Airmail Express to Santa Claus from Gorseinon

Christmas Letters to Santa Claus

Santa Claus rides in a reindeer sleigh.

If you have been good this year and want to send your Christmas List to Santa Clause, you can post it this week at the Dawson’s Office based at 90 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea SA4 4BL.

We have an official postbox in the office and once all of the mail is collected it will be winging it’s way to Santa in the North Pole!

Post a letter to Santa in GorseinonPlease try to use Santa’s official address on your envelope:

Santa/Father Christmas

Santa’s Grotto

Reindeerland

XM4 5HQ

Mums and dads and all friends come into the office, get warm, have a mince pie and a glass of mulled wine, the children can even colour in one of our Christmas pictures while you relax!  Selection Box for the best drawing on the night too.

Gorseinon Christmas colouring

We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday 28th from 5.30pm. Lantern parade and fireworks in LIme Street from 6.30pm.

 

 

Best Agent South Wales Dawsons Property

How we help people to relocate to South Wales

Dawsons are proud to be the selected agent for South Wales for the National Relocation Agent Network (RAN).  RAN constantly search England, Scotland and Wales for estate agents who excel in customer service, professionalism, local knowledge and business innovation and members can only join on an invitation-only basis.  As the Network member for the Swansea and Carmarthenshire area, we are the area’s Local Expert, here to help our clients to relocate to or from our patch.

As part of such a prestigious network of agencies, we get to attend regional meetings to discuss new innovations and learn new initiatives, and we also get invited to a prestigious annual conference and exhibition, from which we have just returned.

The event was packed with business recommendations and top tips that we can’t wait to put into practice, to help our buying and selling customers here in Swansea and Carmarthenshire.  It took place on 23 November at London’s Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, and included three keynote sessions including;

1.  David Meade, a world-class international corporate speaker and performer, who discussed how to find and retain the best employees (some good points but we’re pretty great at the staffing side of the business, we think!!);

2.  Learning and development guru Malcolm Smith;

3. Mathematician and ex-Funds Manager, Darren Shirlaw provided an economic forecast, including how Brexit will impact the housing market.

The event also included speed sharing roundtables and workshops, each one hosted by an expert in their field. From compliance and innovative technology to marketing and effective communication, the new format gave us a chance to learn about the topics that are most important to us and to you, our customers.

The event culminated in a black tie Awards Dinner hosted by comedian and TV presenter, Katherine Ryan, who presented awards to the night’s winning estate agents and made everyone laugh, a LOT!

To top off the event we are delighted and proud to announce that we won the prestigious 2018 Best Agent South Wales Regional Award, the third year in a row!

This gives us the amazing title of ‘Best Agent in the South Wales Region’ and it was awarded on a number of strict criteria including customer satisfaction, business innovation and a proven record of helping relocating buyers move in and out of the local area.

This is what our Senior Partner Chris Hope said of their win, “We are thrilled to be named as the region’s best Relocation Agent Network agent. Not only does it demonstrate to our customers that we are one of the area’s leading estate agents, but it rewards all of the Dawsons team for their outstanding commitment to quality service over the last 12 months.”

Richard Tucker, Relocation Agent Network’s Managing Director said, “This Relocation Agent Network accolade demonstrates Dawsons ability to deliver business innovation, whilst maintaining the highest standard of service. Congratulations to all the team at Dawsons for a thoroughly well-deserved win.”

If Relocation Agent Network has chosen us, why wouldn’t you?

Contact us today 

Tel: 01792 646060

SAM & LUKE BRAVE THE SHAVE

Sam’s Story of Bravery & Courage

By Sammantha James

(Lettings Negotiator & Valuer, Mumbles Office)

Hi all, for those of you who know me well will already know the details of what I am about to share with you all. After careful consideration I thought that sharing my story online may help others who might go through the same situation as me.

April 2018

On the 4th April I found out that Luke, my husband, and I were expecting our first baby! We were so excited that our Christmas present was going to be a newborn and we told our family and friends straight away, never one to keep a secret!  However, it wasn’t all good news because a week earlier I had found a small lump in my breast and had been referred to the hospital as an ‘urgent case’ by my local GP.  Luckily Luke and my mum had made me go to the doctors straight away, even though I was pretty convinced this was a hormonal lump which was down to my pregnancy.

After two weeks of waiting, I still didn’t have an appointment letter for the chest ultrasound, so I called the hospital. The receptionist told me that due to being under 30 years of age I had been downgraded to ‘non-urgent’ and the wait would be up 8 weeks or more. I was so confused about how they could do that!

Another 7 weeks later I finally had an appointment scheduled at the hospital, at this point, I was 9 weeks pregnant and still confident that it was a pregnancy related lump.  However, the ultrasound showed that the lump was “suspicious” and I had an immediate biopsy. The next week felt like a year-long, the waiting was excruciating.  A week later I found myself sitting in a small room with my husband and the doctor explained that I had BREAST CANCER, to be exact, ‘Invasive Ductal Carcinoma’!

I was sent for a mammogram straight away to check whether the cancer was in both breasts or just one. The doctor said that moving forward there would be a lot to consider and the main thing being whether we could proceed with the pregnancy in order for me to have the treatment I needed.

Trying to stay positive in a crappy situation, I was so happy to have a call from my amazing breast care nurse Heather whom I’d met for the first time that day.  She called to tell me the results of the mammogram: the cancer hadn’t spread, it was only one lump which hadn’t changed in size since my previous ultrasound (any news was good news at that point and I was super grateful for the call as I wasn’t expecting to have the results until a week later).

My next appointment was at the outpatient clinic where the treatment plan was explained. The surgeon was great, I brought both my mum & Luke’s mum along just to reassure them and so that they could ask any questions. The consultant was confident that having a lumpectomy at this point was the best option.  Radiotherapy would also definitely be on the cards after surgery but I was reassured that they would take every precaution and adapt my surgery and treatment to what was best for me and our baby. My breast care nurse has been amazing throughout the whole process answering all of my silly questions and calling me regularly to check everything is ok.

My 3-month baby scan was surreal and I got to see the baby move so finally knew that everything so far was okay and the baby was healthy! BEST DAY EVER !!

July 2018

Getting off a plane at 4.30am after a lovely relaxing holiday with friends in Cyprus, I headed straight to the hospital as that was the day I had surgery to remove the cancerous cells!  I had an incision at the top of one breast and one under my armpit, where they removed the lymph nodes and then I was on bedrest for 2 weeks (it was perfectly timed for me to indulge on Love Island and have Luke wait on me hand and foot).  The amazing nurses made me so at ease and I knew they were not only looking after me but my baby as well. They organised for a midwife to come up from the Antenatal Unit to check that the baby was okay, as it was literally the only worry I had through the whole thing. This also meant I got to hear the baby’s heartbeat ️ for the first time and it was such a special moment that I will never forget.

September 2018

At 6 months through the pregnancy, I started chemotherapy, which is pretty rotten, but I have a little life inside me, so I have to be strong and positive.

On the 12th September after my 2nd chemo session, my hair started to fall out rapidly.  It was time to brave the shave! So it all came off, it felt so weird and took some getting used to but it was good to take things into my own hands, especially when so much is out of my control at the moment.  My husband has been amazing and also shaved his head and messed up his eyebrows.    I can’t thank him enough for always keeping my spirits high and making me laugh through the hardest times.

November 2018

On 1st November I finished work and went onto maternity leave. Luke is self-employed so he is going to take some time off once the baby is born and help me with our baby daughter (yes I found out it’s a girl!!).  We wish to embrace normal family life even though I will be continuing with my chemotherapy and going onto radiotherapy too.

SAM LEAVING DAWSONS TO GO ONTO MATERNITY LEAVE

Sam’s leaving do at Rose Indienne in Swansea Brave sam at her goodbye bash

Right now

I want everyone to know how important it is to check yourself for lumps or anything abnormal and just get anything suspicious checked by your doctor, no matter how small it is or how you can convince yourself it’s nothing serious! This link can show you what to look out for and how to check properly I found mine whilst checking in the shower!

Baby pics to follow in December!

sammantha's story

 

 

 

 

February 2019

Matthew Whitehead from our Llanelli office is running in the Llanelli half marathon next February for Sammantha & Luke.  He wishes for them to be able to embrace family life and not have to worry about anything other than themselves for a few months.  So he is hoping to gather a little fund to ease any financial stress allowing them to focus on parenthood and recovery.  The target is £500 through this crowdfunding page if you are able to donate it is much appreciated.

Llanelli Half Marathon 2019