About us

Company Profile

Established in 1986 Philip Martin is an independent firm of Estate Agents, Chartered Surveyors, Valuers and Auctioneers covering the mid and west Cornwall areas dealing with a wide variety of properties in all price ranges. The firm has four partners headed up by Senior Partner Philip Martin together with Steven Jenkin, James Harvey and Sean Johnston. All four partners come from Cornish families and three share a similar agricultural background. Philip Martin and Steven Jenkin are both members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors.

The main ethos of the firm is to provide a professional and high quality service to our clients without compromising our core business by having to sell additional services such as conveyancing, insurance and mortgages.

We are able to deal with all property related issues under one roof so whether our clients are selling, letting or require specialist valuations and advice we are always in a position to help.

The Offices

Our Truro office is situated in the City centre in a prominent position at the corner of Cathedral Lane and St. Marys Street, opposite the Cathedral itself and enjoys a high level of pedestrian traffic. Our St. Mawes office is over looking the sea alongside the car park in one of the busiest parts of the village.

Opening hours are;
9am - 5:30pm on weekdays
9am - 3pm on Saturdays

The offices are closed on Sundays but are open on Bank Holiday Mondays between 10am and 12pm

Between the two offices we have thirteen members of staff:-

Philip Martin – Senior Partner
Steven Jenkin – Partner
James Harvey – Partner
Sean Johnston – Partner
Simon Stephens – Sales Negotiator
Vicki Harvey – Sales Negotiator St. Mawes
Lynn Ashman – Office Secretary
Lauren Symons – Receptionist
Kate Dale - Administrator/Negotiator
John Figures – Residential Lettings
Eve Govier - Residential Lettings
Darrin Wright - Residential Lettings
Mary Eyles - Saturday Receptionist

All staff members possess an in-depth local knowledge and are committed to providing a courteous and professional service to our clients and customers.

Marketing

As with all businesses good quality marketing is essential and property is no exception. We aim to advertise all clients properties prominently in the local and regional press and currently utilise The Cornwall Property Paper and Western Morning News. Whilst this coverage is adequate for many properties there are instances when a wider more national campaign is required and we then utilise titles such as The Times, The Telegraph, Country Life and Farmers Weekly.

In recent years newspaper advertising has been heavily challenged by the property websites and portals and again we aim to give the widest coverage to our clients by advertising on Rightmove, Zoopla, Primelocation, PropertyLive, FindaProperty and Vebra.

We also have a large mailing list and individual properties are either posted or e-mailed to prospective purchasers on a daily basis. In a time when websites and e-mail are becoming the norm we still give great weight to importance of high quality sales particulars and produce bespoke brochures in a range of styles often incorporating floor plans and ordnance survey extracts.

In recent months we have also entered the social networking world of Facebook and Twitter in order to communicate in a modern and alternative form other than the traditional methods that we are use to.

Homesale Network

Cartus plc, the worlds largest relocation company have selected Philip Martin as the "best local independent agent" in Truro and engaged us as their local representative of the Home Sale Network. Each member has been carefully selected by the Home Sale Network as owner run, dedicated to customer service, with a deep rooted commitment to the local Home Sale Network community and a detailed insight and knowledge of the local housing market.

This nationwide computer linked network of agents, each receive pre-qualified relocating buyers from all around the country, often with cash or employer backing, looking to move swiftly.