Associate
Clare Bonwick
When Clare was 13, she moved to a new house with her parents and ever since then, she knew she wanted to be an estate agent. Throughout her school years, Clare combined studying with working in an estate agency. And after working successfully for Odells, Cartwright Holt (now Cartwright Hands), Dixons and Newmans, she was introduced to Paul Campbell on a skiing trip by a mutual friend.
When Clare was 13, she moved to a new house with her parents and ever since then, she knew she wanted to be an estate agent. Throughout her school years, Clare combined studying with working in an estate agency. And after working successfully for Odells, Cartwright Holt (now Cartwright Hands), Dixons and Newmans, she was introduced to Paul Campbell on a skiing trip by a mutual friend.
Paul and Clare hit it off straight away, thanks to a shared property passion and similar ways of doing business. So, it’ll come as no surprise to learn, that she didn’t take much persuading to join his team.
”I joined Campbells in September 2013 and, despite working in the estate agency business since 1987, I have to say that they are the friendliest, most honest and hard-working company of estate agents I have ever worked with. I believe that’s because we all have the same customer service ethos: to provide customers with an excellent experience where they receive good value for money. I even had a client pay me MORE money than the fee I had agreed to because they were so happy with our efforts. I bet there are few estate agents out there that could tell you that!
Clare Bonwick
Clare has a very practical and direct approach to selling and letting houses, she believes in providing a first-class customer service. To her, it’s a very personal exercise. If you give Clare the responsibility of selling your property, she will take it very seriously. She is not motivated by money, only the satisfaction and delight of her customers when they get the best price.
”I specialise in maximising the value of your property by making simple suggestions and offering easy solutions on how to present it at its best.
Clare Bonwick
Over the years I have found it really hard to understand why people would put more effort into selling a second-hand car than they would do their house. With a car they’d clean and polish it inside and out, maybe even black wall the tyres all in order to make it look it’s best to get the highest amount of money for it.
Our homes are generally our most valuable assets – yet, and in spite of all the ‘housey programmes’ on TV these days, a lot of people still take the view that the buying public should ‘take us as you find us’.
Many people don’t recognise that certain aspects of their property could be off-putting. And some agents don’t think to point out these issues. But Clare is upfront and tactful and wants to do everything she can to maximise the value of a customer’s property. So, by making simple suggestions and offering easy solutions, she can show customers how to present their property effectively.
When selling a property, the way you choose to present it can quite literally make you or cost you thousands of pounds. It’s as simple as that! Putting in a bit of effort by de-cluttering, tidying, cleaning and maybe rearranging some furniture can make a huge difference to the end price. Clare is also impeccable at nailing down the composition of photography, using clever interior design tweaks to dress the rooms or the whole house and carefully selecting the words used in sales particulars.
And Clare is the lady to do it. She’s lucky really, because photography, prose and interior design are all things that she enjoys. So, leave it to her and she will work her magic to showcase the features and benefits of your property in order to attract the right buyers. Clare is very good at becoming a team with the sellers that she is representing and making sure that they are working together to achieve the best price possible.
As her colleagues, we can only say that she is incredibly calm, collected, loyal, professional and great with people. She has made many friends from her work, often with customers going on to be friends. When she’s showing people around a property on a viewing, she tends to interview them, so she can find out more about them. This way she can then show them properties that will have the greatest appeal. And when selling a property, Clare really get to know everything about it, so she can confidently talk about it to potential buyers.
Clare is very selective about her customers. She doesn’t take on too many properties, that way she can give the best levels of service and completely focus on her current customers.
And when she’s not a work, Clare enjoys singing – Jazz is a favourite. She also loves spending quality time with her two boys.
Clare concentrates on property within the Clifton upon Dunsmore area where she lives. She has developed a strong reputation here and is known for getting the best for her clients when it comes to negotiating a sale. She also works in the surrounding Warwickshire, Leicestershire and Northamptonshire villages including Newton, Catthorpe, Lilbourne, Clay Coton, Winwick, Pailton, Harborough Magna, Dunchurch and Rugby.