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Busy turnout for Countrywide South West auctions

Countrywide South West’s third auction of the year saw another busy turnout.

The auction got off on the right foot after lot 1, a studio apartment in Exeter City Centre, sold for above its guide price for £66,500. 

Wendy Alexander, Senior Auction Surveyor, said: ‘We had another busy turnout and there was fierce bidding in the room and from the phones.’

Lot 4, a four-bedroom mid terrace property in Bristol, impressed at auction and was eventually sold for £237,500; more than £45,000 over its guide price.

Senior Auction Surveyor at Countrywide, Audrey Smith, said: ‘It was another busy catalogue which brought in another busy room.

‘We raised over £1.5 million.’

Other properties sold at the auction included:

  • Lot 11 – a detached cottage in Callestick, sold for £240,000; £90,000 above its guide price.
  • Lot 14 – a sizeable plot of plan in Truro, Cornwall, sold for £34,500.
  • Lot 28 – a two-bedroom flat in Torquay sold for £106,000.
  • Lot 29 – a four-floor property in Exeter sold for £75,000 above its guide price!
  • Lot 30 – a freehold terrace property in Weston-super-Mare which sold for £111,000; £10,000 over its guide price.

Countrywide South West’s next auction will be held on Thursday, 7th September at Sandy Park Conference Centre, Exeter.

For more information, visit www.propertyauctionsouthwest.co.uk or call 01395 275691.