*TSHWANE real estate company, Choprop SA has taken the international real estate market by storm. The company scooped the top awards in various categories at The International Property Awards, *who invited the world’s cream of the crop real estate companies to showcase their businesses.
Choprop, a company which started from humble beginnings and is quickly growing into an empire, proved to the world they have what it takes to compete with the real estate giants walking away with the prestigious Rolls-Royce sponsored property awards. The judging committee chaired by three members of the House of Lords scrutinised hundreds of entries and Choprop SA won the following awards for South Africa and the African continent:
FIVE-STAR GOLD AWARD
Best Property Consultancy - South Africa
Best Property Consultancy Marketing - South Africa
Best Real Estate Agent - South Africa
HIGHLY COMMENDED AWARD
Lettings Agency - South Africa
Real Estate Agency Marketing - South Africa
BEST AWARD
Best Real Estate Agent - Africa
Best Property Consultancy - Africa
Best Property Consultancy Marketing - Africa
A host of Africa’s finest developers, architects, interior designers and real estate agents gathered in the Joharah Ballroom at the Madinat Jumeirah in Dubai on Thursday (December 4th). There, in the presence of the Earl of Caithness, chairman of the judges for development categories, the results of the African Property Awards were announced.
Entries were received from companies in 13 countries across Africa and winning entrants were presented with either a ‘Highly Commended’ or ‘5-Star’ award. The 5-star winners were then re-judged to select just one from each of the 50 different categories to go forward to represent Africa in the 2014-2015 International Property Awards.
They also competed against other regional winners from Arabia, Europe, Canada, the Caribbean, USA, Central & South America, the UK and Asia Pacific to find the ultimate World’s Best in each category. These international winners were also announced on the same evening, following the presentations of both the African Property Awards and Arabian Property Awards.
Stuart Shield, President of the International Property Awards, said, “Levels of excellence and innovation continue to rise within the property industry year after year, making the attainment of one of these awards increasingly difficult, yet even more valued.”
Yusuf Essa, CEO of Choprop SA, said, “We are once again privileged and honoured to be associated with the many internationally renowned real estate brands and professionals that were present. God willingly, this will assist in getting our brand the international exposure it requires. For us to receive these accolades is truly a milestone in our business and we are very pleased and honoured to have scooped these incredible awards for our country and the rest of our continent. The hard work and diligence displayed by every one of our team members goes to show that we remain committed to being people of service.”