Business Details
21 Years
experience
Your Trusted Estate Agent in Blandford Forum
Forum Sales & Lettings is an independent estate agency established in 2005, serving Blandford Forum and surrounding areas in Dorset. Our team of experienced professionals specialises in property sales, lettings, and rentals, offering tailored guidance to buyers, sellers, landlords, and tenants. With deep local expertise, we provide honest valuations, strategic property staging, and comprehensive support throughout the transaction process. Our commitment to transparent communication ensures clients receive timely updates and informed advice. We leverage extensive industry knowledge to maximise property value and rental yields while maintaining compliance with legal requirements. Our services include property photography, marketing across multiple platforms, and thorough tenant vetting. As lifelong residents of the area, we understand the unique characteristics of local villages and can advise on amenities, transport links, and market trends. Our growth from two founding partners to a dedicated team reflects our dedication to delivering exceptional service and building long-term client relationships.
Services
Property Sales
Property Lettings
Rental Yield Calculations
Property Valuations
Stamp Duty Calculations
Details
- Year established: 2005
Highlights and features
- We provide honest valuations based on 18 years of local market expertise.
- Our team offers tailored guidance through every property transaction stage.
- We market properties across multiple platforms including specialist photography.
- We conduct thorough tenant vetting to protect landlords' investments.
- Our agents have lifelong local knowledge of Blandford and surrounding villages.
What people say
Excellent service
Fantastic service
Highly recommend
Great team
Second to none
Services
Property Sales
We guide clients through property sales with honest valuations and strategic marketing. Our team prepares properties for viewings, negotiates offers, and ensures smooth transactions. With local expertise since 2005, we maximise sale prices while minimising stress for vendors across Dorset.
Property Lettings
Our lettings service includes legal compliance checks, property staging, and tenant vetting. We market properties across multiple platforms to attract quality tenants. Landlords benefit from our local knowledge and commitment to achieving optimal rental yields in Blandford and surrounding areas.
Property Valuations
We provide accurate property valuations based on market trends and comparable sales. Our free, no-obligation service helps clients understand their property's worth. Valuations consider location, condition, and local demand to inform successful selling or letting strategies.
Rental Yield Calculations
Our rental yield calculator helps landlords assess potential returns on investment properties. We consider local market rates, property type, and operating costs to provide realistic yield projections for properties in Dorset.
Stamp Duty Calculations
We offer stamp duty calculators to help buyers understand their tax liabilities. Our tools consider property value, buyer status, and additional charges to provide accurate cost estimates for purchases in Blandford Forum and surrounding areas.
People
Ashley Babbs
Partner
Ashley has worked in the property industry since leaving school, gaining extensive experience in Dorset's property market. He co-founded Forum Sales & Lettings and focuses on building long-term client relationships through expert local knowledge.
Malcolm Brayshaw
Partner
As a founding partner, Malcolm brings comprehensive property expertise to the business. He specialises in all aspects of sales and lettings, leveraging his deep understanding of Blandford's property market to deliver exceptional client service.
Martin Griffiths
Senior Negotiator
Martin has lived in Blandford Forum his entire life, providing invaluable local insights to clients. His extensive knowledge of the area and property transaction process has made him a trusted advisor for buyers and sellers.
Tom Oliver
Senior Negotiator
Tom combines local expertise with industry experience to assist clients with property transactions. Having grown up in Blandford, he understands the unique characteristics of different neighbourhoods and market demands.
Lynsey Giles
Lettings Negotiator
Lynsey specialises in rental property management, ensuring landlords achieve optimal returns while maintaining compliance with legal requirements. Her approachable style and market knowledge make her a valuable asset to the lettings team.
Questions
What property services do you offer?
We provide sales, lettings, rental management, property valuations, and stamp duty calculations for properties in Blandford Forum and surrounding Dorset areas.
Which areas do you cover?
We serve Blandford Forum and surrounding villages including Pimperne, Spetisbury, Milton Abbas, and Winterborne Kingston across Dorset.
Do you offer free property valuations?
Yes, we provide free, no-obligation property valuations to help you understand your property's current market value.
How do you market properties?
We use professional photography, online portals, social media, and office window displays to maximise property exposure and attract qualified buyers or tenants.
What support do you offer landlords?
We provide tenant vetting, legal compliance checks, property marketing, and ongoing management support to help landlords achieve optimal rental returns.
Reviews (13)
Sean Starkey
Apr 15, 2022
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From start to finish, Martin and team were excellent, guiding us through the sale of our house, chasing up and progressing the sale with lawyers and the chain. We couldn't recommend them highly enough. Even sending us good wishes and a nice welcome gift for our new home.
Charlie Beck
Mar 17, 2022
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Forum Sales & Lettings have been amazing. once again! They handled my sale perfectly and were professional at all times. They went over and above with everything to ensure it went through quickly and smoothly and I couldn't be more pleased with them. Fabulous service and I wouldn't hesitate to use them again in the future
Adam Giles
Feb 17, 2022
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We used Forum Sales & Lettings in Blandford Forum to sell our flat, quick efficient service and kept us informed all along the way. Couldn't recommend a better agent to do the job. Thank you!
Stephen Royle
Dec 19, 2021
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Forum Lettings have provided us a consistent and outstanding service over the many years we have worked with them. They have made being a landlord a trouble-free and enjoyable experience. They also we excellent agents when we finally sold our flat managed by them. They are responsive, forward thinking, courteous and always professional. We recommend them!
Victoria Knight
Nov 09, 2021
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Martin was fantastic from start to finish with the sale of our flat. He kept us informed at every stage and provided advice when needed. An all-round excellent service and we would not hesitate to recommend. Many thanks to Martin and the team!
Mary Keen
Oct 18, 2021
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We have bought 2 properties through Forum during a 12 month period August 20 to August 21. To say we are pleased with the service we have received is an under statement. Martin and Ashley have been superb. Nothing too much trouble for either of them THANK YOU We can certainly recommend them.
Sara Skellorn
Oct 10, 2021
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We had a particularly 'trying' purchase and the team at Forum sales were always hugely helpful and endlessly patient. They did everything possible to ensure the sale of my flat and onward purchase progressed and they had great links with our local solicitors. This is the second time I have used the services of Forum sales and I would highly recommend them.
Ian Wilson
Apr 13, 2021
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We moved into our lovely rented house 10days before the national lockdown, although we were abit disappointed in the cleanliness of the property, Lyndsey of forum lettings was very quick in answering our concerns and getting the work done when needed. Now we have been here a year we are very happy with the service we have recieved from Lyndsey and if we have any problems we can email or ring and things will get sorted quite quickly, would recommend forum sales to anyone who is looking for a property. Thank you for making our move to a completely new area less stressful.
Sarah Cavill
Mar 17, 2021
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Have just sold our property with Forum. Predominantly Martin dealt with the sale, and Ashley a little. It's been a long winded challenging sale, through no fault of theirs. Martin was a great communicator, and kept us in the loop, even if there was no news. He shared our frustration at times and worked hard to try and progress things as much as he could.
John Symmons
Mar 03, 2021
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Ashely, Martin and the team have worked tirelessly to assist us in selling 2 properties, having let one of
them for us for many years. As we are not local ourselves, they have assisted in every way possible and
are pleasant to deal with and professional. Well done and keep up the good work.
them for us for many years. As we are not local ourselves, they have assisted in every way possible and
are pleasant to deal with and professional. Well done and keep up the good work.
Sarah Jackson
Jan 01, 2021
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Everyone in the team at Forum Sales & Lettings were really lovely and helpful with the sale of our property. We'd previously gone with a competitor of theirs who never got back to us and didn't get us any viewings in the 2 weeks we were with them, and we found them rather rude. Within 2 days of being with Forum they'd already booked 3 viewings in for that week and couldn't be more friendly and responsive. Martin was our main contact there and he went above and beyond to help us out and answer any queries we had.
He even came to do viewings on his days off, he's that committed! We really cannot fault Forum Sales & Lettings and will recommend them to all friends and family. A big thank you to Martin and the team at Forum!
He even came to do viewings on his days off, he's that committed! We really cannot fault Forum Sales & Lettings and will recommend them to all friends and family. A big thank you to Martin and the team at Forum!
Andy Gibson
Feb 20, 2018
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Top class service from the team, bought my first buy to let through them recently through the sales side
- then returned to Forum to rent my property out and experienced the same level of high service. Would recommend them 100%.
- then returned to Forum to rent my property out and experienced the same level of high service. Would recommend them 100%.
Lianne Nicholas
I dealt mainly with Martin. They have been very accommodating throughout the process - as my husband and I visited the property often (it was empty) to measure up and get builders quotes. Always easy to get hold of. Towards end of the purchasing process Forum helped loads to get things moving with the vendor (the property was in probate) - things that would have taken considerably longer without their help. On day of exchange - Martin even popped up to the cottage to pop the heating on in readiness for our arrival.