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Important Information For All Customers

Important Information For All Customers

As we know, the government announced last night that the country is to return to a ‘Stay at Home’ lockdown in order to slow the spread of the coronavirus and protect the NHS. This puts us in a similar position to where we were in March, however, the government have been clear this time that home moves and estate agents may continue, in line with Covid safety guidance.

We want to reassure you that we are remaining fully operational in order to support our clients  business and our  team members are continuing to work either

from home, or from safe office environments. We learnt a huge amount from the March 2020 lockdown and continue to operate business as usual, whilst keeping

all of our team members safe and productive.

we wish you all best of luck to fight against this virus and protect you and your family!!

Team Cribs Estates Ltd 

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