Having worked in the insurance industry for 23 years, Martin Lonsdale setup as an independent insurance agent in Feb 1991. Over the following years the business grew and developed to incorporate Property Management and Residential Sales. This expansion continued and in August 1997 the decision was made to focus fully on the estate agency, with the purpose of providing the residents of Thackley, Idle and North Bradford a new estate office to sell their properties.

With the continued growth it was essential for Martin to recruit extra staff and the business now employs two negotiators, Julie Chandler and Oriel Wladarz, both of which have vast experience of financial services. Between them they act on behalf of vendors selling their residential properties and new build developments in the local area.

We are also involved in overseas purchases particularly in Spain for people looking to purchase a second home or investment, details can be found our website under living overseas.

In 2004 we were proudly accepted as members of The Guild of Professional Estate Agents, which is a prestigious body of dedicated professional serving their local area.

As with previous years, 2006 saw changes at Martin Lonsdale. We were voted Runners Up by the Guild due to the service we provide as a company. The continued growth of the company as a whole, has lead to the recruiting of Pamela Gravestock as Rentals Manager and she is responsible for overseeing all properties which are rented through the office.

To meet the increasing demand for mortgage and protection advice we also recruited the services of Richard East from Linear Mortgage Network. Richards role within the office is to offer full advice to new and existing clients with regards to the best possible mortgage available. His services will also be used to verify offers made by buyers on properties we are selling.

We have a very success full web site under www.lonsdales-estates.co.uk and also found on ­ www.rightmove.co.uk plus www.fish4homes.co.uk.

Whatever your thinking of doing with your property, we are the one stop office that will be able to help. Buying, Selling, Extending, Renting or Remortgaging we’ll have the answer.