cmRENT History

Michael Saville & Susannah Raven (now Saville) created cmRENT in September 2003 having been unimpressed with the service received from other local agents with their own rented property portfolio. Michael was born & brought up in Chelmsford, Susannah in Braintree, giving us expert knowledge of these and the surrounding towns & villages. We set up our first office in Rainsford Road, Chelmsford, where we let 94 properties by the end of 2004.

In January 2005 we moved to a small but prominent office in Rayne Road, Braintree, where we grew rapidly, letting 256 properties in 2005 (that’s at least 1 every working day!). During that year we grew from 2 to 5 staff members with the addition of specific Accounts, Property Management and Administration staff.

In 2006 the rental market continued to grow and we obtained planning permission to extend our existing premises to cope with the extra business. It soon became apparent that this would not be large enough so we began our search for a new, larger office.

By October 2006 we had grown to 7 staff and after searching for nearly 6 months for a suitable size new office, we finally moved to a BRAND NEW 2169sq.ft modern office at Freeport Office Village, in Braintree which we own.

During 2006 cmRENT increased their number of properties let for one year to 291. We grew to 8 members of staff to cope with this extra workload.

In 2007 we introduced our 'Let4Sale' service for selling tenanted properties from 1 landlord to another. We also began producing our regular newsletter keeping Landlords up-to-date with market news, new services and special offers.

In April of 2007, we began the fleet of cmRENT branded cars and by the end of 2007 we had settled well into our new office premises and expanded on our previous year, letting 293 properties.

During 2008 Michael & Susannah married and we increased to 9 staff. We voluntarily became members of the TPO as another assurance to our clients of or quality standards. We added the option of having a Floorplan with an EPC and we let 295 properties.

In 2009 we increased to 12 staff with Susannah Saville leaving to have the cmBABY! We opened our 2nd office at Duke Street, Chelmsford and we increased our quantity of lets by a massive 29% on 2008 figures!

A BRIEF HISTORY

• Sept 2003 - Saville Home Management Ltd was created
• Dec 2004 - We Let 95 properties in 2004
• Jan 2005 - Moved to Rayne Road offices in Braintree
• Dec 2005 - We Let 264 properties in 2005
• June 2006 - We became members of ARLA
• Oct 2006 - Moved to 2169sq.ft. Head Office at Freeport Office Village
• Dec 2006 - We Let 291 properties in 2006
• 2007 - Our Let4Sale service introduced
• April 2007 - Tenancy Deposit Scheme introduced
• April 2007 - We introduced our first 3 branded vehicles
• Dec 2007 - We Let 293 properties in 2007
• June 2008 - Michael & Susannah married
• Sept 2008 - We became members of TPO
• Oct 2008 - Energy Performance Certificates introduced
• Dec 2008 - We let 295 properties in 2008
• March 2009 - We were one of the first to become Licenced ARLA Agents
• April 2009 - CORGI replaced by Gas Safe Register
• June 2009 - cmBABY Henry Douglas Saville was born!
• July 2009 - Sister company cmSALES launched by Steven Burnside
• Oct 2009 - 2nd office at Duke Street, Chelmsford opened
• Dec 2009 - We Let 381 properties in 2009
• March 2010 - Our staff numbers increased to 15
• May 2010 - Our fleet of vehicles increased to 8

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