boydens.co.uk 53 Team spotlight ‘I would not want to work anywhere else’ Angela Jeffery, Boydens’ Sudbury Branch Manager, chats about her job, what motivates her, and how 2022 is shaping up for the local property market. About me I currently live in Long Melford with my partner, Alastair, and have been living there for six years now. I have to say, I do enjoy living in Melford. I have two grownup children, Aaron, 26, and Sophie, 23 – both live away from home, so we have a nice tidy home! Starting out Before working for Boydens, I used to be a medical buyer for a company that was then called Ciba Corning (now known as Siemens). It was a very good position; I worked hard there and really enjoyed the job. I worked there 18 years, returning after I had Aaron, but left when I had Sophie. I then tried my hand at many things – even running my own window cleaning business, which was very successful at the time. Joining Boydens In 2004, I applied for a part-time job at Boydens as an office administrator, which was a job sharing role at that time. After six months, I was made a Lettings Negotiator – I really enjoyed the position, and we built the business up with a large number of managed properties. At this time, there were very few agents offering property lettings, so we had the main share. I then progressed to Senior Lettings Negotiator followed by Branch Manager. Why I love my job Over the 17 years that I have been at Boydens, I have seen a lot of changes in the industry, but I have to say I would not want to work anywhere else. There is an awful lot of satisfaction when you find a buyer their perfect home to purchase and you have a very happy vendor, and equally when you have applicants looking for a home to rent but do not understand the process and you are able to take the time to explain everything to them. The same goes for landlords when they are trusting you to rent out their property, which is probably the biggest commodity they will ever have, and they put their faith and trust in you. You get so much pleasure when these landlords come back to you, time and time again, for their repeat business and you build a lifelong relationship with them. What more can you ask for? Of course, in every business there are the day-to-day challenges that the job brings, but you deal with them with a lot of patience and understanding – and with a good team behind you. Sudbury’s delights Sudbury is a growing marketplace with lots of wonderful places to visit and surrounding villages of historic of interest. In the town, there is the railway station where, with one change at Mark’s Tey, you can go through to London. Sudbury has expanded with various new developments popping up and drawing in a lot of interest from people living out of the area. The year ahead I think 2022 will be a very interesting and busy year ahead with lots of new developments on the horizon. We are still lucky enough to have some very good investors with us looking to grow their portfolios in 2022, so I believe the year ahead will be very good for the industry and equally a good time if you are looking to move.
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