History

A brief history of Locate Homes

June 2004

Locate Properties is incorporated.

August 2004

We sign our first commercial lease (giving us a base to work from) and start trading. The office contains two desks (which is handy because we only have two members of the team – Naveed and Haseeb), one phone line and a small ad in the local press. Modest beginnings!

By the end of our first week we have attracted two landlords and two properties. We’ve never looked back since…

September 2004

The first version of our website goes live.

April 2005

The buy to let boom is in full flow and helps fuel the growth in our sales and lettings division.

July 2005

The team starts to grow – we employ our first member of staff to cope with the increasing workload.

January 2006

We up the ante in terms of advertising (and create a better impression when we visit clients) by wrapping a Mini Cooper S with our logo.

November 2006

2½ years completed (almost), along with our 60th property sale.

April 2007

We join the Tenant Deposit Scheme MyDeposits.

September 2007

We become a member of The Property Ombudsman for Sales and Lettings.

June 2008

Our new Lettings Administrator joins the Locate team.

August 2009

The Mini needs help. We add more vehicles to the Locate fleet.

November 2011

Our Maintenance Division continues to grow, with 12+ expert tradesman on our approved contractor list.

June 2013

We become members of the National Approved Letting Scheme (NALS).

September 2013

We are SAFEagent accredited.

August 2014

Celebrating 10 years of Locate.

September 2014

Gain Level 3 Technical Award in Residential Lettings & Property Management.

June 2015

Time to expand again. We find a new commercial space on North Parade, Bradford and start putting plans in place to redevelop it as our new HQ.

August 2016

The new office redevelopment begins.

Where are we going next? Whatever happens, we know two things: that Bradford will remain our heartland, and the we want to take you with us.