New property to rent in Bathwick Street

Central rear facing ground floor furnished one bedroom apartment with private garden, available to occupy from 23/10/11. Tucked away behind Bathwick St and just a stroll from town through Henrietta Gardens, this gorgeous little pad is a perfect city base. Sitting room with kitchen area facing out onto the garden, double bedroom and decent bathroom. Permit parking on road, shops opposite. £695pcm

Full details and internal photos now available on our website.

Bathwick canal views

Taken by our very own Lewis Carpenter, here’s a fabulous shot from the Kennet & Avon canal in Bathwick. This one’s likely to end up on the front of one of our leaflets so Bath locals might get their own copies through their doors soon!

Another photo from Lewis – the lock below Sydney Buildings

Bathwick and Larkhall testimonials

Two letters received over the last week from clients we acted for on sales in Bathwick (St Anns Way) and Larkhall (Beaufort Place);

“Thank you so much for all the help you gave Sue and I with the sale of St Ann’s Way. We were very pleased with the way everything went – especially as they managed to complete earlier than we expected.

 When we chose an estate agent we went with our gut instinct: you had a very clear idea of how you would market the house, and you delivered what you promised. You kept us informed every step of the way, and you kept the buyers sweet too! This enabled it to be a very straight forward process, thank you. We are recommending you to anyone who’s selling/buying!

 One very minor thing: we would have appreciated knowing, in advance, that the purchasers and their builders were visiting the house after their offer was accepted.

 Many thanks again for all your help”

“I would like to put in writing my profound thanks to both you and Will for all the support over these past months. It has been one of life’s more emotionally challenging times selling the family home after so many years. It has been made bearable due to your professional and unwavering support. Nothing has been too much trouble for you to do for us and you have always been available to discuss any worries or problems.
 
Carey, you have diligently covered every step of the way in order to get us the very best result that could possibly be. I just couldn’t recommend the team at Madison Oakley more highly and am determined to spread the word far and wide.
 
Your quality of service goes well beyond the normal Estate Agent’s job description. With this testimonial comes a warning, as I am afraid that you will not be seeing the last of us!
 
In my estimation you have put the ‘gent’ back into Agent’s and both you and Will are a credit to the Estate Agent profession.
 
Well done.”

Bathwick road names

Some trivia for Bathwick residents – the origins of some of the road names in the Bathwick ward

Bathwick Road Names – associated with the Pulteney family or their successors.

• Alva Street (not built) – William Johnstone Pulteney. Johnstone family of Alva, Scotland.
• Great Annandale Street (not built) – William Johnstone Pulteney. Connection with the Marquis of Annandale, Scotland.
• Argyle Buildings/ Street – political connection with the Duke of Argyle.
• Barnard Villas – Baron Barnard of Raby.
• Cleveland Bridge/ Walk – Duke of Cleveland.
• Daniel Street – Daniel Pulteney, grandfather of Henrietta Laura Pulteney.
• Darlington Place/ Road – Earl of Darlington
• Edward Street – Edward Vane of Raby.
• Forester Road/ Avenue – Captain Francis William Forester.
• Frances Square (not built) – Francis Pulteney, mother of Henrietta Laura, inherited estate in 1767.
• Henrietta Street/ Road – Henrietta Laura Pulteney.
• Henry Street (not built) – Henry Vane.
• Heydon Street (not built) – intended as ‘Heddon’. William Pulteney’s (Earl of Bath) Parliamentary seat in Yorkshire.
• Johnstone Street – William Johnstone Pulteney.
• Laura Place – Henrietta Laura Pulteney.
• Powlett Road – Sophia Powlett(Paulett), wife of Henry Vane.
• Pulteney Street/ Road – family name.
• Raby Place – Raby Castle, Darlington.
• Rockliffe Avenue/ Road – Captain Forester’s estate at Darlington.
• Sackville Street (not built) – William Pulteney (Earl of Bath) owned Sackville Street, London.
• Stanhope Street (not built) political connection with Lord Stanhope.
• Sunderland Street – Earl of Sunderland connection with Margaret Tichborne, wife of Daniel Pulteney, grandmother of Henrietta Laura.
• Sutton Street – Sir Richard Sutton and Eliz. Evelyn Sutton, connection with Henrietta Laura’s grandmother – Margaret Tichborne.
• Sydney Buildings/ Place – Thomas Townsend, 1^st Viscount Sydney. Parliamentary connection.
• Tourville Street (not built) – Probably named after the French aristocratic family, who after their escape to this country during the French Revolution, were amongst those who were helped by William Johnstone and Henrietta Laura Pulteney.
• Upper Great Pulteney Street (not built) – Family name.
• Vane Street – Vane family/see Edward St.
• William Street – William Johnstone Pulteney.For more info on Madison Oakley or contact details for our directors, do visit our website.

 

Photos of Bath – Lansdown, Bathwick, Widcombe, Royal Crescent and the city centre

These pictures and many more are posted in an album on our Facebook page. Although not strictly directly useful for estate agency in Bath, we find our clients appreciate us going the extra mile to show purchasers the environment around the properties we have for sale. We’ve also been pleasantly surprised at the number of members of the public visiting us to say how much they enjoy the photos we take – we do pride ourselves on the quality of our media and take great effort in revisiting places and properties time and again until we have exactly the right shot. Many estate agents in Bath are satisfied with a quick snap of the outside of the property for sale but we now have a visual marketing package that includes the following;

• Interactive floorplans with internal photos embedded within the plans
• Walkthrough video tours – taken from the perspective of a viewer 
• Aerial and panoramic photos of the immediate local area
• Archive photos of streets and areas from historical documents and locally published guides
• O/S, local and parish maps dating from 1780 to present day

We’ve found that having this information available enhances the presentation of our properties for sale on various websites, as well as within the local property newspapers. This, in turn, increases the activity on each property from potential purchasers. When allied to our other marketing resources (historical research, office window displays, purchaser mailing lists ect), we can truly say every home is comprehensively presented for sale.

 Photos taken from Alexandra Park (Bear Flat, Bath) on May 19th.

For more info on Madison Oakley or contact details for our directors, do visit our website.