auction Catalogue December 2013 Day 1 LONDON Day 2 ExETER tuesday 10th December at 1.00pm thursday 12th December at 1.00pm auction Calendar 2014 Regional & national Jan Feb Mar apr May Jun Jul aug Sept oct nov Dec Manchester 20th 1st 22nd 15th 4th 21st 9th london 19th 2nd 21st 16th 3rd 22nd 10th Sheffield 3rd 29th 17th 2nd 23rd 11th exeter 12th 8th 28th 22nd 9th 28th 16th Closing Date 13th Jan 28th Feb 17th apr 13th June 31st July 19th Sept 7th nov all CorreSponDenCe: HeaD offiCe LOnDon offiCe weStCountRy OffiCe 80–86 new london Road, tel: 0207 963 0628 tel: 0870 241 4343 Chelmsford, essex CM2 0pD email: [email protected] email: [email protected] tel: 0870 240 1140 email: [email protected] Venues SHeffielD auCtion lonDon auCtion DoubletRee by Hilton tHe paRk lane Hotel Sheffield park, Chesterfield Road South, piccadilly, london w1J 7bX Sheffield S8 8bw MancheSteR auCtion ExeteR auCtion MancheSteR uniteD Football Club LTD SanDy paRk ConFeRenCe CentRe Sir Matt busby way, old trafford, Manchester Sandy park way, exeter eX2 7NN M16 0Ra Managing Director’s note Hello and welcome to Countrywide property auctions December catalogue. this year has been incredibly exciting for us and 2014 our auction venues and patterns are changing too in 2014 promises to be even better. we’ve made lots of changes to with our new venues of le Meridian Hotel on piccadilly for how we do things; not least being this redesigned catalogue, our london sales and the 1999 Suite at old trafford for our our new website (which we hope to have online by the time Manchester sales (which had made me very unpopular with this catalogue reaches you) and our new auction For Sale the City fans on staff!!). there’ll be 7 auction series in 2014 boards, which you should keep an eye out for! and each catalogue will incorporate our sales in london, exeter, Manchester and Sheffield, so you’ll now have one the Countrywide property auction family has been point of reference for all of our sales and you’ll be able to anDRew bROWN growing too; and i’m delighted to welcome Saleem aziz keep abreast of what’s happening in the auction market Managing Director and James o’Hearne to the team, both of whom join us across the country. as Senior auction Surveyors in london and the north west respectively. Saleem has over 11 years of auction our regional auction network, with surveyors on the ground experience, previously being with barnard Marcus. James on in your local area coupled with our national investor sale in the other hand has a wealth of commercial and residential london mean that Countrywide are your “one stop shop” for property knowledge with 15 years of private practice auctions. behind him. i’m sure you’ll all join me in welcoming James May i wish you all a very merry festive season and a and Saleem; they’re eager to assist you with your auction prosperous new year; and i look forward to seeing you from purchases! the rostrum very soon! in January 2014 we shall also be welcoming our new north of england team; who will be based in Sheffield. they’re a team of 4 and they’ll be covering the whole of the north and Midlands as well as Scotland. whilst we’re already working closely together, they’ll officially come under the andrew brown Countrywide property auctions banner after Christmas. Managing Director More about them in our next catalogue! the team MaRk TANTON anDRew JaRROLD SaleeM aziz JaMeS o’HEARNE RiCHaRD JONES Director & principal Head of westcountry Senior auction Surveyor Senior auction Surveyor auction Surveyor auctioneer property auctions & associate Director MaRTIN HaRDy anDy GENT Jo CUNNINGHaM WENDy ALEXanDeR AUDRey SMitH Sales & operations auction process Manager accounts Manager auction Surveyor – auction Surveyor – Manager westcountry westcountry MELISSa KENNEDy KATY DALLY SaRaH NIXON STEPHANIE JoHnSON auction administrator auction administrator auction administrator auction administrator 3 general important notes general important notes Legal Packs a legal pack will be prepared for each property by the Deposit when you buy a property, you will be asked to come to the seller’s solicitors. it will generally consist of the Memorandum of Sale, settling desk to sign the Memorandum of Sale in duplicate. at that time you Special Conditions of Sale, the local Search (if and when available), the will be asked to provide a deposit. this will be 10% of the purchase price land Registry Search, the epitome of title and a copy of any lease affecting or a minimum of £2,000 (i.e. properties sold for less than £20,000 will have the property. the pack may be inspected during normal office hours at the a minimum deposit of £2,000). Some variations to these figures may occur auctioneers’ offices from the date it is received by them. it may also be to accord with individual vendor’s requirements. Check with the auctioneers inspected in the auction room on the day of the auction. it is important that before you come to the auction as to the deposit required regarding the either you or your solicitor inspects this pack prior to auction. property of your choice. Deposits can only be paid by a bankers Draft, all legal packs can be viewed and downloaded free of charge by visiting building Society Cheque, Company Cheque or personal Cheque. Cash will our website, www.countrywidepropertyauctions.co.uk or alternatively a not be accepted. photocopy of the pack is available from the auctioneers (if received by Administration Charge in addition to the deposit payable upon exchange them more than 2 days prior to the auction). the cost of this service is £25 of contracts, buyers will be required to pay an administration charge of (including VAT), or more if the pack is particularly large. this charge is not £800 (inclusive of VAT) paid by cheque. a full VAT receipt will be issued at recoverable. to use this service telephone the auctioneers on 0870 240 the auction or the day after exchange of contracts with pre or post-auction 1140 with your credit card details. sales. Plans and Photographs the plans and photographs published in the The Contract once the Memorandum of Sale has been completed, you catalogue are there to aid identification of the property only. the plans are will be asked to sign two copies, one will be given to you, together with not to scale. a copy of the legal pack, which you must then take to your solicitors. the Guide Price this represents the lowest price the seller may accept for the second copy and deposit are retained for the seller’s solicitors. Completion property prior to the auction, or a range within which a sale prior to auction will usually take place in 20 working days, but this date can vary depending may be achieved. it is not a valuation and, as such, should not be relied upon the seller’s requirements. upon by prospective purchasers who should obtain their own professional Auction Conditions of Sale it is important that you read the Common advice on values. the guide price may be amended prior to auction. auction Conditions of Sale printed towards the end of this catalogue. there Reserve Price each property will be sold subject to a reserve price. this may be several sets of these conditions and you should take care which set is a confidential figure agreed between the auctioneer and the seller prior applies to the property you are interested in. to auction, and is a figure below which the auctioneer cannot sell the Addendum the particulars of any property included in the auction may property. require amendment or alteration and this information is contained in an Bidding by Proxy or by Telephone if you are unable to attend addendum which will be available at the auction, and which will be referred the auction for any reason you may care to make use of our special to by the auctioneer prior to the commencement of the auction. purchasers arrangements for bidding by proxy or by telephone. please see the bidding will buy on the understanding that they are fully aware of the information form and conditions at the end of this catalogue. contained in the addendum. Pre-Auction Sales offers made on property included in this catalogue Post Auction Sales if a property you are interested in is not sold at may be accepted by the seller before the auction. it is therefore important auction, you may talk with the staff at the auction and make an offer. this that you register your interest in any particular property. we are obliged by will be put to the seller for his decision and, if you are successful, you will law to inform the sellers of any offers made prior to the auction. be asked to complete the Memorandum and pay the required deposit. there are occasions when properties will be sold or withdrawn before Countrywide Property Auctions will keep your personal data on file and auction. neither the auctioneers nor the seller will be liable for any may pass this information on to other organisations which are part of, claim for compensation from a prospective buyer arising out of a sale or or connected with, the Countrywide Group. If you wish to withdraw your withdrawal of a property prior to auction. consent to this at any time, you can do so by writing to the auctioneers at 80–86 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex, CM2 0PD. Do ring us on the day before the auction to check whether the property that you are interested in is still on offer.