Distinct Press & Awards

Distinct Property Consultants has been recognised for delivering outstanding customer service to its clients by winning a Best in Postcode Award from The ESTAS 2025 - the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry.

The award has been achieved via customer reviews submitted to the ESTAS review platform which is exclusively for real estate professionals, the reviews have been completed at the end of the moving experience. ESTAS monitors and verifies service ratings over a 12 month period giving a highly accurate overview of the standard of service that’s been delivered to customers.

Sarka Wilde has been recognised for delivering outstanding customer service to clients, making the shortlist of The ESTAS - the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry.

The ESTAS honours the best, agents, conveyancers and mortgage advisors in the UK. The awards are powered by the ESTAS online customer review platform, which enables property professionals to demonstrate the customer service standards they deliver for their clients. ESTAS reviews can only be completed at the end of the property transaction and a strict verification process ensures reviews are genuine. This year’s shortlist has been calculated following the evaluation of 300,000 customer review ratings.

The People Awards category, which was introduced 14 years ago in 2012, is a special category which puts the spotlight on individual staff who have consistently gone the extra mile to help clients. Sixty individuals have made the shortlist.

Simon Brown, Founder of The ESTAS Group: “The ESTAS People Awards is a reminder that, despite the bricks and mortar, we all work in a people industry. These nominations are based purely on the thousands of comments we received through our customer review platform, so the nominees can be extremely proud of their achievement.”

Ten of those shortlisted will receive a ‘Highly Commended’ People Awards trophy to be announced at the 22nd annual ESTAS ceremony to be held in London on 17th October. The awards will be presented by the UK’s favourite property expert Phil Spencer in front of 1,200 of the UK’s top property professionals.

Phil Spencer said “Great customer service can only be achieved through human interaction, so The People Awards really encapsulates what The ESTAS is all about. To make the shortlist is a significant achievement in itself.”

Sarka Wilde said “I’m absolutely delighted to be shortlisted in this category. I’ve always tried to remember that our clients have a choice so I always treat them with that in mind. I love providing great service and this is proof that I’m obviously doing something right.”

For more information about ESTAS please visit www.theestas.com

Sarka Wilde has been recognised for delivering outstanding customer service to clients, making the shortlist of The ESTAS - the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry.

The ESTAS honours the best, agents, conveyancers and mortgage advisors in the UK. The awards are powered by the ESTAS online customer review platform, which enables property professionals to demonstrate the customer service standards they deliver for their clients. ESTAS reviews can only be completed at the end of the property transaction and a strict verification process ensures reviews are genuine. This year’s shortlist has been calculated following the evaluation of 300,000 customer review ratings.

The Women in Estate Agency category, which was introduced 3 years ago, is a special category which puts the spotlight on women who have consistently gone the extra mile to help clients. Six individuals have made the shortlist.

Simon Brown, Founder of The ESTAS Group: “This awards is a reminder that, despite the bricks and mortar, we all work in a people industry. These nominations are based purely on the thousands of comments we received through our customer review platform, so the nominees can be extremely proud of their achievement.”

Three of those shortlisted will receive a ‘Highly Commended’ award trophy to be announced at the 22nd annual ESTAS ceremony to be held in London on 17th October. The awards will be presented by the UK’s favourite property expert Phil Spencer in front of 1,200 of the UK’s top property professionals.

Phil Spencer said “Great customer service can only be achieved through human interaction, so these awards really encapsulate what The ESTAS is all about. To make the shortlist is a significant achievement in itself.”

Sarka Wilde said “I’m absolutely delighted to be shortlisted in this category. I’ve always tried to remember that our clients have a choice so I always treat them with that in mind. I love providing great service and this is proof that I’m obviously doing something right.”

For more information about ESTAS please visit www.theestas.com

Distinct Property Consultants has yet again been recognised for delivering outstanding customer service to its clients by winning a Best in Postcode Award from The ESTAS 2024 - the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry.

The award has been achieved via customer reviews submitted to the ESTAS review platform which is exclusively for real estate professionals, the reviews have been completed at the end of the moving experience. ESTAS monitors and verifies service ratings over a 12 month period giving a highly accurate overview of the standard of service that’s been delivered to customers. We are very proud to have won this award consecutively second year running.

Distinct Property Consultants has been recognised for delivering outstanding customer service to its clients by winning a Best in Postcode Award from The ESTAS 2023 - the biggest award scheme in the UK residential property industry.

The award has been achieved via customer reviews submitted to the ESTAS review platform which is exclusively for real estate professionals, the reviews have been completed at the end of the moving experience. ESTAS monitors and verifies service ratings over a 12 month period giving a highly accurate overview of the standard of service that’s been delivered to customers.

Distinct Property Consultants have won The British Property Lettings Award.

The British Property Awards provide agents throughout the UK with an invaluable opportunity to compare the service that they provide against the service provided by their local, regional and national competition.

Agents who go that extra mile and provide outstanding levels of customer service are rewarded with our accolade, which acts as a beacon to highlight these attributes to their local marketplace. We are very proud to have won this award.

As a small agency competing with estate agents across the UK, we are proud to announce that we have been awarded a Bronze prize in the UK Exceptional Estate Agency of the Year 2020 competition.

This annual View Agents prize for ‘Excellent Reputation’ is awarded solely on the basis of client feedback. What could be a better way of deciding such an award?

We are thrilled that our clients are pleased with the service we provide; so much so that many have taken the time to give us appreciative — and winning — feedback.

Impressed by her passion and commitment to delivering excellent service, the Ellacotts’ judges have awarded Sarka Wilde Business Person of the Year 2018 at the Cherwell Business Awards . What caught their attention in particular? It was a combination of the way Sarka has grown and developed her agency over the years, her plans for the future, and her ardent dedication to offering an outstanding service to both landlords and tenants alike.

Charlotte Houghton, Ellacotts Partner, who presented the award said, “Sarka’s passion for growing her business and the way she is committed to developing her staff was very impressive. We really liked the fact she is dedicated to looking after her tenants as well as her landlords. On top of an already busy schedule, Sarka’s constant drive to raise money for local good causes is incredibly inspiring and really made her stand out from the crowd.”

It was a very strong short list, and Sarka was both delighted and humbled to be chosen for the award. As she says, “I have always put my clients first, and have been focusing on maintaining our vision and mission as the business grows. So to be recognised for all that Distinct has achieved so far through this prestigious award is a tremendous privilege.”

For the third consecutive year, Distinct Property Consultants have won Exceptional Agency for Customer Service. What does this mean? It means that out of 11,000 rated agents across the country… Distinct were #1. Each rating is solely based on a client’s satisfaction.

As Sarka Wilde, MD and Founder of Distinct, explained, she is delighted that the effort the whole team puts in to go the extra mile for each client has been recognised. Every day, each person is committed to providing a positive experience for their customers. “My vision for the business has always been ‘customer service comes first’,” Sarka says. “As a team, we are very grateful to our clients for trusting us with their properties.”

Not only did Distinct win the ViewAgent national team award, but Sarka Wilde, the MD and founder of the agency, also won their Exceptional Agent national award too! This is a category that collates and rates personal reviews of a specific agent, rather than an entire firm. So Sarka definitely has a winning formula for running a successful agency and providing outstanding service to both tenants and landlords.

Sarka commented, ‘Since I started Distinct 5 years ago, we have been working really hard and it is incredible to see the recognition the firm has received. In truth the way I look at it, all awards, whether individual or agency, are down to the success of the team. They belong to all of us.”

My vision for the business has always been ‘ customer service first’. I am therefore really delighted for us to win second year consecutively and be awarded by RaterAgent as the Top 50 UK Agent of The Year 2016 for customer service. We ended up 44 out of almost 11,000 rated agents and this is purely based on our clients’ satisfastion.

Our team works very hard to go above and beyond to help our clients have positive experience and we are very grateful our clients continue trusting us with their properties.

Based on reviews from clients compared across raterAgent’s website, combined with ratings from elsewhere across the UK, the ‘raterAward’ recognises quality of service, as evidenced by 2015 customer feedback, which made Banbury based Distinct Property Consultantss the clear winner of the Oxfordshire category for 2015.

Sarka Wilde, Managing Director said, “Whilst I am over the moon for distinct to receive such a accolade, our focus is always to deliver the very best for our clients. If as a result their feedback gains positive national recognition, I can continue in the knowledge I am doing things right. We are truly grateful to all our clients for choosing Distinct Property Consultants.”