Message received from the buyer of Going Places children’s day nursery in Plymouth recently sold by John Cocker of the Exeter Office. John used his creative skills to keep the deal on track to achieve the best result for all parties concerned.

I would very much like to mention the excellent work provided by John Crocker in your Exeter Office.

During the sale/purchase of Going Places Nursery in Plymouth, there were a number of issues that were only resolved as a direct result of the effort and support provided by John.

When you see him would you please thank him for his invaluable support!

Regarding the discreet and confidential sale of Future Einsteins Day Nursery at Outwood, West Yorkshire, registered for up to 41 children and, in 2005, the first Nursery in West Yorkshire to achieve an Outstanding OFSTED report.

Although selling a business can be fraught at times, the Christie + Co team (Leeds Office, especially Jonathan Wickens) kept me advised at every stage of the sale, ensuring it went through smoothly.

Comment from the vendor of a well established children's day nursery on Malvern's Enigma Business Park.

Everyone at Christie + Co was most helpful throughout the sale. Due to their knowledge and experience, I have no hesitation recommending their services.

E-mail received from the vendor of “Cygnets” nursery in Runcorn, Cheshire.

To: Rosie Adlem (nee Everett - Manchester Office)
Subject: Many thanks

Hi and bye

I would just like to say how pleased I have been with the time and effort that you have put in to make the sale of Cygnets as pleasant as it was. You kept in touch, reassured and helped me through a very emotional sale of my nursery.

Thanks Rosie

Ref: Sale of Alphabet Nurseries by Christie + Co.

What can we say? After two years of highs and lows we are finally there! We would like to express our thanks to you for bringing us through to a successful completion. When we first met, you asked us how much our businesses where worth to us. When we discussed the sale price, we could only hope to achieve somewhere near that sum - yet you have managed to guide what has been the most protracted of sales to a happy conclusion.

Throughout our business and personal lives, we have dealt with many agents - ranging from the helpful to the hopeless, yet throughout our dealings with you, your professionalism and temerity shone through. We always felt that you truly had our best interests at heart and would always go that extra mile. Whilst Christie + Co's fees are not the lowest - it just goes to prove that old adage - you get what you pay for! We would have no hesitation at all in recommending the Company's services to anyone. If you require any introductions or help in our region we would be only too happy to assist.

We are not the type of people to gush about the service we receive, but feel that your dedication should not go unnoticed.

Dear Courteney, (Courteney Donaldson, Director, Manchester Office)
Thank you for all your hard work in helping us to complete the sale of Alpha Plus.

It was a great result and your contribution to it was greatly appreciated.

Kind regards,

Dear Sir,
We engaged what we understood to be the leading agent in nursery sales and your so-called rivals. For in excess of a year we used their services without success.

We then changed agents to yourselves and had a totally different experience. We have just completed on the sale of the second and third businesses and have detailed plans on the remaining two.

We were allocated to a negotiator with great talent, infinite sense and ability to get things done. She has at all stages been professional, and has kept us up to date with the ongoing position. She maintained very regular contact both by telephone and personal visits (Note: we never even met the other agent’s selling advisor, despite her being located less than 10 miles from our operational office).

In conclusion, we are extremely happy being under the “Christie” umbrella and both my wife and I commend your services to other customers.

Yours sincerely,