News from Rook Matthews Sayer

Elected Mayor, Linda Arkley officially opens new Rook Matthews Sayer branch

July 2010

Rook Matthews Sayer Estate Agents on Park View in Whitley Bay, was officially opened by the Elected Mayor of North Tyneside, Linda Arkley on the evening of Thursday 22nd July, which coincided with a launch party.

Janet Walker, Director said “The launch party was an opportunity to for our ‘coastal living’ team and staff from our other branches to celebrate with all the contractors who have worked on or for the new branch, to ensure we have a successful opening. We have managed to create something very special, a very stylish office and put together a very dedicated and experienced team of people who are looking forward to serving the community.

We also invited local business owners, residents, solicitors and representatives from local financial institutions, we very much believe in using local services and building relationships.

The team is led by Janet Walker, Director, Jan Rix, Branch Manager, Marie Cochrane, Valuation Manager, who all live in Whitley Bay and share 63 years of estate agency experience. The Whitley Bay branch is situated on a large corner site on Park View and is the 17th branch in a network throughout Tyneside and Northumberland. The main areas the branch will cover are Whitley Bay, Tynemouth, Cullercoats, Monkseaton and North Shields. Rook Matthews Sayer are also Chartered Surveyors and have a Commercial and Business Sales Department.

Clive Rook, Managing Director said “We are all excited about extending our service to the coast. Our leadership team in Whitley Bay have been with RMS for many years and we have recruited an outstanding and experienced sales team to join them. All of the ‘coastal living team,’ live and now work at the coast”. If you would like to speak to RMS Whitley Bay ‘Coastal Living’ team about selling your home or would like to register as a buyer please call 0191 246 3666.

RMS OPENS NEW COASTAL LIVING BRANCH IN WHITLEY BAY

July 2010

A love of selling houses and living at the coast is a belief shared by the nine staff of Rook Matthews Sayer’s new ‘coastal living’ branch in Whitley Bay, which opened on the 10th July.

The team is led by Janet Walker, Director, Jan Rix, Branch Manager, Marie Cochrane, Valuation Manager, who all live in Whitley Bay and share 63 years of estate agency experience. The Whitley Bay branch is situated on a large corner site on Park View and is the 17th branch in a network throughout Tyneside and Northumberland.

Clive Rook, Managing Director said’ “We are all excited about extending our service to the coast. Our leadership team in Whitley Bay have been with RMS for many years and we have recruited an outstanding and experienced sales team to join them. All of the ‘coastal living team,’ live and now work at the coast. Our plan for success is simple – they all love selling houses and they love living at the coast”.

RMS makes a splash

June 2010

Estate agent Rook Matthews Sayer (RMS) has been making an effort to get involved with the local community, most recently supporting the City of Newcastle Amateur Swimming Club by sponsoring its summer barbecue, which took place on June 18, 2010.

The club, based at the City Pool in Newcastle city centre, develops swimmers to enable them to take part in competition at regional, national, international, Commonwealth and Olympic levels. David Jones, valuation and marketing manager at RMS Gosforth, explains how the company got involved: "Following the change in government, the swimming club is going to lose funding and it needs to raise money simply to keep everything running. “There are several squads comprising around 150 swimmers who take part in local and national galas that incur transport costs and so on." He continues: "It’s a fantastic organisation. My 11-year-old son goes frequently, and it's great to see that it works with all ages of swimmer, from five years old upwards, across the city. The standards of the club become clear when you consider that it has produced some high performing athletes, such as Chris Cook." The club was formed in 1977, when head coach Ian Oliver became chief swimming coach/organiser at Newcastle Council. During his career, he has coached swimmers to win nine Commonwealth medals, including five Golds, and this will be the 15th year that swimmers from Newcastle have competed in major swimming events. David adds: "At RMS we've made a donation of £1000 to sponsor a fundraising barbecue at the Northern Rugby Club, Gosforth, where there’ll be a raffle to raise funds. “From the company’s perspective, we’re always looking to put something back into the community and this seemed like an ideal project.

"For more information on the club, log on to www.cityofnewcastleasc.co.uk or call Russell Mills on 07986 793800.

New veterans centre benefits from donation from RMS

April 2010

Rook Matthews Sayer was pleased to hand over a cheque to North East housing support charity, Norcare in January. The money was raised during RMS’s campaign, ‘The market is moving,’ which ran during September and October 2009. For every home listed, an amount would be paid to Norcare. Clive Rook said “The market was improving, but we had no real idea how much money we would end up raising for the charity. We were pleased to raise £6,350, which will go towards the purchase of a mini bus for Norcare. This will allow the staff to take residents out and about, so they will be able to benefit from all the North East has to offer. All the staff at RMS participated in the campaign, their energy and enthusiasm helped raise the amount we did. In addition to the money raised by RMS, one of the companies we work with Simply Group, raised £246 for the charity, which will go towards the mini bus also. We chose Norcare to support, because of their work with the homeless and we were excited to find out that they were opening a new centre for vulnerable veterans.” Norcare is working with the Royal British Legion to pilot a centre that will re-create home life for ex servicemen and women that have fallen on hard times, to help them re-build their lives.