Published: 17/10/2025 By Mark Lewis
Symonds & Sampson’s auction in Axminster, Devon yesterday proved popular with a packed room and spirited bidding. The lots on offer raised £2 million for the firm’s clients, with a 90% success rate, and cements the firm as the leading firm of property auctioneers in the region.Partner Ross Willmington said, “We had some very interesting lots spread over a large area from St Ives, Cornwall, throughout East Devon and into West Dorset, which certainly appealed to a wide variety of people. We had bidders on the telephone, internet, and many keen people in the room, and we were delighted with the prices, many of which were between 33% and 65% above guide”.
Auction Partner Meredith Wallis added, “We were very pleased to welcome the BAFTA award-winning production company Little Gem filming the auction. They are making a programme about buying and selling at auction to be broadcast in the new year. Having the cameras certainly added to the atmosphere, and they were impressed to see the room so full as people attended the auction in person”.
Notable prices achieved included:
- Parcels of land near Axminster sold for between 33% - 37% above guide
- Land near Lyme Regis sold for £24,000 per acre
- Land near Bridport sold for 65% above guide
- Land near Weymouth sold for 27% above guide
- Land near Shute sold for 48% above guide
- A terraced house in Axminster sold for 46% above guide
- A cottage at Uplyme sold for 12% above guide
- A cottage near Chard sold for 42% above guide
Our next auction takes place next Thursday, 23rd October at Merley House near Wimborne and by livestream. An exciting entry of land, property and development sites spanning an area from Cornwall to Hampshire. Find all the details here. Meanwhile, there is still time to enter your property into our ‘Beat the Budget’ auction on 14th November and the popular ‘Christmas Cracker’ auction on 12th December. Our experts (below) look forward to hearing from you.
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