Nottingham looks like one place on a map and works like five. The Trent separates the city centre from West Bridgford, which sits in Rushcliffe with its own council and a settled family-house market.
Beeston lies to the west in Broxtowe, close to the University of Nottingham and the A52 towards Derby. Arnold, in Gedling, is a north-eastern commuter town, and Mansfield is a separate market a longer drive north.
Stock changes with the ground: Lace Market flats and warehouse conversions in the centre, student terraces in Lenton and Radford, inter-war semis in Wollaton and Beeston, newer estates on the edges.
Rightmove, Zoopla and OnTheMarket win the searches for homes to buy or rent, so a local firm does better answering questions they do not, such as who manages a rented house or who can be there this afternoon.