John D Wood & Co.

John D Wood & Co. is a UK estate agents and lettings agency, established in London in 1872.

John D Wood & Co.
IndustryReal estate
Founded1872; 146 years ago
HeadquartersUK House, 180 Oxford Street, W1D 1NN
Number of employees
400 (2017)
ParentCountrywide Assured Group plc
Websitewww.johndwood.co.uk

History

John Daniel Wood founded his eponymous company opposite the Connaught Hotel in Mount Street, London, in 1872, at the age of 23.[1] After the First World War the company regularly took instructions on great London houses and country estates, including the sale of Dorchester House, Park Lane (now the Dorchester Hotel), Leeds Castle in Kent and Parham Park in Sussex. In 1930 the company moved headquarters to Berkeley Square where the firm's headquarters remained until the late 1980s.[2]

In 1982 the commercial and residential arms of John D Wood separated to form John D Wood & Co. (Residential and Agricultural) and John D Wood (Commercial). In 1987 the Residential and Agricultural arm floated on the London Stock Exchange, and in 1997, when its growth proved attractive to investors, the listed company was acquired by Hambro Countrywide plc. In 1998, Hambros de-merged the newly created Countrywide Assured Group plc., which is now in the hands of private equity and is the UK's largest estate agency group.

Operations

John D Wood & Co. has twenty-one London offices, six country offices and associated offices throughout the south of England.

Services
  • Investment, Sales, Acquisitions & Leasing
  • Research & Consultancy
  • Surveying & Legal Valuations
  • Freehold / Leasehold Acquisition & Collective Enfranchisement
  • Residential, Commercial & Industrial Services
  • Property Management

References
  1. "Propertywide". PropertyWide.
  2. "John D Wood & Co". property100est.
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