As a result of our long involvement in the business, we have more and more clients, who come back to us and ask us to approach certain owners confidentially to see whether they would be open to a bid from a reliable source. Also we carry out searches and provide a shortlist of possible target properties which we recommend for a specific client based on his briefing to us.

In the past 20 years we have come across many owners who have been approached out of the blue by unidentified "buyers" though few transactions seem to actually result from such one off approaches. When HMH approaches an owner on behalf of a retained client, the owner immediately knows that the potential purchaser, whether or not his identity has yet been revealed, is going to be real, have the necessary funds, and be prepared to bid at a fair market price for the property in question.

In short, a purchaser who wishes to make off market acquisitions is well advised to come and speak to us about the possibilities and options available to him.