Ludlow estate agent wins gold award and his best friend scooped an Oscar!
A Ludlow Estate Agent has held his best friend’s Oscar whilst simultaneously winning a gold award for his own!
Andrew Cadwallader, from Orleton, is the Director of Samuel Wood and has been best friends with James Price since they attended Wigmore High School in Herefordshire together.
They acted as best man for each other and have remained close for more than 35 years.
And last week, Andrew got to hold his friends’ Academy Award at a special party his mum put on for friends and family at her home on the Shropshire/Herefordshire border to celebrate the fact her son has won an Oscar, Bafta and Art Directors Guild Award for his set design work on the multi-award-winning film Poor Things.
James won the award alongside Shona Heath from Worcestershire, for being a lead set designer on the film starring Emma Stone and Willem Dafoe.
The film scooped a total of 11 Oscars including Best Production Design.
Last week, his best friend Andrew, who is based in the Samuel Wood Ludlow office, scooped a ‘Gold’ of his own when the agent was given a gold award status in the British Property Awards.
Andrew said: “It’s an absolutely amazing achievement that my best mate is not only an Oscar winner, but a multi-award winner.
“It’s been incredible to celebrate with him and hear his stories, like being in a lift with Danny DeVito and Arnold Schwarzenegger an after party and them holding his Oscar and having their picture taken together because neither of them have won an Oscar. I’m really proud of him.
“It might not be on the same level, but I am really proud of all my team to say we have won a British Property Gold Award for our work in Ludlow, and James has congratulated me too!”
The national awards are one of the most inclusive and prestigious estate agency awards, with tough competition across the country. The awards team personally mystery shops every estate agent entered against a set of 25 criteria to obtain a balanced overview of their customer service levels.
The judging criteria is comprehensive, exploring different mediums, scenarios, and time periods to ensure that agents have been rigorously and fairly judged.
“The fact that the awards are judged so rigorously and fairly by independent judges who mystery shop our sector and benchmark us against our peers, mean we can be confident we are offering our clients the very highest level of customer service and satisfaction,” said Andrew.
“It might not be an Oscar – but it’s our Oscar here in Ludlow and I am rightly proud of the team and all we are doing to serve the area,” he added.
Robert McLean from The British Property Awards said: “Our awards have been specifically designed to be attainable to all agents, removing common barriers to entry.
“If an agent has been attributed with one of our awards, it’s down to the fantastic customer service levels that they have demonstrated across a prolonged period of time.
“Samuel Wood Ludlow should be proud that their customer service levels provide a benchmark for their local, regional and national competition.”
