About Us
An independent voice, entirely on your side
Founded on the belief that finding the right home deserves a personal, expert touch.
Meet Tania
The person behind your search
Cotswold House Hunter was founded by Tania, who has spent over 15 years immersed in the Cotswolds property market. Her career began in residential agency before she recognised that buyers were consistently underserved — rushing viewings, facing gazumping, and losing out to better-connected buyers.
She set up Cotswold House Hunter to redress that balance. As an independent buying agent working exclusively for purchasers, she brings the same intimate knowledge and relationships to every client search.
Tania covers a wide area including Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire, with particular expertise in Cheltenham, Cirencester, and the Oxfordshire Cotswolds. Her knowledge of individual villages, school catchments, flood plains, and planning constraints is genuinely unrivalled.
She is a member of The Property Ombudsman and adheres to the highest standards of professional conduct.
How We Work
The principles that guide us
Exclusively Buyer's Agent
We never act for sellers. Our loyalty is entirely with you — always.
Deep Local Knowledge
15 years of relationships with agents, vendors, and landowners across the region.
Discreet & Personal
A quiet, professional service built on trust and complete confidentiality.
Off-Market Access
A significant proportion of the homes we source are never publicly advertised.
Coverage Area
Three counties, one expert
We search across Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, and Wiltshire — covering the full breadth of the Cotswolds AONB as well as surrounding market towns and villages.
Common questions
Everything you need to know about working with Cotswold House Hunter. Can’t find your answer? Get in touch.
We identify suitable properties on your behalf, drawing on deep local knowledge to help you avoid flood plains, flight paths, broadband dead zones, and areas that simply won't suit your needs. We have an extensive network of contacts that gives us access to off-market properties — homes that never reach the portals. And when it comes to negotiation, we frequently save our clients more than our search fee through the price reductions we achieve.
We cover the whole of the Cotswolds including Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. This takes in towns and villages from Cheltenham and Cirencester in the south to Chipping Campden and Stow-on-the-Wold in the north, and across to Burford, Chipping Norton and Tetbury.
We work with private individuals looking for either their primary residence or a second home, as well as investors building property portfolios. Our clients include busy professionals already living in the Cotswolds who don't have time to search properly, and people relocating from London, other UK cities, or from abroad who need expert local guidance.
Absolutely — and this is often where we add the most tangible value. We understand local market dynamics in detail and use experienced negotiation skills to secure the most favourable terms. In many cases we achieve price reductions that more than cover our fee, and we also advise on when a property is correctly priced and an offer should reflect that.
We maintain regular, ongoing contact with all the estate agents across our coverage area. Agents trust us because they know we understand the process, that our clients are genuinely qualified buyers, and that we make their job easier. As a result, they will often call us before a property goes to market — giving our clients a significant advantage in a competitive region.
Our fees are transparent and agreed upfront. We charge a search fee to begin the process and a success fee upon completion. Every client's situation is different, so we discuss fees during our initial conversation. Many clients find that the negotiation savings alone cover the cost of our service.
It varies depending on your brief and the market at the time. Some clients find their home within a few weeks; others take several months, particularly if they have a very specific brief or are searching in a highly competitive pocket of the market. We work at your pace and keep you fully informed throughout.
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