Holroyds Property

Web design, CMS and database development and hosting

Industry: Real Estate
Web address: www.holroydsproperty.co.uk

Client Introduction...

Holroyds is a local independent firm of Surveyors, Estate Agents and Valuers, which has been serving the people of Dewsbury and surrounding areas since 1897. Originally founded by Herbert Pickersgill and later passing to Robert Holroyd, he in turn passed the firm to his two sons John and Brian, who changed the name of the practice to Holroyd Sons & Pickersgill.

Project Overview...

We were approached to develop a database driven website, with several versatile search facilities. The search facility had to allow visitors to easily search residential and commercial properties, for sale and for let, and to be able to search under different criteria. Once a property was found they could then view much more information, including several images. The site needed to be user friendly as well as easy to maintain through a limited Content Management System (CMS) system, allowing different staff to update different sections of the website

The Brief...

• Clean, crisp design reflecting the quality of the estate agent
• Split site into several areas i.e. residential and commercial
• Allow up to 2 images per property
• Have a description and ability to contact estate agent about said property
• Ease of use for customers to search properties
• Information should be accurate and up to date
• Main search pages to be manageable in-house after initial set up by developer
• Site should work on all browsers
• Detailed site visitor statistics
• Database population of initial 100 properties

Payment System...

Not applicable

Technology and Hosting...

Client Side: HTML, DHTML, JavaScript
Server Side: C#, XML
Platform/OS: IIS 6, Windows Server 2003

The process...

When you contact us regarding development work we will discuss your requirements with you, finding out what you would like and what you actually need. Once the initial concept is laid out we will email you with the specification and cost of the project. We will then advise on what to do next, what merchant account to go for (if applicable) and which information we need from you. If you would like us to deal with any third parties, such as printers, accountancy software companies etc. we will contact them direct. We find this easier for all concerned as it saves, not only time, but also any misunderstandings.

Once we have the go ahead from yourselves we will start to put a design together. We host this on a staging area so that you can see how it will look like once live on your domain (web address). Once the design is agreed, we then start to build the rest of the website

Timescales...

You will be notified at the beginning with estimated timescales.

Not sure what type of website is best for you?

For a no obligation quote or for an informal chat, give us a ring and someone will be more than happy to talk with you and go through all the options. We promise we won't talk gobbledygook either!