Our customer service is driven by our founding values; being EXPERT, HONOURABLE AND PERSONAL.
We’re dedicated to the private rental sector, our reputation being the ‘go-to’ agent for landlords & tenants looking for a top-class service. We give honest advice un-swayed by potential sales commission and only properties we’d live in ourselves make the grade. 73% of our new customers come by personal recommendation so it looks like our existing clients are spreading the word and we’d delight in showing you, first hand, just how much we care.
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Matching suitable tenants to properties, writing secure tenancy agreements and managing your property, as though it were our own home, are all part of our specialist service to ensure you have a fabulous rental experience from start to finish.
Maxine Lester, MARLA
Director
Maxine has been running the business since 2005 and has a rental portfolio of her own, so she knows how to offer the very best service to landlords and tenants. She is determined to continue to improve the service delivered by her and the team. Maxine is passionate about property in the local area and loves being in business with her husband Matthew.
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Matthew Lester, MARLA
Director
Taking on the ladies of the Maxine Lester crew, Matthew is the sole male in the office, ensuring that the team have the support they need to deliver exceptional customer services. Analytical, mathematical and systematic… Just like Greased Lightening!
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Stephanie Marshall, MARLA
Senior Negotiator
Stephanie is the first port of call for new and current Landlords investing, she oversees all of the viewings, tenancy negotiations, preparation of the contracts and organising the move-in arrangements. Landlords and tenants can expect to deal with Stephanie on a regular basis as she is involved throughout the whole process which is comforting to our clients.
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Tania Fullalove, MARLA
Contract Executive
A graduate of Psychology and Criminology Tania is in the very best position to suss out the best tenants for our properties and her Lettings qualifications ensure that contracts are watertight so every tenancy has the best start.
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Aleksandra Sarnek
Contracts Executive
As Contracts Executive whilst Tania is on maternity leave I love making sure all the referencing and tenancy paperwork is done properly so that tenants and landlords get the best possible start to their tenancy
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Lisa Gadsby, MARLA
Property Team Manager
Before I joined the company in April 2013 my career path had been somewhat varied – law, recruitment and medical accounting due to moving around with my husband’s employment (including five years abroad) and raising two children. However my passion has always been with property and I was thrilled when the opportunity arose to join an award winning company to fulfil my ambition of working within the property industry.
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Sally Pearton, MARLA
Property Maintenance Inspector
Over 12 years of industry experience and a lettings technical award under her belt, Sally will ensure your tenancy adheres to all the current legislation and safety is paramount for her tenants.
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Becky Hammond
Property Management Support
Doing what is needed to provide great property management!
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Hazel Green
Property Management Administrator
Making every rental property into a HOME is the challenge set for our property management assistant Hazel. With previous roles in the police force, in the classroom , you can guarantee Hazel will get the job done.
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Jade McNamara
Accounts Assistant
Surrounded by files, calculator in hand, we reckon that Jade dreams in pound signs. At least we know that our landlords are always paid on time and that all the pennies are accounted for… and she looks after the pounds too!
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Gill Fordham
Go to girl!
Gill is our “stop gap” when we need to cover staff holiday or have a special project on the go.
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Smudge
General Dogsbody
My name is Smudge and I have been in the business since 2013. I am by far the cleverer out of the two four legged employees, I’m also the female – I guess there is no coincidence!
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Ted
General Dogsbody
My name is Ted, I’m a year younger than Smudge. Everyone says I am a typical boy because all I want to do is to eat, sleep, run and make poo smells. I love making smells the most and can clear an office in less than 2 seconds, it’s such fun!
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12 Station Road, St Ives, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5BH
Situated directly opposite Waitrose, we are easy to find and you can park in the public carpark directly opposite the office.
Our landlords’ properties are placed within a hugely diversified area with great employment opportunities. Benefiting from the Cambridge ‘bubble’ and with excellent connections to London from Huntingdon, Cambridge and St Neots Station and links to the M25,M1 and M6.
East Anglia has one of the highest rental growth rates in the UK.
Huntingdon
Brampton
Houghton
Wyton
Hemmingford Abbots
Hemmingford Grey
Needingworth
Hollywell
Fen Drayton
Fen Stanton
Woodhurst
Cambridge
Firstly, thank you for all of your support for Matthew’s dancing efforts, we raised an incredible £7,200 for Carers Trust Cambridgeshire, Peterborough and Norfolk and the Agents Giving Charity. If you missed Mattie doing his great jive, you can watch here.
Unlike Maxine, who managed to bring home the glitter ball in 2016 Mattie did not win, but came a very commendable second amongst 10 other brilliant competitors. Dancing a jive with his excellent dance teacher Carys, he had everyone quite literally jumping up and down!
Agents Giving are the industry charity for letting agents, estate agents and suppliers to the industry. The organisation raised over £13million last year for good causes, so we are very proud to be able to contribute a little bit toward that with your help.
For more about Mattie doing Strictly read here, and for details of our community and charity stories, click here.
We are always here to keep you up-to-date with everything happening in the property market both local and National, and lots of articles for your perusal. Read on…
At Maxine Lester, it is essential for us to use professional photography and that is why our valuers undertake photography classes...
#TEAMTUESDAY This week we had a visit from our Tania, who is on maternity leave, and we cannot believe baby Evelyn is already 4 months old! On being a new mum Tania says "it is by far the hardest job but the most rewarding I have ever had. It’s been wonderful to see Evelyn develop and now we're getting lots of smiles it's amazing". Not sure we can understand it being the 'most' rewarding job ever, but we can certainly see it runs a close second 😂😂😂 #beautifulbaby #beautifulmum
View Post#MovingMonday St Ives, Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas are beautiful and we're always on the lookout for traditional properties with original features, to offer to our waiting tenant register. If you have a period property and would like to chat about the rental process, please give us a call ☎️01480 494939
View Post#MovingMonday St Ives, Cambridgeshire and the surrounding areas are beautiful and we're always on the lookout for traditional properties with original features, to offer to our waiting tenant register. If you have a period property and would like to chat about the rental process, please give us a call ☎️01480 494939
View Post#BLOGFROMTHEDOGS Now you really do need to check out how bad Smudge & Ted's photos are, but we can assure you that they do NOT form part of the Maxine Lester marketing team and we will NEVER let them loose on your property! #OpposableThumbs #Howdhavethought #Sticktotreats https://www.maxinelester.co.uk/blog-from-the-dogs/blog-from-the-dogs-how-easy-is-it-to-market-a-property
View Post#ThursdayCelebrations For our newest property manager, Sarah Crawford, celebrating her birthday in true Maxine Lester style with colour coordinated flowers. #HaveAGreatDay #SquashedTomatoesAndStew
View Post#WellDoneWednesday We wanted to highlight the way our amazing staff go the extra mile for our clients, and give an example of how our senior neg Steph pulled out all of the stops to get her tenants into their new home. This was a property Steph had sourced for her client, negotiated the sale and found tenants to move in within 48 hours of the sale completing! #PrettyAmazing #ExtraMile #GreatCustomerService https://www.maxinelester.co.uk/landlords/going-the-extra-mile-for-our-landlords
View PostAnother busy day at the Maxine Lester HQ begins, as Steph unlocks her PC she’s thinking “2 new take ons, 4 new tenancies, team quarterly meeting, give me coffee!”
View Post#TestimonialTuesday It is always a huge pleasure to deal with a landlord who appreciates the work involved and the service provided. Thank you to Sarah for the 5 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐Google review! Much appreciated and a true pleasure to deal with you. #SuperLandlord #ThankYou
View Post#MondayMotivation We hope that you have all had an amazing weekend. Now that Monday has come around, lets keep up the smiles and happy faces, it's infectious! #Smile #Laugh #Motivate
View PostCarve a Pumpkin for Charity We have a halowe'en carving challenge coming up on 19th October, so this week Ted & Smudge have been discussing the tradition of carving jack-o'-lanterns and what to do with all that pumpkin flesh you carve out! https://www.maxinelester.co.uk/uncategorized/blog-from-the-dogs-pumpkin-pie
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All staff at Maxine Lester Residential Lettings are trained to a high standard and I have always found Lisa Gadsby very efficien
Phil Green
Landlord
Every time we have contacted Maxine Lester everyone has been so helpful. We have always had any issues dealt with promptly and...
Jake Benstead
Tenant
Excellent service all round, keeping us informed regularly on our property, always contactable and willing to help with any query.
Paula Frame
Landlord
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