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Living and working in Pontefract

Don’t just take our word for it, meet Jody Murphy is Associate Director covering Pontefract and Castleford Office.

Born in Pontefract, Jody has worked in Normanton, Garforth, Bradford, Wetherby and York in property rental and sales, but he moved back to Pontefract.

Jody lives just 200 yards from the Town Centre. ‘We moved here because there’s everything we need within a short distance; the Town Centre, nurseries and schools, three train stations and motorway links. If we’re looking for something to do Freeport and Escape are just a short distance away, which is ideal.

And you get a lot for your money, houses can be up to 75% of the value of Leeds. Pontefract housing caters for a broad range of people from first-time buyers and shared ownership, £60k apartments to £million homes.’

Jody is involved in the community at Friarwood Valley Gardens which is an elegant Grade 11-listed park where they hold various festivals including the lantern festival.

The Tour De Yorkshire has helped put Pontefract on the map and you don’t need to go far to be in the countryside.

‘Richard Kendall caters for all age groups using traditional and social media to communicate with everyone. We have a really broad spectrum of housing which keeps the job interesting.’