BUILD 2019 Real Estate & Property Awards 2019 Real Estate & Property Awards BUILD 48 49 Best Family-Run Residential Development Company - North West England Founded in 1979 by Phil Wiggett, Wiggett Construction Group has grown from strength to strength over the last four decades to secure its position as one of the best residential construction companies operating in North West England. On the back of the firm’s well-deserved win, we profiled Wiggett Construction to discover more about the legacy Phil will be passing down to son-and-daughter team Samuel and Jennifer. amily-run business can be tricky, but Phil Wiggett has made it look easy. Surviving three recessions, building over 4000 homes and achieving an annual turnover in excess of £20 million in the past forty years, he’s taken his business and made it a runaway success by almost any measure. Ultimately, the benefit of being family-run as a business is a closeness to the workforce. Most of the workforce have been part of the company for many years, some since its inception in 1979. Many of the senior management team started out as skilled tradesmen and have worked their way up. The opportunities for advancement seem boundless and inspires people working there to work their way up too. This happier and ambitious workforce reflects the happy and ambitious company that they work for. Working across the North West of England, the Wiggett Construction Group aim to provide homes to a range of people, including first time buyers, families, and down sizers. The sites developed usually consist of between 10 - 100 homes, often with a neighbourhood feel in mind. Being willing to adapt and change designs to suit clients, and match the evolving lifestyle of the modern home owner ensures that customers feel at home from the day they move in. At many sites local, natural materials are used to complement their surroundings and blend the housing more subtly into the landscape. A high level of quality and care throughout the process, from being shown around the showhouse to the aftercare provided when the property is complete, mark the Wiggett Group out as one to watch if trying to reach the gold standard of selling a new build. One of the reasons that the Wiggett Construction Group has been such a success is because of its pro-active approach to deal with clients and to potential customers. Often taking the initiative and bringing work to clients by locating sites, land bank, and developing the sites on a lump sum price design and build basis, they create opportunity for themselves. Similarly, the houses they build tend to exceed space requirements, being bright, spacious F and designed for modern living. A ten-year warranty brings with it assurance for first-time buyers, who are often the target market for these properties. Plans for the rest of 2019 and 2020 are already in hand with a second phase of 23 properties planned at The Spindles development in Westhoughton, a new site with 18 homes in Macclesfield, two sites in Greenfield, Saddleworth providing 50 homes and a site in Bamford for 7 executive homes. Continuing to work and develop their 5-year business plan, and of course always looking for new development sites. In the spirit of being family run, it is being handed down to son- and-daughter team Samuel and Jennifer Sutton. With Samuel a Quantity Surveyor and Jennifer a Chartered Building Surveyor, they are certainly qualified for the task, with ambitions to expand the company even further. Their main plans currently centre around increasing the amount of private sales, while developing the links between the Wiggett Construction Group and local housing associations. It’s not many businesses that manage to make it through forty years of growth and development in such rude health, but the Wiggett Construction Group sets the standard. Despite upcoming changes, it seems like the company is set to continue its pattern for growth, proactively searching for opportunities and making its own success. Contact: Jennifer Sutton Company: Wiggett Construction Group Limited Telephone: 01616263010 Email:
[email protected] Wiggett Construction Group Limited: Best Real Estate Transaction Coordination Services Provider - Washington For real estate agents today, the mounds of paperwork, deadlines and communications can be daunting. Fortunately, one firm based in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States is doing everything they can to alleviate the pressure. We profile Moncord Real Estate Professional Services, following their win in BUILD’s Real Estate and Property Awards for the outstanding real estate transaction services they provide. ased in the city of Bellevue, Washington, is a company that are on hand to help businesses and real estate agents with all stages of any real estate transactions. Juggling the paperwork whilst working to deadlines and communicating on top of daily life can prove to be a struggle for those new to the industry, or even seasoned veterans who are swamped. Moncord, spearheaded by powerhouse duo Lisa and Alex Mont-Ros, are a team of specialised transaction co- ordinators aimed at managing all aspects of a transaction process from start to finish. With more than three billion dollars’ worth of transactions closed, Moncord sure know what they are doing. Firmly established as the premier transaction co-ordination brokerage firm in the Pacific Northwest, the company have been helping real estate brokers and agents with listing and transaction co-ordination services since 2016. Despite being based in Bellevue, Washington, the firm service a variety of states and are currently growing across the entirety of the States. Differentiating themselves through their keen attention to detail and delivery of consistently high-quality work, Moncord’s team of real estate professional boast extensive experience within the industry across multiple sectors. Some real estate agents require the services of transaction co-ordinators in order to release them to focus on what truly matters to their business; buying and selling properties. Once Moncord come onboard any transaction process, the team work hard to get up to speed as quickly as possible so that the transaction can proceed smoothly. The firm’s dedicated online transaction system means that the real estate agent can still access and see where each process is at 24/7, giving them peace of mind that Moncord are doing the excellent, gold- standard work they are renowned for. B An extension of the real estate agent’s team, each transaction co-ordinator at Moncord works with the same business every time. Clients don’t have to worry about having to communicate with multiple different individuals over a myriad of transactions, but rather just one single representative from Moncord who stays with the business. Furthermore, the business works in a mutually- exclusive manner alongside their clients. If the transaction isn’t closed, then Moncord doesn’t charge a fee. All parties are as dedicated to the project as each other. More than their transaction services however, Moncord offer a plethora of other services all designed to enhance their core capabilities with clients. Also offering strategic consulting services, brokers can identify the right strategies for their business growth and expansion. Every quarter, Moncord also run business reviews where the team analyse and dissect each business they have worked with to offer insights and free advice on how to get the most out of a business. Ultimately, this firm’s work is vital in helping real estate agents deliver the best service that they possibly can by freeing them up to do what they do best. Moncord take care of the communication, deadlines and paperwork whilst agents can continue helping people of all walks of life find their next home. Company: Moncord Real Estate Professional Services Contact: Lisa Mont-Ros Website: http://www.moncord.com/ Moncord Real Estate Professional Services: