If you own a waterside property in Plymouth and you’ve been thinking about selling, the next few months matter more than you might realise.
Not because of the market – though the city’s waterside locations remain genuinely sought after – but because of a unique window that opens every September and closes before most sellers know it existed.
Lang Town & Country is the only Plymouth estate agent with a stand at the Southampton Boat Show.
This prestigious event runs this year from Friday to Sunday, 18-27 September, attracting tens of thousands of visitors.
This is not a general public crowd. The show attracts a very specific kind of person. Typically affluent, often already in the market for coastal or waterside property, and frequently looking beyond their own region for the right home.
These are motivated buyers who have made a deliberate decision to attend. They are not casually browsing. They are actively looking.
And for ten consecutive days, only one Plymouth estate agent will have their clients’ properties on display in front of them. Us!
We’re Part of The Waterside Properties Network
Our stand at the Southampton Boat Show is made possible through our membership of Waterside Properties.
This specialist national network is dedicated exclusively to coastal, marina, and waterside homes. It is built around a specific type of property and a specific type of buyer, and it operates year-round.
Lang Town & Country is the only estate agent in Plymouth within the Waterside Properties network. That means our clients’ homes reach buyers through channels that simply are not available to any other Plymouth agent – not just at the show in September, but throughout the year via the wider network.
Paul Preen, Managing Director of Lang Town & Country, explains: “Plymouth has an outstanding waterside property offer. The Sound, the Plym, the Tamar, the marina – these are genuinely desirable locations that attract buyers from well outside the city.
“The Waterside Properties network gives our clients access to those buyers in a way that no other local agent can replicate. The Southampton Boat Show stand is the most visible expression of that, but the network is doing that work constantly.”
What Being at The Southampton Boat Show Actually Means
When your property is listed with Lang Town & Country ahead of the show, it goes on display on our stand at Southampton. Physically on display – boards up, details available, conversations starting.
The people stopping to look at your property have, in many cases, travelled specifically to the show because they want a waterside home.
They are engaged in a way that a portal listing rarely achieves. They are not scrolling past you – they are standing in front of you, asking questions, picking up details, making a connection with the kind of place they want to live.
The buyers at the Southampton Boat Show are often relocating from London or the south east, looking for lifestyle as much as bricks and mortar. They want water, they want space, and they want somewhere that feels different from where they currently are.
Plymouth – with its waterfront, its sailing culture, and its relative affordability compared to much of the south coast – is exactly what many of them are looking for. They just need to see it.
“What we find at the show, year after year, is that people genuinely do not know what Plymouth offers,” says Paul.
“When they see the properties on our stand, the reaction is often surprise – at the quality, the location, the value. That is the conversation we want to be starting on behalf of our clients. It is a conversation that only happens because we are there.”
The Wider Reach of The Waterside Properties Network
Beyond the show itself, being listed with Lang Town & Country means your property is marketed through the full Waterside Properties network – a platform specifically designed to connect waterside homes with buyers who are already looking for them.
That is a fundamentally different audience from the general market. These are people who have already decided what kind of property they want. Your home is not competing against three-bedroom semis or new-build developments – it is being seen by buyers who are already thinking in terms of water views, moorings, and coastal living.
Want to be Included? List Your Home by 10 September
To make sure your property is ready to be featured on our stand, we need it listed with us by 10 September. That gives us the time to prepare your materials and ensure your home is represented properly at the show.
If you have been thinking about selling your waterside property, this is the window to act. The show opens on 18 September. The listing deadline is 10 September. There is a finite amount of time, and a finite amount of space on the stand.
No other Plymouth agent can offer you this. Not the Waterside Properties network, and not a stand at the Southampton Boat Show.
If you want your property in front of buyers from across the country who are actively looking for a waterside home, listing with Lang Town & Country before 10 September is how you get there.
To arrange a valuation or find out more here.
