Accreditations & Awards
The Importance of Accreditations
In a highly competitive sector accreditations help you to determine our level of expertise. Submitting our business for exacting, regular assessment and testing keeps us at the top of our game – and we hope builds your trust.
We want to demonstrate the qualities which brought the long term expertise of Talitha, David and Justin together in a post-Covid industry which seems to have forgotten the most important factor – you.
An ARLA Registered Agent
The National Association of Estate Agents, or NAEA for short, is a professional body which sets and regulates the levels of professionalism amongst its members and its criteria is demanding to ensure its members are:
- Compliant with legal requirements and maintain a gold standard code of conduct
- Ensures transparency, fair fees and client money protection
- Insists on independent redress through the Property Ombudsman
- Members must have Indemnity Insurance
- Over sees recognised qualifications and Continuing Professional Development
The Association of Registered Letting Agents, or ARLA for short, sets and regulates the levels of professionalism amongst its members who specialise in rentals, and its criteria are equally demanding. Awarded by The National Federation of Property Professionals, whilst Managing Director of Aston Vaughan Talitha Burgess had Level 4 accreditation. We will make sure that Aston Vaughan exceeds both the NAEA and ARLA’s iron-clad Codes of Practice.
National Landlords Association
Just to make absolutely certain that we are fully up to date with any and all legal requirements, we are also members of the National Landlords Association.
Client Money Protection Certificate
CMP schemes protect client money (such as rent and deposit monies) which is received by agents. Their schemes make sure landlords and tenants are compensated if an agent cannot repay their money, for example if an agent goes into administration. Membership of a CMP scheme is a legal requirement from 1st April 2019
Awards
Talitha Burgess: National Landlords Association Young Woman in Property of the Year 2012
David Vaughan: regional and ultimately national awards including the Best Independent Estate Agent in the UK.
Sussex businessman of the year 2022
Justin Webb is a member of the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
Our Indemnity Insurance is provided by www.simplybusiness.co.uk
