Samuel Estates, the South Wimbledon-based lettings, sales and property management company, has bought Lafferty and Partners a leading Property Management & Lettings business based in New Malden.

The acquisition will increase the core areas of Samuel, giving the company a footprint that will now further extend into Raynes Park, Worcester Park, Wimbledon and New Malden. The company also lets and manages properties in South East and West London.

Nick Samuel, Managing Director of Samuel Estates, says: “We are delighted that Samuel Estates has acquired such a reputed local agent, adding to our existing local expertise as well as our catchment area.  Our philosophy has always been to combine local knowledge with a high degree of customer care. It’s a measure of our success in these key areas that we can actually expand in what, for some, has been a period of retrenchment in a tough market. This expansion is part of a continual development driven by the desire to deliver a better service, more efficiently, to our clients.”

Lafferty & Partners have also issued the following statement: “In Nick (Samuel) we have found an exceptional personality to take over the business. Samuel Estates is an award-winning estate and letting agency with a superb track record in providing a truly personal and effective service … as specialists in the South and West London area, they know the local market intimately. So we are absolutely delighted to be able to put the business in such proven and reliable hands”.

In April 2008, Samuel Estates became the first property management company to win the WestFocus Business Enterprising Business Award. Inn 2010 they won Best Small Business and Best Business for Customer Satisfaction at the inaugural Merton Business Awards. In June 2011 they won the Gatwick Airport sponsored category for Best Small Business at the HSBC South London Business Awards.

About the author

I moved to London from Zimbabwe back in 2003. My business career began at Ernst & Young in accountancy and continued in the advertising industry at Bartle, Bogle, Hegarty. The last property I rented happened to be through Samuel Estates. A year later the company was expanding and I was keen for a new challenge and opportunity so I approached Nick Samuel and offered my services to help run and develop the business. I joined Samuel Estates in April 2007 and have not looked back.