House That's Full of Pleasant Surprises ; a Chance Meeting with an Estate Agent One Morning Led Property Developer Steve Forster to the Site in Leek Where Laurel Chase Now Stands, Writes Tamzin Hindmarch.

Sentinel, The; Stoke-on-Trent (UK) › July 31, 2009

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WHO would have thought that simply resting on your laurels could reap such rewards.

"I was out one morning when I decided to sit down on a bench in Leek marketplace," recalls 52-year-old Steve Forster, "and a lady came along and sat down next to me.

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House That's Full of Pleasant Surprises ; a Chance Meeting with an Estate Agent One Morning Led Property Developer Steve Forster to the Site in Leek Where Laurel Chase Now Stands, Writes Tamzin Hindmarch.

"She told me where she worked and at that stage I told her that I was looking to buy a piece of land. She told me about this plot, so by 10am I was in her office. I gave the chap who was selling the land a ring, went round, and two weeks l...

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