Northwood Salisbury have line with high HMO demand completed the acquisition of neighbouring Bassets Property Services Limited, which was set up in 2002 by David and Mary Clayton and has a portfolio of 412 managed properties.

Stuart Calvert, who set up the Northwood Salisbury office with his wife, Maryam, in 2015, commented: “We are delighted to have completed on the acquisition of Bassets, which is a very successful family-run independent business with a superb reputation as an honest and transparent lettings business. There is a great synergy between our two businesses, as our Northwood business is very much a family-run business and I know that was important to David and Mary when they decided to sell. Maryam and I believe in delivering outstanding levels of customer service, and we treat all of our clients with the personal attention that we believe is so important.”

The entire team will remain in place at Bassets and the company will operate as it has been under manager Quentin Thatcher, who has been there since 2013 and has over 30 years of experience in the property industry.

Former owner, David Clayton, added: “We would like to say a huge thank you to all our staff over the past 19 years who have helped take Bassets from being a new start to the market leader locally for lettings.”