Burkmars Independent Estate Agents was established in 1993. Managed by Richard Burkmar FRICS and Michael Burkmar MNAEA, offering 60 years local experience selling properties within Lymington and the surrounding areas.
Burkmars are trusted for giving sound professional advice with a wealth of experience selling all types of residential and commercial properties from studio apartments to large family homes, letting or selling shops and office buildings plus carrying out rent reviews for clients.
Our specialist, in-depth knowledge of the local property market, personal commitment and extremely helpful team ensures we make buying and selling your home as comfortable as possible. Burkmars Independent Estate Agents are here to assist you every step of the way.
Burkmars are members of the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, the National Association of Estate Agents and the Ombudsman for Estate Agents.
Local area knowledge
Richard and Michael Burkmar have lived in Lymington and the surrounding villages all of their lives and have 45 and 18 years, consecutively selling property in this area. Their love of the location and passion for the business make them the perfect team to provide the best possible service for you whether selling or buying a property.
Here to assist
Burkmars office is open six days a week. Being a family run business we have the flexibility to carry out viewings at your convenience in or out of office hours.
Make your property stand out
Burkmars are determined to achieve the best for you, proactively marketing your property with excellent Cannon SLR digital photography, slick property brochures and colour floor plans. We also advertise on a number of portals including Rightmove the UK's number one property portal which generates six times more hits than its nearest competitor (Hitwise.com). Our newly developed website demonstrates your property to its full potential with ease, assisting buyers to explore your home online. We make use of Google services leading searches to Burkmars website, providing your property with access to the largest audience.
Further to this we are lifting the lid on marketing with the use of social networking sites, Facebook, Twitter, and RSS feeds to connect with potential buyers and sellers. Accurate direct marketing via post, email and text ensure people only hear of properties that meet their requirements in the most convenient way. All of these approaches to selling your property ensure we cover every possible angle in providing you a quick sale achieving the price we set out to.
We stand out
Whilst some Estate Agents have an unpopular reputation, we at Burkmars work very hard not to fall into this cliché. We are proud to say over the years we have earned a reputation for being honest, supportive, helpful and knowledgeable.
Location
Burkmars are ideally located in the heart of Lymington High Street to sell residential and let or sell commercial properties in Lymington and surrounding villages including Pennington, Milford on Sea, Keyhaven, Everton, Hordle, Tiptoe, Sway, Brockenhurst and Norley Wood, Boldre and East Boldre, Pilley and East End.
Results speak for themselves
Burkmars provide accurate property valuations achieving an remarkable average of 96% of asking price on properties they sold in the last year.
“A genuinely helpful and honest service was provided by Burkmars at all times. Their local Knowledge was extremely advantageous. I felt supported by Burkmars team at every part of the buying process and can recommend them highly. Thank you Burkmars!”
- Miss Adele Carroll
“I was very pleased with the service I received”
- Mrs Parkes
“Good job done in a difficult economic climate! Many thanks”
- Mr and Mrs K
“Having now had to chance to settle into our new home, we just wanted to drop you a line and express our thanks for all the support you provided us in the purchase of the above property.
We had several issues a long the way with our solicitor and you were always very helpful providing us with assistance where possible, to help rectify these issues, which brought the whole process to a smooth outcome.
We are very pleased with our new home and hope to stay there for a few years, however should we need your assistance in the future we will be in touch, as well as recommend you to our friends and family.”
- Mr Lewis and Mrs Downing
“Excellent service, giving advice and suggestion, all helpful at the stressful time of moving.”
- E M Gibson
“A very professional family business which does it’s best for vendor and purchaser. A friendly manner from receptionist to agents puts one at ones ease. Having moved a few times a very honest team. Thank you for a very satisfactotory result done during a difficult economic climate”
- Mr and Mrs Woodcock
“Richard and Michael Burkmar run a family estate agency business in Lymington. They are experienced and charming people and you are, from the start, dealing with one of the owners of the business.
They do not try to pressurise you in any way, but go out of their way to help you as much as they can. I can honestly say that it has been a pleasure to do business with them from the moment we walked through their office door until the moment we completed on our purchase”
- Mr M
“The Burkmars Team, big thank you for all of your help. Really appreciate it”
- Mr and Mrs K
“Kept fully informed of progress once sale underway. Prior to sale also kept informed of the market situation and best way to market property in what is a difficult economic situation.
First class communication with me as a vendor which for me was a breath of fresh air.”
- Mr and Mrs Connellan
“Courteous and professional service throughout would use again, highly recommend.”
- Mr Prince
“Just a few words of commendation for your excellent service, throughout what turned out to be a most tedious and nerve-wrecking transaction. By handling both the sale and purchase I at least enjoyed a single arrangement with yourselves. I can honestly say that there was never a time when you did not have your fingers on the ‘Pulse’. Whatever the situation threw at us you always dealt with it in a calm and confident manner, which is more than I would have done.
I would heartily recommend your agency and hope that you prosper in the years ahead. Whilst I would have no hesitation in using you again, I seriously hope that I don’t have to, for at least a decade!!!”
- Mr Shiner
“At all times you were helpful and obliging and on two occasions went beyond our expectations to sort out potential problems.
Many thanks for a pleasant and satisfactory transaction – we are delighted!”
- Mrs Braye
“Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful assistance. Your service was exemplary and showed exceeding patience.
They say that moving home is one of life’s most traumatic times but thanks, in part to your help and consideration, everything went extremely smoothly.”
- Mr and Mrs C
“Very professional service, always willing to answer my many questions, very fast and efficient. A pleasure to deal with.”
- Mr and Mrs Eke
“A friendly and professional service. Answered queries promptly and your ‘non pushy’ manner was a refreshing change.
Thank you.”
- Mr and Mrs B
“I wanted to drop you a quick line to thank you so much for selling the house as quickly as you did and for getting the asking price! Having had the house with another agent for three months without a viewing, I must say I was caught off guard when the first of your clients walked in and wanted it!
Also I just wanted to say that I can highly recommend you for the support you gave me during what can be trying times when the chain is stumbling along but we got there just as you said we would.
Thank you again for everything.”
- Mrs Bryant
“Superb service with full understanding of our requirements, resulting in a sale within 10 days and completion within 9 weeks. Faultless throughout.
Thank you.”
- Mr Thurston
“Thank you for a good job well done. Mr Burkmar put in a lot of effort which paid off in a quick sale in a very difficult time for the housing market.”
- Mr Mockeridge
“Dear Mr Burkmar,
We would like to thank you for your assistance with the successful sale of our house in Kingston Park. I would be very happy to recommend Burkmars at any time.
Yours sincerely”
- Mr Gardiner
“Very helpful, kept us informed of all that was happening. Seemed to do more work for us than any other.
Thank you so much”
- Mr and Mrs Orton
“Dear Michael,
We would like to thank you all at Burkmars for helping us navigate our way through the purchase of Burrard Grove. You were all extremely professional and kept us constantly updated of progress, and I hope it’s a consolation to know that although it may have seemed quite a slow process, we are absolutely thrilled with the prospect of moving into our new home! The children have so far enjoyed trekking through the secret garden and will spend many a happy day playing in it.
Thank you once again for a thoroughly helpful and efficient service.
Best regards”
- Mr and Mrs Brain
“Richard Burkmar was very helpful throughout our purchase of our property. He was very knowledgeable about the area which was of great use to us. Communication, which is key during the process of buying was very active from the estate agents.”
- Mr and Mrs Woollven
“We have now bought two properties through Burkmars, sold one and been accompanied by Richard or Michael to a number of different property viewings.
We have found them to be very helpful, professional, reliable and efficient. They can always be trusted to follow up on actions and do what they say they will do.
Burkmars are a pleasure to do business with and we would be very pleased to use them again. We would have no hesitation in recommending them to others.”
- Mr Morrissey
“I can thoroughly recommend the whole team at Burkmars for a number of reasons:
Their calm and intelligent approach to the traumas of selling and buying of property makes one feel that they are genuinely on one’s side at all times. They are prepared to listen rather than to judge! I bought my house through Burkmars 4 years ago having moved back to the New Forest and was guided well by Burkmars. The house I bought through them suited me just fine!
Upon selling, I received excellent feedback after viewings and really felt very looked after by the whole team.
They are not pushy with purchasers and vendors and are a very ‘can do’.
Thank you Burkmars”
- Mrs Garrett
“We were very pleased with your service.
You were accessible, clear in your playback of our instructions, not intrusive, careful of our privacy and the wellbeing of the cat, and generally managed the sale as we expected. Of course it was always going to be along-slog given the economic circumstances but we would certainly look to use you again if, God forbid, we should have to move again!!
Thanks for your attention and best wishes to all at your office.”
- Mr Tudor
“This is an estate agent with a difference. Richard and Michael Burkmar provided us with a highly professional, personal service, when recently purchasing a house. Nothing was too much trouble, providing us with local knowledge and letting in many times, architects, builders etc. to the house. They always had such a positive, cheerful attitude and we felt we could trust them explicitly.”
- Mr and Mrs Flemming
“Dear Sir,
I was very happy with the service I received which was friendly and efficient. The brochure you produced was first class with good photographs, which I think is so important. Also there were some problems with the buyers chain during the sale which you were very efficient at sorting out. In sum, I would certainly use your service again and recommend you to others.”
- Mr Griffiths
“Thank you for your help in buying and selling our properties recently. We were both pleased with your friendly and helpful manner enabling us to complete the business without any hitches in a reasonably short time. We are settling in well in our new environment, thanks again for all your help.”
- Mr and Mrs Ingrem
“The purchase of both properties through your agency proceeded smoothly and with few problems. The delay in the case of Ditchbury was generated by ourselves rather than anything to do with you. Of course one must remember you were working for the vendor rather than ourselves, but unlike some Estate Agents who can be pushy when seeking a sale, we found you both helpful and courteous at all times.”
- Mr and Mrs Knight
“Time to drop you a line to say thank you both, and indeed the ladies in the office, for looking after us so well. As far as we were concerned we had excellent advice on the amount to ask for the house and how to deal with the various offers that we received. Your positive approach and the feeling that we had that our best interests were being looked after, not just a quick sale and commission for the estate agent; an experience that we had when dealing with previous agents. In particular your dogged approach to dealing with somewhat tardy agents representing other people in the chain left us feeling secure in what was an uncertain time.
We also felt that the various other services that you suggested i.e. solicitor were of the same ilk as yourselves particularly important when one is out of the country as the deal is going through.
In short a thoroughly friendly and importantly successful service was received by Dawn and myself.”
- Mr and Mrs Keddie
“I am extremely glad that I took the plunge and moved to Lymington. I am very happy with the service you provided. My purchase went very smoothly compared with the rather traumatic experience of selling my previous property. I am grateful for your calm and friendly manner in dealing with the numerous delays caused by my purchaser and thank you for bringing the purchase to completion.
- Mrs M Tree
“We used Burkmars again to sell our property as they offer such a professional personal service. We have now found our utopia but if we need to sell again we would always use and recommend Burkmars.
- Mrs J Dukes