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Recent Publicity for Kemp & Kemp

Our refreshingly original marketing campaigns regularly yield high impact local, national and international coverage. Below is a selection of clippings and transcripts of the most recent publications to feature editorial about Kemp & Kemp properties.

Unique 'eco-park' development attracts estate agent!

Unique 'eco-park' development attracts estate agent!

Cutting from 'Oxfordshire' magazine, July 2008

'Oxfordshire' magazine
July 2008

Harberton Heights by Berkeley Homes is such a unique development that an estate agency owner found it impossible to resist.

This small enclave of 33 town-houses and apartments is set in an 'eco-park', with views over the dreaming spires of Oxford. Gavin West, of Kemp & Kemp Residential, said: "We were fortunate enough to be favoured to sell the Harberton Heights development at Headington, Oxford, by Berkeley Homes.

In the manner of Victor Kyam I was so impressed by the product and the location that I had to invest in one of them. Victor Kyam would have had the good fortune of course to be able to buy all of them!"

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Apartments in a woodland setting

Apartments in a woodland setting

'Oxford Times', September 2007

'Oxford Times'
September 2007

Buyers looking for an apartment within the city ring road should consider viewing Shotover Mound at Headington.

The Shotover Mound development of 18 apartments occupies a woodland setting in Headington Quarry.

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A striking thatched home

A striking thatched home - cutting from Oxfordshire Life

Cutting from 'Oxfordshire Life' magazine, August 2007

'Oxfordshire Life' magazine
August 2007

Cress Cottage offers a mix of modern materials and traditional craftsmanship to create a unique and stunning home.

Cress Cottage is a family home full of character with the rare bonus of a quaint, thatched two bedroom cottage in the grounds.

Gavin West of Kemp & Kemp: "This is a unique and picturesque rare find."

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A noble dynasty

A noble dynasty

'Oxfordshire Life', August 2007

'Oxfordshire Life'
August 2007

Once home to the infamous libertine and poet the 2nd Earl of Rochester, Adderbury House is a magnificent home, once noted as one of the 12 greatest houses in Britain.

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Beautiful period family home

Beautiful period family home

'Oxfordshire Life', August 2007

'Oxfordshire Life'
August 2007

Heyford Grange is a very high quality 21st Century family home with its own grounds and pony paddock.

With its Victorian origins Heyford Grange offers a modern living space with exception period features.

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Exciting, high-quality contemporary barn conversion

Exciting, high-quality contemporary barn conversion

'Oxfordshire Life', August 2007

'Oxfordshire Life'
August 2007

A substantial contemporary space for the design conscious, featuring vaulted ceilings, limestone floors, under floor heating system, leading edge kitchen / social space and large glass walled areas.

Full details for Albion Barn.

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Eco-homes designed for 21st century

Eco-homes designed for 21st century

'Witney Gazette', August 2007

'Witney Gazette'
August 2007

A family-run construction company, based in Oxfordshire, has launched one of the UK's first eco-developer companies, which is building green homes in West Oxfordshire.

The first homes are being complete at Lincoln Grove, Bladon.

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The idyll of a country home

The idyll of a country home

'Oxfordshire Life', July 2007

'Oxfordshire Life'
July 2007

Blessed with some of the most stunning scenery in the country, Oxfordshire has some lovely country settings in which to buy a home.

The style of house that graces the illustrated pages of children's books, Green Leaves is a unique Arts and Crafts cottage with quirky architectural features that promise to captivate and charm...

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Eco homes set green standards

Eco homes set green standards

'Oxford Times', July 2007

'Oxford Times'
July 2007

Kingerlee Homes, the new Oxfordshire-based eco-developer, has launched its flagship scheme of nine Eco Excellent Homes at Lincoln Grove, Bladon, Oxfordshire, offering a new benchmark for sustainable and environmentally friendly homes.

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Home with change from £1m

Home with change from £1m

'Property Advertiser', July 2007

'Property Advertiser'
July 2007

Located in the charming village of Upper Heyford is a modern family home with a pony paddock.

Heyford Grange, which features contemporary interiors, has an L-shaped, west facing, drawing room. On the east site of the house there is an enormous 'social area' comprising a kitchen with an AGA, a dining room and a sun room which all form an open-plan living area.

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A fine development in a green location

A fine development in a green location

'Oxford Times', June 2007

'Oxford Times'
June 2007

Harberton Mead is one of the greenest places to live in Oxford as it is close to many established trees and the EcoPark.

Here, a new Berkeley Homes development, Harberton Heights, offers a mix of apartments, duplexes and townhouses that have been designed to complement the surroundings.

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A quintessential village home

A quintessential village home

'Oxfordshire Life', June 2007

'Oxfordshire Life'
June 2007

One of the best new homes on the market, The Stone House is a stylish six-bedroom house set in a desirable village location...

Discretly located in the pretty village of Stanton Harcourt, The Stone House is a new village house with stunning interiors. Set within a quintessential Oxfordshire village with cottages, a gastro pub and green open spaces, the property sites in attractive grounds.

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One of the best houses on Hinksey Hill

One of the best houses on Hinksey Hill

'Oxfordshire Life', June 2007

'Oxfordshire Life'
June 2007

In the exclusive outskirts of Oxford, Stone End is a lovely family house with family appeal...

Hinksey Hill continues to be one of the most exclusive areas to the West of Oxford because it is close to the city, bordering Boar's Hill and the common land and the houses here have the advantages of extra space and large gardens. This house, Stone End, is no exception.

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Will HIPS cause a crash?

Will HIPS cause a crash?

'Oxford Times', May 18th 2007

'Oxford Times'
May 18th 2007

If you are planning to sell your house next month you will need to produce a Home Information Pack (HIP) costing between £300-£600 before it can go up for sale. Or that is what will happen if the Lords fail next week to throw out the Bill bringing HIPs into law. Or if the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyers fail to achieve a judicial review over the "failure" by ministers to carry out proper consultation.

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Estate agent welcomes U-turn

Estate agent welcomes U-turn

'Oxford Mail', May 2007

'Oxford Mail' web site
May 2007

An estate agent who described plans to introduce Home Information Packs (HIPS) as a "complete fiasco", has welcomed the Government's climbdown on the issue.

Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Ruth Kelly announced that their introduction would be delayed until August 1.

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A palladian apartment - great potential in an historic village

Desirable village homes for discerning buyers - cutting from Property

'Oxfordshire Life', March 2007

'Oxfordshire Life' magazine
March 2007

Great potential in an historic village - Hillside sits in the beautiful village of Minster Lovell and offers the opportunity to create a stunning family home.

This lovely first floor two-bedroom apartment is a perfect investment opportunity, or first property for a young professional.

Situated on the first floor of the west wing of Kirtlington Park - a Grade I listed Palladian mansion converted into separate homes some years ago, the apartment overlooks pristine parkland that is grazed by deer and sheep.

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Desirable village homes for discerning buyers

Desirable village homes for discerning buyers - cutting from Property

'Property', March 2007

'Property' from 'The Oxford Times'
March 2007

Homes in villages to the south of Abingdon are proving extremely popular with buyers who want good transport links with London and the South East.

Villages such as Sutton Courtenay and Steventon are well placed for the A34, which in turn offers links to the M4, M3 and M40.

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Oxford's prices spiral

Oxford Prices Spiral - cutting from Oxfordshire Life

'Oxfordshire Life', February 2007

'Oxfordshire Life' magazine
February 2007

As Oxford continues to lure buyers, Kemp and Kemp Residential predicts that 2007 will be another extraordinary year for property in Oxfordshire...

"Any further rise in interest rates will take the bottom out of the lower end of the market because first time buyers are hardest hit by such rises," explains Graham MacDonald of Kemp and Kemp residential. "Last year there was a striking shortage of good homes in the mid-market price, but 2007 has started well..."

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Look north for some very desirable period homes

Look north for some very desirable period homes - cutting from Property

'Property', February 2007

'Property' from 'The Oxford Times'
February 2007

Discerning homehunters head for North Oxfordshire because it has many desirable homes in the towns and charming villages.

Good transport links, schools and amenities mean that many buyers are keen to own a property in or around Bicester or Banbury.

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A hidden gem

A hidden gem - cutting from Oxfordshire Life

'Oxfordshire Life', February 2007

'Oxfordshire Life' magazine
February 2007

For a slice of quintessential English charm this Georgian country home [The Old Mill House] offers a stunning interior as well as the opportunity to convert a rare silk mill into a contemporary loft-style home.

The house was built in 1764 and the current mill building, built in 1820, was originally a silk mill but became redundant once French silk started to come back into England with the Napoleonic Wars ending. The redundant silk mill and house were sold in 1883 to a family that farmed in the area and has had three further owners since.

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Playing to the gallery

Playing to the gallery - cutting from The Independent

'The Independent', March 2006

'The Independent'
15th March 2006

We bought Manor Barn, in the little hamlet of Toot Balden, near Oxford in August 2003. My fiancé, Graham, was living in Oxford, and I was living in London - and we wanted to buy something together.

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Prep with price power

Prep with price power - cutting from the Sunday Times

'Sunday Times', November 2005

'Sunday Times'
20th November 2005

What do tennis player Tim Henman, actor Hugh Laurie, television reporter Rageh Omaar and actress Emma Watson - Hermionie Granger in the Harry Potter films - have in common? They are all, to a degree, responsible for heating up the housing market in north Oxford.

Over the past few years estate agents have noticed that well-off couples with young families have turned into big softies: now, not just mums, but also dads, are increasingly reluctant to pack young Rupert or Jemima off to board at prep school at the age of seven. Instead, many are looking to place the little darlings in day prep schools. This, of course, has a knock-on effect on the prices of houses within school-ruin distance of the best preps. And it is in north Oxford - home to the famous Dragon prep school, which counts Henman, Laurie, Omaar and Watson among its distinguished former pupils - that the effect can be seen.

Relocating from London to Oxford has always been popular, but the Dragon's far-reaching reputation is adding strongly to the pull. Being close to the Dragon can now add as much as 20% to the price of a house, say local agents.

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Characterful village home

Characterful village home - cutting from Oxfordshire Life

'Oxfordshire Life', Autumn 2005

'Oxfordshire Life'
Autumn 2005

Where: The Manse, Langford, near Lechlade.

What: An exceptional stone-built family home set in one of the Cotswolds' best unspoilt villages. The house has lots of character, dates back to the 1600s and has been beautifully renovated with sensitivity.

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Regency villa

Regency villa - cutting from Oxfordshire Life

'Oxfordshire Life', Autumn 2005

'Oxfordshire Life'
Autumn 2005

Where: Summertown, Oxford.

What: A classic Regency Villa built in 1840 by Charles Shillingford - an innovative architect of the late Regency period. The interior has been largely untouched for the last 30 years and is one of the few large detached houses in Oxford that is still a single home with ground of just under an acre.

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You can call it our stately home even if our bit is 'mid-terrace'

You can call it our stately home even if our bit is 'mid-terrace' - cutting from The Mail On Sunday

'Mail On Sunday', October 2005

'Mail On Sunday'
2nd October 2005

The Marillion keyboard star and his family had the best of both worlds living in affordable style in a wing of an Oxfordshire mansion.

'You get good value buying part of a big house as long as you don't mind having neighbours close by. A detached house like this on its own would be twice the price', explains Mark Kelly.

Agent Graham MacDonald from Kemp and Kemp in Oxford believes living in a wing of a big house is the future. 'They always prove incredibly popular because you can go down a £3 million drive to something costing around half a million.'

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Story of a sole survivor

Story of a sole survivor - cutting from The Independent

'The Independent', October 2005

'The Independent'
5th October 2005

The Grade II listed eight-bedroom Summertown Villa occupies a wonderfully secluded spot on the outskirts of north Oxford. Screened by high boundary walls of golden Cotswold Stone, the white stucco two-storey house was built in the 1830s in the classic Regency style being extensive remodelled 30 years later with Victorian embellishments.

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Shock of the new

Shock of the new - cutting from Property Guide

'Property Guide', Autumn 2004

'Property Guide'
Autumn 2004

The leafy suburb of Summertown is one of Oxford's more traditional areas. But among the period town-houses is a modern home with a difference. Kings House in King's Cross Road is a starting mix of cedar, steel and glass, totally unlike the houses that surround it.

Gavin West from Kemp and Kemp explains the vision behind the house. 'Every detail is top quality, contemporary design which is as functional as it is beautiful,' he says, 'The exterior is also Zen-inspired, with a mixture of hardwood, decking, stone work and inspired lighting.'

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