Project Case Studies

Bushells  


BUSHELLS is one of London's leading independent estate agents, with sales and lettings offices and more than 100 staff in Acton, Balham, Battersea, Chiswick, Clapham, Dulwich, Fulham, Hammersmith, Streatham, and West London.

In 2000, HB Internet built the Bushells website with the following features:

Properties

  • Search engine
  • Property listings and details
  • Integration with Multi-Map
  • Contact office where property is listed
  • Property details in PDF format
  • Send details to email
  • Send to mobile

Applicants

  • Registration (and de-duplication)
  • Login and Forgotten Password
  • Automatic email alerts
  • Save property short list
  • Update search criteria, contact details and preferences

Super-Administration

  • Set permissions for branch office administrators
  • Update branch office contact details and images
  • Branch office applicant statistics (post / email)

Branch Office Administration

  • Properties:
    • Add / update properties for sale
    • Add / update lettings
    • Details
    • Images
    • Automatically convert Word file property details to PDF files
  • Applicants:
    • “Walk-in” applicants
    • Contact details
    • Search criteria
    • Send by post / send by email
    • Associate applicants to offices and sales negotiators
    • Automatic de-duplication checks
    • Search for applicants
    • Export to CSV files (for mail merge)

Automatic data-feeds to Property Portals

  • Right Move
  • Pure Property
  • Property Finder