BRISTOL AND THE WEST COUNTRY’S BIGGEST LIVE PROPERTY EVENT hollis morgan
“Radiant light. Al fresco dining. A good portent for our September sale.” “I always look forward to September as ‘the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ with leaves changing colour and everything in nature coming to fruition. Au contraire. Auction week was greeted with blazing sunshine, people enjoying al fresco dining in the streets and all the glories and pleasures of high summer presenting a good portent for our September sale. In this radiant light the first lot of the evening set the pace for the evening with a one-bedroom flat in Clifton being snapped up for £195,000. Situated in the heart of Clifton and with a good size garden to enjoy, no wonder this gem was a winner! However, our catalogue was not just confined to our immediate area, we had entries from all around the region, Devon, Somerset and even as far as Wolverhampton. But perhaps the most intriguing lot that engendered the thoughts of mists and fruitfulness was a Manor House at Hutton in Somerset. This historic house comprised a major part of a much larger property, now subdivided into three. I must say there is nothing more enticing for an estate agent than the sound of one’s feet crunching on gravel especially when it’s on a winding tree lined driveway leading to a spectacular period house with an imposing crested entrance. Très bonne. The interior did not disappoint either with a vaulted dining room in which Henry VIII might well have felt at home and a spectacular tower from which to enjoy the four and half acres in which the property is set. Although the property required modernisation several buyers seized the opportunity and the guide price of £750,000 was soon surpassed to be finally knocked down to the lucky purchaser at £840,000. All of the properties offered were sold, so with a one hundred percent success rate and £7m of exchanged contracts it was time for a summer drink and with no chilling mists it was time for a glass of cooling white fruitful wine. Andrew Morgan MBE . AUCTIONEER ANDREW REFLECTS ON OUR SEPTEMBER AUCTION
09 2024
2024 RESULTS 100 7.27
% SUCCESS RATE £m TOTAL RAISED 09
18
31.49 %
AVERAGE ABOVE GUIDE
28 #
LOTS SOLD
…entries from Devon, Somerset and as far as Wolverhampton” “
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