is a network of independent estate agents, providing you with local knowledge, expertise and professionalism. We have a register of potential purchasers and an in-depth knowledge of the type of people who may be interested in either buying or renting property.

We also know the local marketplace intimately, the values of properties in your area, the advantages, features and benefits in the vicinity such as schools, transport, future developments and industry. Having the advantages of regional marketing, regular presence in the local press and the increasingly important “County” lifestyle magazines. Having an International department, we have the facilities of marketing and selling properties in South Africa, Dubai, Malta and Cyprus. With professional property presentation, including high quality detailed brochures, professional photography, showrooms in Drayton and Park Lane, London and the ability to tailor the marketing of your home to ensure your property enjoys the maximum exposure on all levels.

Our first office in the USA has recently opened for business in Los Angeles and there are plans to establish a branch in India during 2011.

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.

We are members of the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA) and the Portsmouth Property Association (PPA) and The Property Ombudsman (TPO). Having offices in prominent high street locations, covering Southsea, Portsmouth, Cosham, Drayton, Southern Hampshire and West Sussex.

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), the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), The Association of Residential Lettings Agents (ARLA), Client's Money Protection Scheme and the Tenant's Deposit Release Scheme (TDRSA). 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 a excellent local knowledge and experience, our Director, Colin Shairp, has been an Estate Agent and Letting Agent in the area since 1985 and is currently (2007 – 2011) the Chairman of the NAEA Solent Region, a Fellow of the NAEA and Member of ARLA. Colin is one of 7 national representatives on the Fine & Country National Advisory Council and Chairs the IT Sub-Committee. 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.

Specialising in sales of homes in the upper quartile, Fine & Country offer a proactive and innovative approach to the marketing of exceptional property through the use views of sophisticated on and off line strategies. Our Park Lane office provides direct access to the lucrative London market and frequently hosts property exhibitions displaying distinctive homes from across the country.

Fine & Country Drayton are the current holders of the ‘Southern Home Counties’ Office of the Year Award. The company has also won two gold awards at the 2010 Estate Agents of the Year event sponsored by the Sunday Times as well as two prestigious International Awards the ‘Five Star Best Real Estate Agency Marketing UK’ and ‘Best International Real Estate Agency Marketing 2010’.

New Homes, Auctions and Fine Art.

New Homes

Our New Homes Department has numerous years of experience in land acquisitions, auction procedures, planning and marketing, delivering a quality and informed sales package designed to suit the client and their budget with one objective in mind, to secure sales at the best prices.

The company director offers a personal service with regular meetings and updates to ensure that the client is fully informed and aware of all market trends that may affect sales.

The service we are able to provide includes a full schedule of advertising, marketing and are subject to agreeing a strategy and budget.

Property Auctions

We offer a property auction facilities through our association with Clive Emson, the largest property auctioneers on the south coast of England.

Fine Art

We are able to offer Estate Sales Services across the entire spectrum of decorative and antique furniture, books, manuscripts and works on paper, prints, jewellery, watches, silver, ceramics, collectables and wine. This is through our association with Dreweatts Bloomsbury Auctions.

Financial Services

We are not financial advisers so recommend Assured Independent Financial Services

Assured Independent Financial Services Limited provides professional, independent advice and recommendation on a wide range of financial products. Our focus is on making a positive difference to the financial wellbeing of our clients; to help achieve this we have the support of the UK’s leading support service provider, Sesame who is part of the Sesame Bankhall Group.

Regulated Industry;

We work within the regulations that the Financial Services Authority imposes; Sesame monitors and translates regulatory and legislative changes into specific and clear guidance for us. This ensures that we are always up-to-date enabling us to provide our clients with the very best advice every time.

Best products and rates

Assured IFS are able to provide recommendations that are based on considered and professional research. Sesame researches, reviews and rates literally thousands of products in the market, using their size and strength to leverage the very best products and rates in the market which we can pass on to our clients.

Values
Our values provide us with our guiding principles about how we behave and how we treat our colleagues and customers. They describe the internal culture of Assured IFS and the experience that our customers and partners should have in their dealings with us.
Service
We provide a professional personal service to our clients where we embrace to the principles of Treating Customers Fairly as we realise that trust, integrity and quality of service is key to our success in retaining our existing Clients and growing our business through referrals from our satisfied clients, more than 90% of our new business comes from client referrals.
Adviser
Neil Plaister has been providing professional financial advice and quality personal service to his clients for over fifteen years, listening, ascertaining their needs and recommending the most suitable solution, making a positive difference to his client’s financial wellbeing.
Neil offers a free half hour consultation to see if he can be of service to you.

Assured Independent Financial Services Ltd is an appointed representative of Sesame Ltd which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority

Registered Office; Assured Independent Financial Services Limited 58, Blake House, Gunwharf Quays, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO1 3TH

Assured Independent Financial Services Limited is registered in England and Wales under company registration number 6873356