Case Study

Overview:

John Kingston Estate Agents is a market leading estate agent in the beautiful and sought after town of Sevenoaks in Kent. Their mantra is to provide and encourage high standards of professionalism in estate agency.

It was clear from the outset that John and his team wanted to capture a local and personal feel for their new website whilst maintaining the highest levels of professionalism. To this end we started with modernizing the brand and used this as a starting point.

This particular website has been designed as a clean and graphical showpiece. Although the top section here showcases a panning slideshow of local imagery this can be replaced with video or still imagery. The important element is the prominent valuation button and header text configured for SEO.

Below the specifically sized hero graphic users will be able to see the search bar meaning that all relevant call to actions are visible on the one screen without the need to scroll. This will be the case on any device due to the responsive abilities of the website.

This site also presents our innovative to search by school or railway station and also allows users to view their results on a map or draw their own search on a Google map.

The home page has been designed for ease of use for mobile and desktop users who will intuitively know to scroll down to view a number of components that cross link to other areas of the website. You can see other website example in our gallery to view a huge range of different home page components however here you can view a Latest Properties scroller, testimonial bar, valuation repeater, social media and collage of images that link to prominent articles.

You’ll also notice that the main navigation bar stays with you as you scroll down through the page enabling the user to always have access to prominent call to actions.

Features

  • Fully responsive
  • Search engine optimised
  • Content manageable
  • Search by school
  • Automated property updates
  • Email alerts
  • Social media integrated
  • Video ready
  • Draw a search
  • Local area guides

The Location Information guides have been very successful in helping to win business at the valuation stage. As you know, I was initially uncertain about how effective they would be, but they have proven to be an extremely worthwhile investment for us.

We were excited at the very beginning with the HIVE Location Information product. It adds real value to both vendors and landlords properties in providing in-depth local information and data for the property. Buyers and renters alike love the booklets and on line presentation of the properties and the local amenities and infrastructure. It has also proved an instruction winner and gives us an added advantage over the other agents at valuations.

Joshua Rafter MARLA | Managing Director

HIVE's 360 Virtual Tour service has enabled us to stand out from the ever growing number of estate agents and has given us the opportunity to impress our clients with something new and innovative. We can confidently say that it has helped us win several instructions over our competitors and the service HIVE offers has exceeded our expectations.

Jamie Ullmer

We have been extremely impressed with Bruce and his team at Hive. Their technical knowledge and understanding of our Estate Agency needs has only been out-weighed by their drive and desire to deliver "a top notch product", within the time-frames that our business has demanded!

"Location Information" is a real USP for Miles & Barr and has not only helped us gain Listings where we may not have, but has also been an invaluable tool for relocating buyers which will surely help us secure future business.

Christin Miles | Partner

East Estate Agency of the Year silver award

We are now fully utilising the HIVE Brochures and they are being really well received by both potential vendors at market appraisals and by our current vendors. None of our competitors is offering anything like it and they help us win business.

Dee Quealy | Director

Having forged a reputation for innovative and forward thinking marketing, ‘Local Information’ was a perfect product for staying one step ahead from our nearest competitors. Our listers report that potential vendors are very impressed and this has had a direct impact on our conversion rates

Hive offer a fantastic product coupled with excellent after sales and ongoing support. This product has allowed us to not only impress clients but improve our conversion and average fee value.

Robert Chamberlain | Area Sales Manager Essex & East Anglia

Being in a market with a shortage of instructions and available stock to sell, Hive Location Information Brochures have given us a instinct advantage with potential vendors in terms of winning a marginal instructions or achieving the right fee. It is also particularly impressive how quick we receive the completed brochures.

I would just like to drop you an email to mention that our Hive brochures are well received by our clients and gives us the edge to be different in providing bespoke information. I must also mention it was a contributory factor in us winning Gold in The Sunday Time Award for Best Estate Agent in the Eats of England (Single Office Category). We hope to see more great market leading innovation from your company.