A NEW estate agency called Charles Palmer Property Residential is hoping to make a radical impression across Hampshire and Berkshire in 2015.

The newly launched Steventon-based business is the residential arm of commercial practice Charles Palmer Property.

Managing director Charles Palmer said he is offering a service that combines both online sales with a traditional estate agency service, but with the best practice and discipline of the commercial sector and its rates.

Charles, who for more than 20 years has been a qualified chartered surveyor, said: “The web has radically changed the way that properties are marketed and sold.

“At CPP Residential we do not have any branches and rely on the web and property newspapers and journals to market premises.

“This greatly reduces costs and can provide a far more targeted and cost effective approach for our clients.”

Charles has recently completed a new build property which prompted him to start his residential business.

He said: “When I was building my house I realised that there was no firm offering independent advice on contractors, or indeed the increasingly large number of consultants now required, including planning, ecological and green energy suppliers.

“Having been through the process I am able to advise people and if required, help co-ordinate a complete new build from site purchase to interior design or alternatively people can pick and choose from a list to suit their requirements depending on the extent of their build.”

Charles believes that his experience, together with his team of Jilly Bunting and Katy Harley, will help customers have the best of both worlds.