The owner of an estate agents has said he has decided to close a Suffolk branch a year after opening so he can focus on two other property firms he runs.

Jamie Curran, who owns IP-Properties, said he had closed the IP11 estate agents in High Road East in Felixstowe so he could put all his attention into the IP12 business he runs in Woodbridge and Woodcock & Son estate agents in Ipswich, which his firm also owns.

He said he had sold "quite a few million pounds" worth of homes in Felixstowe since the High Road East estate agents had opened last October, but said he could still market homes in the town through his other businesses, without the need to spend thousands on a Felixstowe office.

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Mr Curran said: "I sold quite a few million pounds worth of homes in Felixstowe, but it got to the point where we were not doing as much business as we had hoped.

"I was spending thousands on Felixstowe when I could deal with Felixstowe from IP12 and Woodcock & Son."

Last year, Mr Curran told this newspaper his sales and lettings firm named its offices after postcode areas, with the emphasis specifically on marketing homes within that area.

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He said IP-Properties placed a particular emphasis on using photography to market homes, but found there was not as much demand for this in Felixstowe.

Mr Curran added his staff at the Felixstowe branch would be moving to IP12 in Church Street, Woodbridge, including branch manager Amelia Garnham.

He also revealed he would be moving his Woodbridge branch to a bigger office at the former Travel Quest premises in Church Street following the travel company's move to Thoroughfare.

"I could have kept it open. I could have kept it going for another year because Woodcock & Son and IP12 are very high performing offices, but I just did not want to put anymore money into it," Mr Curran added.