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Property Auctions

Our regular collective property auctions are a fast and efficient way to buy and sell residential, agricultural, commercial and development property and land throughout Dorset, Somerset, Devon, Hampshire, Wiltshire, Cornwall and beyond.

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Our Property Auctions Department

One of the UK's leading independent residential and commercial property auctioneers, our regular collective auctions feature all types of freehold and leasehold property from houses, barns, building plots and development land, commercial property, farms, land, and often more unusual properties across the south of England.

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Buyers and sellers alike are attracted to the speed, simplicity and security of selling land and property by auction. Legal packs prepared in advance enable exchange of contracts on the fall of the hammer, and completion follows on a specified date (usually 28 days).

Thus avoiding the nail-biting and often protracted period of wait during the conveyancing process. It’s a method of sale long favoured by executors but is certainly becoming more common place within the residential, commercial, agricultural and even development sectors of the market.

Our clients include public bodies, executors, trusts and charities, housing associations, leading banks and building societies, local authorities, property companies and private individuals, attracted to the speed and efficiency of this increasingly popular method of sale.

Our dedicated Auction team value the relationships they build with both buyers and sellers. They are often complimented on the genuinely personalised service they provide, and their commitment to ensuring the best practise which forms the bedrock of our Auction department success.

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Symonds & Sampson’s auctions are not to be confused with those becoming more common place – many of which are essentially ‘best bids’ scenario with no more than agreement of figure at closure, rather than exchange of contracts and a legally binding contract in place.

In the last twelve months, we have sold property across 8 counties, from Cornwall to Berkshire & Oxford. Prices achieved have been particularly strong for agricultural land where competitive bidding from both local farmers and buyers from further afield ensured that a fair price was paid.

Meet the Property Auctions Team


Mark Lewis


Senior Partner
Sturminster Newton

FRICS FAAV FNAVA


Department: Residential Sales, Property Auctions, Sturminster Newton Sales, Professional
Service: RICS Registered Valuer, RICS Valuer, Selling, Buying, Agency

01258 473766
07970 684786
mlewis@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Meredith Wallis


Auction Partner
Blandford, Sturminster Newton, Wimborne

MNAVA


Department: Residential Sales, Property Auctions, Blandford Sales, Sturminster Newton Sales, Wimborne Sales
Speciality: Agency, Selling, Buying
01202 843190
07470 050577
mwallis@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Graham Barton


Auctioneer and Surveyor
Axminster

MRICS


Department: Residential Sales, Property Auctions, Professional, Axminster Sales
Service: Agency, Buying, Selling, RICS Registered Valuer, RICS Valuer 

01297 33122
07395 046382
gbarton@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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Shula Harvey


Agency & Auction Negotiator 
Sturminster Newton

MNAEA

Department: Residential Sales, Property Auctions, Sturminster Newton Sales
Speciality: Agency, Selling, Buying


01258 473766
sharvey@symondsandsampson.co.uk
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