Who we are and why we're different

Estate agents specialising in high quality homes

To buy and to let in key locations throughout Oxford, Witney and the surrounding villages. We pride ourselves on being experts in our field, providing an innovative service and transparent advice to our clients.

Our sales and lettings offices are based in Headington, East Oxford, Summertown and Witney, with a separate head office in Oxford comprising property management and buy-to-let services. This gives us the real advantage that all of our teams thoroughly understand the local area and property market.

Our success and continued growth comes from attention to detail, a high quality portfolio of properties and, most importantly, referrals from satisfied customers.

The leadership team
A wealth of property experience at your service

Adrian Wraight

Sales Director

Adrian has worked alongside David since the business began. With his extensive experience in the Oxford property market and professional approach, Adrian is respected by his peers and strongly recommended by clients and professional contacts.

Tracey Hickford

Lettings Director

Joining scottfraser in 2005, Tracey started out as an administrator and quickly progressed through lettings and manager roles before being promoted to branch manager in 2007 managing the Headington office. In 2010 Tracey was promoted to Associate Director covering Headington and East Oxford. Tracey was appointed Lettings Director in 2017 and responsible for Lettings, Property Management, Administration and Lettings Accounts. Tracey is an ambassador for scottfraser's service.

Marc Hatcher

Associate Director

Marc joined scottfraser as Senior Branch Manager of sales and lettings in their Witney town and village office in 2014 and was promoted to Associate Director in March 2016. Born and bred in Witney, Marc was educated in Burford and is now bringing up his young family in a nearby village. He knows the area extremely well and brings to the position a vast experience in residential estate and lettings agency, and a wealth of local contacts and connections.

Michael Joubert

Associate Director

Michael has worked in the Oxford lettings market since 1998, and started with scottfraser in 2000 as a Lettings Consultant, working his way to Associate Director in 2014. Michael is a member of ARLA Propertymark and is based in the Summertown Lettings office guiding landlords to success. Michael is renowned for his passion and is proud to be in this industry which gives him an enthusiastic approach to lettings and property management.

John Gebbels

Associate Director

John has over fifteen years of property experience and an extensive knowledge having worked previously in both Oxford and London. John’s role spans both sales and lettings in expertly advising our retained buy to let, refurbishment and development clients throughout their investment journey from purchase and refurbishment to lettings and management and finally eventual resale. John enjoys the opportunity of building trusted client relationships and in 2015 he was appointed as Associate Director.

Gareth Thomas

Head of scottfraser Lifestyle

Gareth joined scottfraser in 2014 has our Portfolio Manager, looking after all of our multi property clients before moving into the role of Head of Property Management in our Lime Walk Head Office. In 2019 Gareth formed and now heads our scottfraser Lifestyle Design and Refurbishment department after identifying a need for a specialist project management team to oversee the refurbishment and development works that clients wish for us to undertake on their behalf. Gareth has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Studies alongside the ARLA Technical Award in residential lettings and Property Management.

Scottfraser impact pledge

At scottfraser we like to do things differently to other estate agents, and building better links in the local community has always been important to us, especially as we have always taken great pride in being an Oxfordshire-only agency.

We are proud to announce that we are working in partnership with Sobell House and have committed to raise money over the next 4 years for them as our primary charity.

It’s a cause that’s close to our hearts, with one in three of us either needing or benefiting from end of life care. Sobell House has the aim that everyone in  Oxfordshire has access to the care they need and that their families are supported.

David Blythman and Andrew Greenwood

Our professional standards

We are dedicated to improving our service to customers and as such are members of professional bodies recognised within the industry to ensure that we abide by strict codes of conduct.

We have a full Professional Indemnity Insurance which covers us for loss or damage to the landlord and/or tenant caused by human error or negligence on the part of our staff or management which results in a claim for compensation for financial loss or damage relating to the tenancy.

As a full member of ARLA Propertymark, we adhere to a strict code of practice, are backed by a client money protection scheme and ensure staff are kept fully informed of current legislation.
As a full member of NAEA Propertymark, we are governed by the Principles of Professional Conduct that provide a framework of ethical and professional standards that exceed any current legislation.
The Property Ombudsman is an independent, impartial body that can listen to any complaints and award financial compensation if needed. Member agents agree to abide by a rigorous code of practice.
We are one of the few agents in Oxford to hold a certificate of Accreditation from Oxford City Council, which publicly recognises our high standards of HMO management.
The Tenancy Deposit Scheme is a provider of tenancy deposit protection, protecting over 1 million deposits in England and Wales. Full details of the scheme can be obtained from the operator.

Careers at scottfraser

As a growing, dynamic and forward-thinking company who employ the best in the business, we are always looking for good quality people wishing to pursue a career in property.

We are investors in people and its part of our company culture to promote from within. We are dedicated to training our team members, ensuring you have the tools to be entirely confident within your role as well as supporting your professional progression.

You’ll be joining an inclusive team, with a great working attitude, in fantastic custom offices in some of the best locations around Oxford and Witney. We hold regular events for our teams and have rewards for outstanding performance and long service.

To find out more about working at scottfraser and to view our currently available positions please click the link below.

Careers Page

Company History

1996

Andrew Fraser Greenwood

February 1996

Andrew Greenwood, acting as a property consultant, represented Peter Scott in the acquisition of property and land for development

1998

Scott Fraser Ltd Founded

March 1998

Andrew Fraser Greenwood and Peter Scott founded Scott Fraser Ltd as a firm of property consultants acting on behalf of UK and overseas clients to acquire land and property for investment, operating from offices in Beaumont Street, Oxford

1999

Michael Joubert

May 1999

Michael Joubert (now Associate Director) appointed and opened first lettings office in North Parade, Central North Oxford

2001

East Oxford Office

January 2001

Second lettings office opened on Cowley Road, East Oxford, with Victoria Mellor

2003

Summertown Office

June 2003

Larger, more prominent office on Banbury Road, Summertown opened to replace outgrown offices in North Parade

2004

Headington Office

March 2004

Lettings office opens in award winning Portus House on Headington's London Road

2005

Scott Fraser (Estate Agents) Ltd

February 2005

Scott Fraser diversifies into Residential Sales, Land and New Homes

2005

David Blythman

February 2005

Appointment of David Blythman, shareholder and Managing Director of Scott Fraser (Estate Agents) Ltd

2005

Adrian Wraight

February 2005

Appointed Adrian Wraight (now Sales Director) as manager of our Headington Sales office, based in the ground floor of London Road's Portus House

2006

Tracey Hickford & Laura Stafford

September 2006

Appointment of both Tracey Hickford and Laura Stafford into the city Lettings team

2009

Lime Tree Mews Head Office

July 2009

Relocated from Beaumont Street to brand new purpose built complex in Lime Walk Headington.

2010

Witney Sales

March 2010

Our second Residential Sales office opens in Witney's Market Square

2011

Property Management Centre

April 2011

Launched our centralised Property Management Centre based in our Lime Tree Mews Head Office

2013

Company Merger

January 2013

Scott Fraser Ltd and Scott Fraser (Estate Agents) Ltd merge to create unified company, of Scott Fraser Ltd run by shareholders, Peter Scott, Andrew Fraser Greenwood and David Blythman

2013

John Gebbels

January 2013

Appointment of John Gebbels, Property Investment Manager, offering property search and acquisition of buy-to-let properties

2013

Summertown Sales

February 2013

Residential Sales opens in our existing Summertown office on Banbury Road to run alongside our already established Lettings office

2013

Witney Lettings

July 2013

Launched Witney Lettings to run alongside our already established Residential Sales

2014

East Oxford Sales

September 2014

Residential Sales opens in our existing East Oxford office to run alongside our already established Lettings office

2015

Scottfraser Team

January 2015

The scottfraser team now consists of 60 employees

2015

John Gebbels

November 2015

John Gebbels, previously our Property Investment Manager, now appointed as Associate Director

2015

Tracey Hickford

December 2015

Tracey Hickford, from our Headington Lettings office, now appointed as Associate Director

2016

Marc Hatcher

December 2016

Marc Hatcher, from our Witney office, appointed as Associate Director

2017

Adrian Wraight Sales Director

November 2017

Adrian Wraight, from our Headington Sales office, now appointed as Sales Director

2017

Tracey Hickford Lettings Director

November 2017

Tracey Hickford now appointed as Lettings Director

2018

Expansion of Head Office

October 2018

To accommodate our growing team and support our continued growth we extended our Head Office building on Lime Walk.

2019

Acquisition of Abbey Rentals

December 2019

Committing to our continued growth in Oxfordshire, we acquired Abbey Rentals in Eynsham, taking on their portfolio of properties and all members of staff.

2020

Scottfraser acquired by LRG

March 2020

Headington Sales & Lettings

77 London Road
Headington
Oxford, OX3 9AA

T: 01865 759500

T: 01865 761111

headingtonsales@scottfraser.co.uk

headington@scottfraser.co.uk

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East Oxford Sales & Lettings

267 Cowley Road
East Oxford
OX4 1XQ

T: 01865 244666

T: 01865 244666

eastoxfordsales@scottfraser.co.uk

eastoxford@scottfraser.co.uk

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Summertown Sales & Lettings

205a Banbury Road
Summertown, Oxford
OX2 7HQ

T: 01865 553900

T: 01865 554577

summertownsales@scottfraser.co.uk

summertown@scottfraser.co.uk

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Witney Sales & Lettings

38 Market Square
Witney
OX28 6AL

T: 01993 705507

T: 01993 777909

witneysales@scottfraser.co.uk

witney@scottfraser.co.uk

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Property Management Centre

10 Lime Tree Mews
2 Lime Walk Headington
Oxford
OX3 7DZ

T: 01865 750022

propertymanagement@scottfraser.co.uk

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Head Office

10 Lime Tree Mews
2 Lime Walk Headington
Oxford
OX3 7DZ

T: 01865 760055

headoffice@scottfraser.co.uk

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