Working With Charlie
About Charlie
My route into property wasn’t exactly part of the master plan. At 21, I was riding racehorses with every intention of making a career out of it. Then I fell off one, broke my leg and had to rethink things. A chance conversation in a local pub led to an apprenticeship in estate agency, earning a rather glamorous £600 a month. Fortunately, I loved it.
Over the next decade, I worked my way from local independent agencies to managing sales teams and offices in London, selling everything from first homes to multimillion pound properties. I learned an enormous amount along the way, but perhaps the most important lesson was that I was in the people business first and the property business second. After all, houses don’t make decisions, people do.
So, I came home and started Charlie Carroll Property. I rented out my own house to help fund the business and moved back in with Dad. Hardly the entrepreneurial dream, but needs must! I wasn’t interested in building another big estate agency. I wanted to offer something increasingly difficult to find. A genuinely personal service, where the person who values your home is the same person answering your calls, conducting your viewings, negotiating your sale and getting you moved.
Technology has its place, and I use plenty of it, but you can’t automate trust. Selling a home is personal, and I believe the relationship with your estate agent should be too. That’s why I deliberately limit the number of homes I represent. No call centres, no being passed from pillar to post and certainly no disappearing once a sale is agreed. Just me, accountable from start to finish, with my reputation riding on every move. Thankfully, not on a racehorse anymore.
Why Choose Me?
Working independently allows me to focus on doing things properly. I’m not driven by targets or head office expectations just by getting the fundamentals right and acting in your best interests.
It also means you always know who you’re dealing with, and who’s accountable if something needs attention.
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If you’re looking for someone to guide you through a move in a measured, honest way, then we’ll likely work well together and I’d love to hear from you.