New Tenants Claim Thornley Groves, Northern Quarter, are Head and Shoulders above other Manchester Lettings Agents.

If you’re a tenant looking to rent a flat, house or apartment in and around Manchester City Centre and you are not sure which rental agents to turn to, then read the letter we’ve received below from a satisfied tenant and call Thornley Groves on 0161 245 1111 now for a service you can trust:

“Dear Mr Groves

Re  104 T H

I wish to draw your attention to two of your members of staff at the Northern Quarter Branch, Lucy Raines and Daniel Castille.

We have recently moved into one of your properties and have dealt primarily with Lucy and Daniel. As first time tenants we were naturally apprehensive and we literally pestered both Lucy and Daniel for over two weeks! Yet still they remained professional and completely patient with us. They succeeded in achieving our desired moving in date and were totally accommodating in meeting with us to sign the contracts.

Lucy – Has been a real star! We have dealt with her on numerous occasions and the level of service she provided was unrivalled in comparison to other agents we have dealt with. She made the process as stress free as possible, and fun! Lucy made sure everything went through in time for us to move in, and her organisation ensured that there were no hurdles in our way.

Daniel – Again, he was worked really hard to ensure we moved in on the date we wanted. He responded to our questions and emails way beyond normal office hours. (10PM) This level of customer care was way beyond our expectations and was such a breath of fresh air! It saved us evenings of worrying and made sure the process was as enjoyable as possible.

It is worth mentioning that from the outset Thornley Groves were head and shoulders above other letting agents in Manchester, you showed up to viewings, were knowledgeable about your properties and the letting procedure and informed us of alternative apartments which may have suited our requirements. It may sound as if that is an obvious requirement of a letting agent but it certainly wasn’t the case in our experience, you were the only ones who did this!

Please pass on our thanks to both Lucy and Daniel, we are extremely grateful! We look forward to dealing with yourselves over the course of our tenancy.

Richard G”

Our South Manchester Offices in Hale, Altrincham, Sale & Urmston will be open 9.30am – 5pm

Our Manchester Offices at Whitworth Street West, Tib Street (Northern Quarter), John Dalton Street and Chapel Street (Salford) will be open all day everyday 9.30am – 5pm except Sunday.

Property Management

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR TENANTS

IF YOU ARE A TENANT IN A PROPERTY MANAGED BY THORNLEY GROVES, Please note we do not offer a 24 hour management service and our South Manchester Property Management Department will be closed April 22-25 inclusive.

Our City Centre Property Management Department will be open on Saturday May 28th & Monday May 30^th 9.30am – 5pm.

Outside of these hours tenants may wish to organise their own emergency remedies by calling the appropriate utility providers or the emergency services as follows:

Gas leak – National Grid on 0800 111 999.

Fire Service on 999.

Break in – The Police on 0161 872 5050.

The vast majority of property issues can wait until the next working day when you will be able to contact your Property Manager. Our entire Property Management teams, their titles and direct dial telephone numbers are listed on our web site. Any of them can be emailed on firstname.surname@thornleygroves.co.uk

To arrange to view this stunning conversion call one of Thornley Groves’ Lettings Consultants at our Northern Quarter Office on 0161 245 1111 or e-mail manchesternq@thornleygroves.co.uk

Alternatively, for an information sheet on this apartment you can download one here.

http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/FullDetails.aspx?CID=THORMANC&AID=THGRTIBS&PID=TTP08536

Are you currently renting or selling your home?

Want an agent who will market your property with enthusiasm and work hard to find a buyer for you?

Then you  NEED to talk to Thornley Groves Estate Agents!

 Click the link below for a FREE no obligation appointment for one of our Managers to come and see your property and tell how much we can achieve and how fast.

 http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/.

INVESTORS – if you are looking for a property that will generate a yield bedazzling to the eye then this is the property to buy. Based on a sale price of £80,000 and a rental estimate of £700pcm this will generate a 10.5% yield!!!

A beautifully presented ground floor flat in the heart of the ‘Bohemian’ Northern Quarter close to all shops, bars & restaurants. The delightful ground floor accommodation briefly comprises: newly refurbished living room, separate kitchen, bedroom & bathroom. The property benefits from having a patio garden to the rear & being just a stroll from the shops, bars & restaurants the city centre has to offer.

This would be ideal for first time buyers and investors.

The property has recently been fitted with UPVC new doors, windows and brand new boiler/heating system. Space – 334 Sq. Ft. @ £240 Per Sq. Ft.

To book your appointment to view this fantastic apartment with Thornley Groves,  the leading Manchester Estate Agent, please contact Gregg Harris  – Sales Consultant for Thornley Groves in Manchester, directly on 0161 242 1674 or email gregg.harris@thornleygroves.co.uk       

Alternatively, for an information sheet on this unmissable flat in Manchester’s Northern Quarter go to:
http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/FullDetails.aspx?CID=THORMANC&AID=THGRTIBS&PID=TTP02838

Want to know how much your home is worth? Selling or Renting?

Book a Free no obligation valuation and marketing advice today click http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/.

This attractive 1 bed Manchester property will be available from the end of January next year, and is yours to rent for just £675 PCM.

The Northern Quarter has become a central hub of cultural activity in recent years, with young professionals and Manchester’s large student population alike.

Synonymous with style and City Centre living, this up and coming area was recently voted “Best Neighbourhood in Britain” as reported by the Manchester Evening News.

Interest will therefore be high in what is undoubtedly one of the most alluring properties that the area has to offer, providing a combination of high specification and spacious accommodation, with a price that won’t break the bank.

The large and stylish 1 bed apartment is situated on Oak Street and surrounded by a plethora of trendy bars, restaurants and boutiques, just a hop skip and a jump away from Manchester City Centre.

Accommodation comprises very large lounge, fully fitted kitchen, one double bedroom and a luxury bathroom. It is supplied on an unfurnished or fully-furnished basis, which can be upgraded to for an extra £25 PCM.

It would be ideally suited to a young couple looking to move in together without leaving behind city Centre living, and based on a rate sharing a rent of £675 PCM equates to little more than £10 per night per person – image what people pay to stay in hotels in this  centralised and lively location.

To book your appointment to view this fantastic home with the leading Manchester Estate Agents, please contact Matt Smith – Sales Manager for Thornley Groves, directly on 0161 242 1678.

Alternatively, for an information sheet on the Oak Street apartment in the Northern Quarter of Manchester City Centre, please view: http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/FullDetails.aspx?CID=THORMANC&AID=THGRTIBS&PID=TTP07969.

Want to know how much your home is worth? Selling or Renting? Book a Free no obligation valuation and marketing advice today click http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/.

The number of tenants registered with Thornley Groves – Manchester’s leading Estate Agents – has increased 117 percent since the start of the year, propelling demand for rented property in the city centre to an all time high.

These figures follow two recent reports from Thornley Groves indicating that sales activity across Manchester has also increased significantly this year.

The number of people looking for rented accommodation in the city centre traditionally increases in July, driven in large part by the influx of university students into the area ahead of the new academic year.

Significantly however, numbers are up more than 50 percent on July 2009, having reached their highest peak in recorded history. We really are seeing more people than ever before looking for Manchester lettings!

This increase will come as welcome news for the Manchester property industry, and represents a superb opportunity for investors looking to enter the buy-to-let market. There remains a shortage of new investment in buy-to-let stock following the period of illiquidity brought about by the on-set of the world recession in late 2008.

With such high current interest in the Manchester property market amongst tenants, we believe that the current window offers the perfect opportunity for new investors to enjoy a high return.

With the recent opening of our new state of the art office on John Dalton Street, Thornley Groves is expanding alongside the market to cope with growing demand. We now operate 4 offices across Manchester city centre, employing 40 sales & lettings consultants and maintaining a higher staff to property ratio than other agents.

In addition to lettings and sales, we also pride ourselves on being the best managing agents in Manchester, providing dedicated property management in Manchester City Centre and the surrounding suburbs we operate in.

For a full list of Thornley Groves properties available for rent in Manchester City Centre, please visit the rentals section of our site: http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/search-rent/.

Alternatively, for a free valuation on your own property go to: http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

Across the board we are seeing increased activity in the Manchester property market, which is showing signs of a return to liquidity after a difficult period experienced by the entire U.K. property market following the onset of the world recession in late 2007.

Thornley Groves maintains a large database of registered purchasers and this pool of applicants has increased by 13 percent during the past year alone. The number of sales stock available is also up 25 percent on this time last year, while perhaps most significantly of all, the number of sales stock under offer with Thornley Groves has increased 33 percent during the same period. In short, we are seeing huge increases in Manchester property market activity across the board – and this is of course fantastic news for home-sellers and purchasers alike!

Michael Groves, Managing Director of Thornley Groves Estate Agents in Manchester, said “All the evidence we are seeing points to a strong return to activity in the Manchester property market. While it is fair to say that one swallow does not a summer make, the combination of quantitative growth and qualitative performance indicators that we are seeing such as swift sales, seller-confidence, and increased property search activity, are positive signs. Home-sellers should certainly be more confident now of achieving sales in what is looking to be an increasingly buoyant market once again.”

In addition to growth in registered purchasers, sales stock available and stock under offer over the previous year, we have also seen a sharp increase in market interest in recent months, and our Open House events are attracting not only high attendance levels but also numerous offers being made for showcased properties on the day of these events.

All of this makes for an extremely positive and pro-active property market here in Manchester and the surrounding suburbs of Sale, Hale and Altrincham, and Thornley Groves is proud to be playing our part in helping find the right homes for you!

Want to know how much your home is worth? Book a Free no obligation valuation and marketing consultation today with Manchester’s leading Estate Agent at http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

The Luna Street property boasts two bedrooms, en suite facilities, and a spacious living room with floor to ceiling windows. All of this is available for just £250,000.

But wait, there’s more… This unique duplex also comes complete with its very own HUGE roof terrace, including both power and water supply – perfect for summer evenings spent watching the World Cup and entertaining friends!

Manchester city centre has long been recognised as the cultural and entertainment capital of the north. This unique Manchester property grants easy access to the city’s thriving epicentre while providing excellent specification.

The first large double bedroom contains walk-in-wardrobe space, while the second double bedroom comes complete with en suite shower and WC facilities. For the busy city dweller this space could easily be converted into a home office space.

But don’t just take our word for it, make an appointment to come along and see how this spectacular living space compares with other apartments to buy in Manchester! With registered applicants at an all time high in Manchester, and interest in the city centre set to grow even further in the run-up to the MediaCityUK influx later this year, now is the perfect time to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

To arrange a viewing, or for more information about properties to buy in Manchester from the leading Manchester Estate Agents, call Thornley Groves Associate Director Andrew Seldon on 0161 245 1100 for a confidential discussion.

For more information click http://www.homesonview.co.uk/Scripts/FullDetails.aspx?CID=THORMANC&AID=THGRTIBS&PID=TTP05772.

Alternatively, for a free valuation on your own property click http://www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request/

 “What exactly is it?” you ask, that will enable us to do things differently……..it’s a video wall over 3 meters tall and a meter wide that will play day and night to the thousands of passersby on John Dalton Street, one of Manchester City Centres busiest thoroughfares featuring the superb developments that exist in and around the city centre.

 Flat screen marketing for property has been around a long time; agents all over the world have used plasma screens to showcase their stock for some years now but we believe TGTV is entirely different and really lends itself to the type of residential property available to buy or rent in Manchester city centre.

 In the suburbs there are streets and streets of houses – Terraced, Semis, Detached, old and new, they’re all different and you need to see photos both inside and out to understand if you’re going to like them.

 In the City the buildings themselves are Brands and we want to showcase them and their unique features to open them up to all those people who pass them without ever understanding what they have to offer. What does the building itself stand for? What type of people live there?

 Manchester has some wonderful Iconic Developments, buildings like the Hacienda, Number One Deansgate, LeftBank and Beetham Tower standing proud alongside the Grand Old Dames of the city like Smithfield Buildings, Chepstow House, Century Buildings and Chorlton Mill.

 Trend setting schemes like Timber Wharf in Castlefield, Chips in Ancoats and Express Networks alongside the Northern Quarter have proved fertile enough to allow whole communities to spring up around them with shops, bars and leisure facilities.

 Our Video wall will enable us to show case the buildings and the unique facets of their little corner of town, it will help us to demonstrate why life in the city has attracted so many people, both young and old, escaping suburbia to enjoy all that the city has to offer.

 Buyers and Tenants want to express their personalities by the building they live in, they want to emulate the admirable, they want to be gregarious, sociable and hospitable and we can show them how to achieve all those things through the home they choose to live in.  

 Our new office won’t have A4 sheets of paper in the window with pictures of the same buildings with different kitchens featuring tea towels on ovens and bikes on balconies. We want to show Buyers and Tenants the best that Manchester has to offer, it is the buildings themselves and what’s around them that attracts people and not a photograph of someone else’s double bed.

 The best way to market City Centre property is to highlight the appealing features of the developments themselves instead of blandly describing the accommodation. At Thornley Groves we will achieve this by pulling together all of the property we market through our FOUR city centre offices and feature them on the big screen in our new office in John Dalton Street.

 If you own and want to rent or sell a property in one of Manchester’s Iconic Residential Developments, you need an agent that’s going to demonstrate to buyers and tenants why it’s great to live there, why you bought it, after all you thought about your decision long and hard, you made a choice and you now need an agent that understands Manchester Property to highlight those advantages to the next occupier.

 Make your property stand out from the crowd, list it now with Manchester’s most innovative and high Profile Estate Agent call 0161 245 1111 or  click www.thornleygroves.co.uk/valuation-request to book a FREE valuation and receive effective marketing advice.

 View a VIDEO presentation of our Sales and Lettings service at www.youtube.co.uk/thornleygroves

 We think you’ll notice the difference !

We are recent tenants at Vicus Apartments in Manchester, having found this property through Thornley Groves.

We would like to pass on our appreciation of Amy Connelly, with whom we have recently dealt with. Amy has been very helpful throughout the process, maintaining regular contact when viewing properties, and subsequent to placing an offer. She is also very knowledgeable, capable of answering an array of queries in respect of the letting process, the property, and the city. Having only recently moved to Manchester, this proved invaluable.

Amy’s attitude to her clients is noteworthy. Given the motivation, Our experience of estate agents to date has been tainted by their transparent desire to ‘clinch’ a deal. Presumably, this is a motivation for all of your staff, however, we felt that the advice given by Amy was honest and sound, and also that the properties selected for our viewing were representative of our stated preferences.

We will have no hesitation in recommending Amy, and Thornley Groves to our colleagues, friends, and family. She is an asset to your business and we would be grateful if you would pass on our gratitude.

Kind regards

Ben and Zoe

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