Paul Fosh Auctions to stage first Bristol auction

Jay Ridsdale, Paul Fosh Auctions

Top property firm Paul Fosh Auctions has staked its claim to becoming the leading regional operator in the South West with the launch of its first sale.

Paul Fosh Auctions says its first Bristol property sale, to be staged, on Tuesday, October 24, at the Holiday Inn, Filton, Bristol is the start of something big for itself, the South West and West of England.

Hugely experienced regional property expert Jay Ridsdale, aged 48, heads up the new Paul Fosh Auctions’s operation based in Bristol.

Jay, who has lived in the region for the past two decades, said: “This is a very exciting time for me and for Paul Fosh Auctions. We are bringing a fresh, approach and a new energy to property auctions serving the South West and West of England.

“We are convinced that there is a huge demand for a Bristol based regional auction serving the South West of England. With the size and strength of the economy, large catchment population and motorway links, Bristol is the ideal location.

We aim to become a magnet for property buyers and sellers in the area and become the leading regional property auctions business serving Devon, Cornwall, Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire, Gloucestershire, Gloucester and Bristol.

“The regional property market is very strong currently. The catalogue for the first Paul Fosh Auctions Bristol sale has a real diversity of offerings which reflects the nature of the region we serve. There is a real mixture with land, residential, retail, development opportunities. We even have a mayoral title on offer and a section of the River Thames riverbed together with fishing rights.”

Jay qualified as a chartered surveyor in 1999. He has worked in the property industry in Bristol and the South West mostly at partner or director level with market leading consultancies.

The a father of three, a keen film photographer and cyclist who has been involved in many landmark schemes in Bristol and the South West over the past twenty years building up an unrivalled level of experience in the commercial and residential property sectors during that time.

Paul Fosh, owner of Newport-based Paul Fosh Auctions, said: “The property market in the South West and West of England is huge. We believe we are at the start of something really big for Paul Fosh Auctions.

“We’re thrilled to get our new business underway and also to have been able to appoint someone of Jay’s calibre and experience to help us to establish and then to rapidly expand our presence in Bristol, the South West and the West on England.”

Paul Fosh Auctions, which is consistently named number one for volume and value of annual property auction sales in Wales, is also opening a new auction sale based in North Wales.

The Paul Fosh Auctions Bristol sale is on Tuesday, OCtober 24 at The Holiday Inn Bristol, Filton Road, Hambrook, Bristol BS16 1QX starting at 5pm.