Symonds & Sampson’s first auction of 2025 was a near sellout, with bidders from all over the south of England competing to buy land and bricks and mortar.
Auction partner Meredith Wallis enjoyed watching the sale unfold. “We knew that there was a lot of interest from London, but we were surprised how many people came down the A303 and arrived by train. Visitors bid hard against potential buyers from within the region—some were successful, but local buyers were not to be outdone.
“Lots sold in Dorset, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset collectively raised over £2 million for
They are among is among 145 lots in the latest auction being held by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers which ends on Thursday 20 March.
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A vacant end-terrace house of multiple occupation needing improvement in Romford is set to go under the auctioneer’s gavel[pic, lot no 113]
A ‘stunning’ Art Deco style former care home with 26 bedrooms in North Devon is going under the hammer with a £695,000 freehold guide price. (THURS MARCH 20)
Woodtown House is set in 3.6 acres of landscaped gardens and woodland at East-the-Water, on the edge of Bideford.
It is among 145 lots in the second auction of 2025 by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.
Auction Appraiser Steve Appleby said: “This stunning Art Deco style former care home offers numerous possibilities including use as a
A block of five lock-up garages in a residential part of Frome are going under the hammer. (THURS MARCH 20)
The row at Hill Ground has a freehold guide price of £28,000 plus. It is among 145lots in the second sale of 2025 being held by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.
Senior Auction Appraiser Audrey Smith said: “This block of five vacant garages with up and over doors and parking to the front is located in a predominantly residential area.
“It is likely to be of interest for private use or
145 property and land lots listed across southern England by Clive Emson Auctioneers in the firm’s second auction of eight this year.
A spacious four-storey house on the estuary waterfront at Fowey, South Cornwall, has a guide price of £425,000-plus (lot 102) and is among145 lots listed by Clive Emson Auctioneers across southern England for the latest auction which concludes on Thursday, 20 March – the first day of astronomical spring with the vernal equinox.
A four-storey house on the estuary waterfront in the historic harbour of Fowey in South Cornwall is among the
The Acuitus commercial property auction raised £20.8m with a success rate of 86%. Nine lots sold for more than £1m, with a coveted Covent Garden office selling for £5.46m at a yield of 4.6%.
The property in Covent Garden’s Endell Street generates £270,000pa and saw significant investor interest in an asset that has not changed ownership for almost 100 years.
Charlie Powter of Acuitus comments: “This is a very interesting investment we were selling for a Cambridge University College. It is let to an international design practice for 99 years from 1982 with five yearly reviews to 60% of market
Clive Emson Auctioneers: properties for auction in February
A commercial property used for educational purposes in Kent,pictured, has gone under the hammer with Clive Emson Auctioneers for £1m.
Ripple Down House in Dover Road, Ringwould, Deal (lot 50), generating a licence income of £33,324 pa, was among 177 lots listed in the firm’s February auction covering southern England and in Scotland.
James Emson, Managing Director, said: “We’ve had a strong start to the new year, with more than £21m sold for clients and a success rate of nearly 70%.
Two adjacent commercial properties in Dawlish town centre were snapped up by investors at auction. (THURS FEB 6)
The premises in The Strand were available separately in the first sale of 2025 being held by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.
The first, at 18 The Strand, with a ground floor unit and first floor storage space, went for a leasehold price of £110,000.
It is currently let to a tenant – a café - at £14,000 per annum. The property was sold with the remainder of a 999-year lease from January 2006.
Fierce bidding broke out for a fire-damaged former school in St Austell before it sold for £262,000 at auction. (THURS FEB 6)
Carclaze Infants School, in Carclaze Road, was listed with a freehold guide price of £50,000 to £70,000 after being placed for sale by Cornwall Council.
There were 76 separate bids for the property before the gavel eventually fell at a sum well in excess of that guide.
The former school was among 177 lots in the first sale of 2025 by one of the top five property auctioneers in the UK, Clive Emson Land and Property Auctioneers.
Houses in the Looe area were in demand at auction held by Clive Emson Auctioneers on 6th February, as the appetite for property continued in early 2025.
In Sandplace, a character two-bedroom cottage sold for double its freehold guide, at £116,000.
The property, located at Council Cottages, has views to woodland over the scenic Looe Valley Line. It was listed with a guide of £50,000 to £60,000.
At Pelynt, about four miles from Looe, a semi-detached house for improvement sold for £77,000, well above its freehold guide of £50,00 plus. The property at Muchlarnick has