We were recommended to Lily Head Dental Practice Sales by David Naden the well known Dental Finance expert.

We had two failed attempts to sell our three surgery, NHS and Denplan practice along with a city center freehold location privately.  In hindsight we realised that what people said and what they did were not the same thing and that the old adage of ‘everything is fair in love and war (and buying a business)’ prevailed.

We approached Lily Head Dental Practice Sales and met Abi Greenhough.  I was impressed with her knowledge of the dental business market and felt confident enough to appoint Lily Head Dental Practice Sales to act on our behalf.

The sale went live for a significantly higher price than we had been asking ourselves.

We had seven offers for the full asking price.  We selected a purchaser who we deemed as most suitable for the practice and a deposit was secured.  This gave us confidence of the buyer’s good intentions.

The legal process felt long and torturous, but I have to say that Abi kept her finger on the pulse.  Constantly liaising with all the solicitors, buyers and sellers.  Abi was always at the end of the phone and I have to say was worth every penny of their fees.

I have no hesitation in recommending Abi Greenhough and Lily Head Practice Sales to any seller or buyer of a dental practice who wants to be supported and guided through the selling process.

With my husband Ewen Campbell, I have worked at Eustace & Partners since 1988.  During that time we had raised two children and developed a successful business that we remain very proud of.

We had received numerous unsolicited private approaches to buy the dental practice.  However, we decided at an early stage that we wanted to appoint a dental broker who we truly believed we could trust, who understood us, who understand the dynamics of our business, who could take the practice to the entire market and negotiate through to completion on our behalf.

After completing our own due diligence, we appointed Lily Head Dental Practice Sales simply because Lily and James Head came closest to meeting our criteria.

We had an outstanding level of interest when the practice went to market.  This is obviously a good problem to have and meant that Lily and James had the job of qualifying the buyers and presenting the various options and proposals.

Lily did this concisely which made it simpler for us to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each offer.  We had a mix of private and corporate interest.  The thing that stood out to me immediately was a high street brand had offered us 35% more than they had done previously, now the sale was being managed by Lily Head Dental Practice Sales.  Even so, we felt their revised offer was based on what they felt they might have to pay, and not on what they wanted to pay.  We always wanted to work with a willing buyer.

To summarise, Ewen and I sold to Portman Dental Care who were represented by Gary Chapman.  We and our team are very pleased with the new arrangements and are looking forward to working together with Portman.

At completion we were in no doubt that Lily Head Dental Practice Sales was the business we always expected it to be and we have no hesitation in recommending them to any colleagues who are considering selling or buying a dental practice.

We contacted Lily having tried to market our large practice with another agent unsuccessfully. Lily is very approachable and efficient. She kept in touch with us and our purchasers throughout the process ensuring there were no problems. We were delighted when our sale completed in June 2014.