With Heywoods, what you see is what you get. Straight answers with no messing - just good honest help and advice on all aspects of moving home.

The Heywoods business can trace its roots back to 1881, when it was heavily involved in local cattle markets and other livestock sales. At that time the sale of land, property and livestock were often intrinsically linked and Heywoods forged an enviable reputation which helped sustain its longevity in the area. Over the years the business has developed into what we know today as an estate agency, but we have never forgotten our roots and that’s because our Newcastle office now stands on the site of the former cattle market

Heywoods has a proud history of being a family concern. Although the ownership has changed hands several times, the acquisition in 1991 by father and son, John and Chris Stops, re-established that tradition. They set about reinventing the Company into what we know it as today. 1995 brought about the re-development of the Newcastle site.

		Heywoods provides a wide range of services for both the residential and commercial property markets. Another arm of the Professional Services Division, the Letting's Department, has run successfully since its launch. The Newcastle office opened in 1995 which heralded a new phase of Heywoods history and we have since focused on differentiating ourselves as the best estate agency in the area by constantly improving and refining our service. In the intervening years new offices have been opened throughout the region and in 2008 a purpose built administration centre was built at Campbell Road, Stoke-on-Trent to provide a central hub supporting the High Street offices.
Above Heywoods Customer Service Centre

In 2003, John retired and Chris has continued to take the business forward. He has established a reputation as a property expert and regularly appears on local television, radio and in newspapers offering advice and opinions on the housing market. He has also been part of television property and makeover programmes including BBC’s Homes Under The Hammer and To Buy Or Not To Buy as well as Channel 4’s House Doctor.

2004 saw the introduction of the Mortgage Advice Bureau (MAB) franchise into Heywoods. Through MAB we offer our customers the very best independent advice on mortgages so that anyone who buys a house from Heywoods can get the best deal to suit their circumstances.

Heywoods are members of the Home Sales Network, part of a 700-office strong network of independent estate agents, the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the National Association for Estate Agents (NAEA) which is adjoined with the Ombudsman Scheme as recognised by the Office of Fair Trading.

Below some comments from our customers:

"Thank you so much for all your help with the sale of our house. We would like to say a big thank you to Emily who has been wonderful!"

"To Emily and Team – thank you so much for your continued support. My family and I are really happy and now settled in our new home"

"Thanks Cat for getting us our dream home, we couldn't have asked for a better level of service, you've been great"

"Many thanks for all your help Jo. If being totally honest out of all the estate agents we’ve approached in the Stoke on Trent area, Heywoods have been brilliant, really helpful and accommodating. Thanks again for your assistance"

"Cat – thank you so much for all your advice, help and support over the past few difficult months. You made a big difference to our sale"

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