fast facts - w.a.ellis, a jll company
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Fast facts:
Partners in Prime
Founded by William Alfred Ellis as an auction house in 1868
Based on Brompton Road since inauguration
Early 1900s grew in both residential and commercial developments
Original office destroyed in a 1942 air raid
Booming 1960s residential market – equity partnership grew
Lettings business started under Lucy Morton in 1990
Dependably maintains largest lettings market share across PCL (5%)
43 employees– 2014
Rebrand in 2012 and strategy built on a progressive, lifestyle
approach
Highly active on Facebook, Google+, YouTube
and Twitter – with over 4,000 followers
Over 75% of tenants and 55% of purchasers
consistently from overseas
Handle tenancies for a high proportion of HNW
students from the Middle East and East Asia
Manage large portfolios for investment trusts
Buy, let, sell and manage for key London estates
Highest price achieved PSF—£4,521
Highest sale price achieved—£20m
Smallest property sold—£185,000 for 194ft2
Central coverage:
Notting Hill
Marylebone
Mayfair
Pimlico
South Kensington
Victoria
Westminster
Belgravia
Chelsea
Holland Park
Kensington
London pride
Multi award winning:
Customer service
Marketing
Prestige lettings
Highly experienced
Lucy Morton: Agency Leader of the Year 2010 (Negotiator)
Outstanding Contribution to the Industry 2011 (Times & Sunday
Times)
James Wilson: co-author of Leasehold Valuation Explained, 2010 .
Graeme Scott-Dalgleish - With W.A.Ellis for over 50 years
Community focused
Innovative charity challenges and exceptional fundraising
Core support of local social initiatives—fuel poverty, homelessness
Local events hub online
Client valued - promise and mission
Office open seven days a week
Staff available 365 days a year
Off-shore client visits
Property management
Single office agency