Haley Chavner

The unusually driven former Countrywide agent

On more challenging days when sales targets are slipping or landlords haranguing them, who would blame a Countrywide agent for dreaming of a new job. That’s what happened in July this year to former Countrywide assistant branch manager Haley Chavner, only this time she turned her plans into reality. The 32-year-old had been working for Abbotts Countrywide at its branch in Rochford, Essex for several years working her way up from an admin job to Negotiator and then Assistant Branch Manager. And then she had a bright idea. She quit and joined forces with Leigh-on-Seas car leasing firm Planet Leasing, whose owners Darren Nash and Gary Rose (pictured, left to right) featured in last summer’s Channel 4 ‘car-crash’ reality TV programme, The Job Interview. Her idea was to launch a car leasing firm just for estate agents called Cars4Agents.com and the business has now launched. “I’m acutely aware of the many day to day challenges faced by estate agents,” says Haley (pictured, left). “Expectations of what a customer considers value for money has altered with the advent of online agents competing at low prices with traditional high street set-ups. “Differentiation is imperative and it’s important for those in the industry need…

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