It is often wrongly assumed that a long established corporate commercial property company is better than a smaller independent. However, if you are seeking a commercial property agent in the South West, you will find an independent has many great advantages.
* A more bespoke service
An independent agency can offer a more personal service tailored to your needs. Bigger corporate companies are often restricted by shareholders and corporate bureaucracy, so the client does not always come first. The size of bigger companies with their vast overheads means that fees are likely to be larger too.
Larger companies have struggled in the recession, having expanded during the boom they have had to make vast redundancies since the bust. This puts pressure on the remaining agents to manage a significantly larger portfolio of properties and clients. It is important that your agent can devote the necessary time and energy to help you buy or sell a property, including keeping you up to date, accompanying you on viewings and being available to answer your queries. An independent agent can offer an altogether more bespoke service where you don't feel like just one of a bloated caseload of clients.
* An independent agent has often gained experience from working in larger companies
It is a common story to hear of people being inspired to start their own business due to the failings of companies they work for being unresolved. Trying to feedback to middle management is often a waste of time, so you can be left thinking, I could do this my own way.
You will often find that independent commercial property agents in the South West have cut their teeth in bigger companies and then gone their own way to improve on the model they have learned using their experience. For ongoing improvement to service, it is important that a company has a system for recording all feedback and dealing with complaints.
* Independents are more likely to move with the times
Some of the more established companies that have been around for years can get stuck in their ways and traditional working practices, partly due to an over confidence in their well established brands and partly a hesitance to change with the recession. When the market was booming there was little need for the larger companies to put too much time or effort into marketing as there was enough business for everyone. To adapt with the times, greater understanding of the impact the recession has had on the market is required and the changes in approach that the new innovations in technology have brought.
Technology and social media have rapidly changed the marketing environment and how customers understand and use information. Mobile technology has developed so that text alerts and data roaming give a new immediacy to how we can receive information and therefore how companies can stay in touch with their customers. Social media has offered new platforms for marketing and communication with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google being the most recognized channels. Newer, independent companies are popping up with fresh, innovative ideas, more open and honest agents and an altogether more modern and bespoke service.
* A more bespoke service
An independent agency can offer a more personal service tailored to your needs. Bigger corporate companies are often restricted by shareholders and corporate bureaucracy, so the client does not always come first. The size of bigger companies with their vast overheads means that fees are likely to be larger too.
Larger companies have struggled in the recession, having expanded during the boom they have had to make vast redundancies since the bust. This puts pressure on the remaining agents to manage a significantly larger portfolio of properties and clients. It is important that your agent can devote the necessary time and energy to help you buy or sell a property, including keeping you up to date, accompanying you on viewings and being available to answer your queries. An independent agent can offer an altogether more bespoke service where you don't feel like just one of a bloated caseload of clients.
* An independent agent has often gained experience from working in larger companies
It is a common story to hear of people being inspired to start their own business due to the failings of companies they work for being unresolved. Trying to feedback to middle management is often a waste of time, so you can be left thinking, I could do this my own way.
You will often find that independent commercial property agents in the South West have cut their teeth in bigger companies and then gone their own way to improve on the model they have learned using their experience. For ongoing improvement to service, it is important that a company has a system for recording all feedback and dealing with complaints.
* Independents are more likely to move with the times
Some of the more established companies that have been around for years can get stuck in their ways and traditional working practices, partly due to an over confidence in their well established brands and partly a hesitance to change with the recession. When the market was booming there was little need for the larger companies to put too much time or effort into marketing as there was enough business for everyone. To adapt with the times, greater understanding of the impact the recession has had on the market is required and the changes in approach that the new innovations in technology have brought.
Technology and social media have rapidly changed the marketing environment and how customers understand and use information. Mobile technology has developed so that text alerts and data roaming give a new immediacy to how we can receive information and therefore how companies can stay in touch with their customers. Social media has offered new platforms for marketing and communication with Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and Google being the most recognized channels. Newer, independent companies are popping up with fresh, innovative ideas, more open and honest agents and an altogether more modern and bespoke service.
About the Author:
To find out more from a company with experienced independent commercial property agents in the South West, visit Charles Darrow's website. This is an independent commercial property agency with agents having 30 years of experience as independent commercial property agents in the South West.
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