Working at Foxtons Lavender Hill office in the early 2000s was an exciting and challenging time for Paul and Aaron. During which, the normal was not normal, working 8am to 8pm Monday to Saturday weeks, little to no holidays, cold calling and competing against 20 others in the same office, all on a basic salary of £10kpa. Although it was hard work, we learnt a lot and enjoyed the experience and market exposure. Foxtons was a great training ground to start our own agency and to go on to do much better things. We still have fond memories of our time there.

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In 2005, Acquire was born out of a desire to do better, to be different, to be amazing.

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We had lots of energy, enthusiasm but had to innovate to stay ahead of the game. Aaron learnt how to write HTML and started to understand SEO. At the time, not many agents even had a website, and most agents were still advertising in the 'Loot'. Paul networked hard amongst his friends and family and built up a strong reputation. Acquire started to build traction.

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The first 3 years was challenging, but our drive and desire was strong, we lived off bread and tap water, working from 8am and often staying until 9pm, Monday through to Saturday, without a holiday or break for the good part of 3 years. We lived with our parents and cycled to work. Our car was our feet during the first year, we walked everywhere (we were much fitter in those days). Our first car was given to Paul by his Uncle, a 10 year old Rover in our 2nd year (not a Range Rover) but MG Rover, they went bust in 2005. It sometimes worked but we were delighted.