We’ve only been in our new Doncaster office a couple of weeks, but already it feels like home.

The commercial team has achieved a 100% success rate on eight market appraisals we were asked to undertake prior to the move.

Of those properties, we have already sold Copley Road in Doncaster and the Amazone investment at Harworth.

We have also let subject to contract a bar restaurant opportunity in The Courtyard, Bawtry and a prime retail unit in Doncaster, while a second is under offer.

It means just two properties are available on Saint Sepulchre Gate and Sunnybar in Doncaster, though the team has already conducted viewings and expects this to go under offer quickly.

Many of the lettings or sales have impressively been for properties that were on the market unsuccessfully for some months with other agents – or joint agency instructions where we have secured the deal.

I am so proud of this genuine team effort, with associate Rob Haigh and newly chartered surveyor Ben Flint involved alongside me as partner and our experienced support staff of Laura Street and Emily Stringer.

We have given sound, solid advice and had the courage of our convictions to advise clients on the market in a certain way and ensure that clients are fully informed about the current market conditions and the tactics that they need to secure occupiers in what is a challenging market, particularly in the retail world.

We have proven even within a very short period that we can generate new interest in what can be stale properties and have worked extremely hard at trying to secure the right types of occupiers.

Indeed, some of the enquiries we have handled have taken a significant amount of time to turn initial tentative enquiries about the town into actual full-blown offers on properties.

It augurs well for our continual expansion into Yorkshire and the Humber region and to exploiting our strategic location in the booming M1/M18 corridor.

Certainly, the response we’ve had from clients and fellow professionals has been overwhelmingly positive and given us wholehearted endorsement of our plans.

And the first few weeks in Doncaster confirm our confidence that the move will be a catalyst for further growth of our business.