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The team at MAP have been brought together with a shared passion for their local areas, customer service, skill, dedication and enthusiasm. We truly believe we have the best of the best working at MAP. We love looking after and helping people and try to have some fun whilst doing it too!

We know we have some fabulous and diverse experience. We have virtually any area of the property market covered. We have over 100 years experience of selling homes in Cornwall and remain as enthusiastic today as when we first started.

We are delighted to have won the ESTA for 2018 meaning we have been voted the best in Cornwall. The ESTA’s can be entered by any estate agent and is independently verified. Only buyers and sellers who have sold or bought through the estate agent can enter and they are asked to rate their estate agent based upon the overall experience.

We cannot wait to meet you and look forward to helping you soon.

ESTA Award
Andrew McKnight

Andrew McKnight
Owner

In his 26 years of estate agency experience Andrew has been involved in every aspect of this business, from a sales negotiator to a branch manager and a Director responsible for 19 offices across Devon and Cornwall.

Throughout his career Andrew has always been hugely passionate about customer service. He has won many awards for his performance and customer service. He has recruited, trained and managed many of the estate agents who operate in West Cornwall today and delighted to have added an ESTA to MAP in the first year of opening.

His hand picked team have all worked directly with Andrew previously and he is delighted to bring together the MAP team to bring West Cornwall’s no strings estate agent to life.

Andrew heads up the sales operation at MAP, coordinating the Local Directors and working directly with the sales team.

Andrew is a keen golfer and is also known to many people for refereeing football across Cornwall. Andrew also enjoys writing quizzes as well as occasionally taking part. Over the years he has raised thousands of pounds for local charities by conducting quiz nights for various organisations and has a database of thousands of questions he has written and used over many years. He just wishes he could remember all the answers! Andrew lives with his wife, Lucy and two sons who have inherited his love of sport. During any spare time he can be found spending time with his family, often as a spectator to his sons' various sporting activities.


Michael Apeitos

Michael Apeitos
Local Director Helston & The Lizard Peninsula

Michael joined the MAP team in 2019, and like all of the staff has a very extensive background in property and customer service and has previously worked with Andrew, Jenni and Andy in previous jobs.

Born in Cyprus to a Greek father and English mother, Michael first visited Cornwall 30 years ago, fell in love after meeting his (now) wife who grew up here as a child and whose family are Cornish.

Michael was a manager of a hotel in London for ten years and was then head hunted to sell properties in Cyprus for ex-pats which he did very successfully.

The lure of Cornwall was too much and in 2009 the family decided to relocate to the county and has never left. He now lives in a small village just outside Helston with his dogs and one grown up child. Michael then joined a national estate agent as a sales negotiator and after several promotions was running a large branch when he decided the time was right to join some ex-colleagues and work at MAP.

Michael has won several awards in previous roles and brings a passion for people and property to the team along with his Mediterranean ways!

Michael is very family orientated, enjoys long walks with his dogs, has previously kept chickens and on his days off can be found on the beach topping up his sun tan.

If you are selling in Helston or the Lizard Peninsula, Michael will be your 1-1 contact and extremely happy to help and support you.


Andy Parsons

Andy Parsons
Local Director Redruth & Camborne

Andy joined estate agency in 1991 and has predominately worked in the Redruth and Camborne area for that time. Previously Andy worked locally within the mining industry and served for over ten years at Redruth fire station.

Andy has also been involved with the buying and selling of land for development and therefore is our 'go to' person for any such sites. Andy possesses extensive knowledge of planning and development having being involved in numerous sites, both small and large, across West Cornwall.

Andy was very successfully managing a high street agent in Redruth, winning several awards, until MAP came calling allowing him to develop his passion for 1-1 customer service and providing honest and informative advice to his clients.

Andy is married to Jenni who also works for the company, lives in Redruth and is a Governor at Redruth school.

If you are selling in and around Redruth and Camborne then Andy will be your 1-1 contact.


Shelly Meredith

Shelly Meredith
Local Director Falmouth & Penryn

Shelly was born in Weymouth, but moved to Cornwall when six months old as her father was in the Navy and stationed at RNAS Culdrose.

Shelly grew up in Helston, moving to Falmouth where she attended school and then onto catering college in Camborne.

After a brief stint in hotel work, Shelly met her husband who was also in the Navy. They have three grown up boys and now live on the outskirts of Falmouth. Shelly worked for some time in the kitchen of a large care home until she decided to take a career change.

Shelly moved into estate agency and quickly established herself in Falmouth as having a very people centred approach. We know when you meet Shelly you will be impressed with her natural enthusiasm, honesty and her love of what she does.

From Mylor to Constantine and up to Stithians with Falmouth and Penryn between, Shelly will be working with you.


 Louise Ware

Louise Ware
Senior negotiator

Louise started her journey in estate agency in 1998 as a sales negotiator for an independent estate agency in Hayle. After 8 years she had the opportunity to become a listing negotiator for a high street agency in Penzance, her home town. She worked in Penzance for a period of 15 years until the opportunity of working for MAP in both the Hayle and Penzance areas arrived. Louise loves meeting people of all backgrounds and helping them however she can on their property quest.

Louise was born in Penzance and has many local connections. She now lives in Hayle with her husband and beloved cat.


Rob Timbury

Rob Timbury
Senior negotiator

Rob was born in Cornwall and grew up on the North coast in Perranporth and attended Newquay Tretherras School before leaving in 1983.

He started his working career in what was then the City Hospital in Truro working in the medical records department where he met his wife Sam. In 1987 he commenced his estate agency career working for a local independent estate agent in Perranporth before joining a large corporate agent gaining promotion to manage one of its larger branches in St Austell for many years before leaving in 2017 to work again for an independent estate agent in Falmouth. He has worked with Andrew, Tracy Edwards and Jenni in the past.

Over his career Robert has gained a wealth of experience and knowledge enabling him to offer clients an exceptional service and takes great pride and satisfaction helping vendors with the sale of their homes and purchasers in finding their ideal property.

Living in Truro with Sam, Rob will work with our clients selling in Truro and all the surrounding areas and St Austell having worked in both areas over many years.

When not at work Robert enjoys spending time with his family including four grandchildren and is a keen kayaker, enjoys swimming, and our glorious county as well as being a self-confessed vinyl record collector geek.


Jenni Parsons

Jenni Parsons
Sales Director

Jenni started in estate agency in 1989, working initially as a mortgage consultant and moved over to become an estate agent in 1991.

Prior to this Jenni ran a small hotel in Padstow and did training and admin for the Royal Air Force.

Since meeting Andy (one of our Local Directors) in 1993, whilst working for competing firms, Jenni has worked in several different areas around West Cornwall from Camborne to Truro to Perranporth and Mawnan Smith.

Jenni has also sold and worked in New Homes sites, again selling several developments in the area from new.

Jenni has also worked at Sainsbury's Head Office in London as a food advisor which is where her passion for cooking comes from. If you are lucky enough to visit the office when Jenni has been baking you are in for a treat!

Jenni loves travel, reading and music and the odd glass of wine or gin and tonic!

Jenni works in the sales office with Andrew, working with buyers and arranging viewings and appointments for the Local Directors. She is also extremely skillful, knowledgeable and tenacious about progressing sales through to completion.


Ben Nichols

Ben Nichols
Lettings Director

Starting in the property industry in 1995, Ben has a wide skill base having worked in sales, lettings, conveyancing and New Homes. He is extremely knowledgeable across the property spectrum. Ben is the point of contact for our clients with MAP lettings given his extensive knowledge and experience in this field.

Ben has successfully managed offices in London and the South East as well as in Truro in both estate agency and lettings.

In 2014 Ben moved to the South West like many for a better quality of life for his family. Living in St Ives with his wife and two children Ben knows the area very well and outside of work can be found on a beach learning to surf, being involved in local community projects or training for another marathon.

Ben merges his enthusiasm for West Cornwall and family life with the unique letting business that MAP offers customers. Like our estate agents, Ben is the 1-1 contact with our landlords and tenants ensuring that personal service is delivered.


Tracy Sutton

Tracy Sutton
Senior Negotiator

Tracy, originally from Portsmouth, has lived in Cornwall for over six years and currently lives outside of Helston. She moved here with her family to enable their son to attend the Falmouth Marine School. Tracy has having worked previously with Andrew and Ben.

She has worked in many customer facing roles after training as a chef and progressing into catering management and then onto retail management. Always enjoying interfacing with people, Tracy began her estate agency career five years ago starting in Penryn when Andrew employed her originally and then moving onto to work in offices in Falmouth and Truro. Latterly Tracy worked for Laskoski and Company in Falmouth until the opportunity to work for MAP came calling.

Tracy has gained invaluable experience and works primarily in the hub office with Andrew and Jenni arranging viewings, progressing sales and working with buyers and sellers.

When not working Tracy shares the love of discovering new areas of Cornwall and visiting new beaches and pubs with her husband and keeping in contact with their son who has recently travelled round Australia.


Becky Bolitho

Becky Bolitho
Sales Negotiator

Becky was born and raised in Cornwall, growing up in St Ives and living in Cornwall for most of her life. She spent three sunny years living and working in Perth, Western Australia, where she also had her son. A few months later, the family returned to Cornwall to settle and take on a property renovation project or two.

Becky started working at a local estate agency in 2004 in the admin department before progressing into sales, where she found a love of working with people to help them find their perfect home. She is also experienced in lettings, having worked in this area since 2010. She has previously also worked with Andrew in St Ives.

Becky works part time on Monday, Tuesday and every other Saturday and provides support for the office in both estate agency and lettings.

When she’s not at work, Becky can usually be found playing Lego with her son, cooking, or training in the gym.


Julia Braddon

Julia Braddon
Sales Negotiator

Julia joined the team in 2023 to complement our sales team and works part time in between her other job as a full-time mum. She works in the office, helping answer the phones, arranging appointments and speaking to buyers to find their dream homes but will be seen out on appointments from time to time. Julia has worked in sales, hospitality and customer facing roles for many years. Born in Cornwall, Julia enjoys spending time with her family and horses when not at work.


 Stuart Bennett

Stuart Bennett
Property Manager

Stuart has lived local to Camborne/Redruth area for the majority of his life and is one of our newest team members at MAP.

Having previously worked with MAP as an energy advisor for a local firm, he decided he wanted to extend his property knowledge and embark in the world of property management in which he is passionate to learn and develop his skills to help manage our clients’ properties. Stuart’s role is primarily to work with Ben to ensure all of our managed properties for landlords are looked after. He also will conduct viewings and regularly spends his time on the phone both helping customers and solving problems.

In his free time, Stuart enjoys exploring Cornwall’s walks and keeping active by running and going to the gym.


Lucy McKnight

Lucy McKnight
Senior Administrator

Lucy moved from Dorset to Cornwall with her family upon leaving school and then attended Richard Lander Sixth Form in Truro and Cornwall College in Camborne.

On leaving college Lucy worked in customer service within the Hotel industry for many years in both Cornwall and Wiltshire and returned to Cornwall to be with Andrew. Working initially in retail, Lucy then joined Estate Agency as a secretary in Penryn which evolved to being in a locum secretary position covering various offices all over Cornwall.

Lucy left work to have her two children with Andrew and then stayed at home with the boys whilst they went through Primary School. During these years a successful home baking business was born, supplying a variety of local shops, cafes and markets.

When MAP was created the secretarial fingers were dusted off and called back into action!

Baking is now purely a leisure activity and spare time is spent ferrying and supporting the children in their sporting pursuits, enjoying time with family and friends and trying to keep fit!


Jack Parsons

Jack Parsons
Administrator

Jack has lived in Redruth all his life – attending Trewirgie Infants and Junior school and then onto Redruth School and further education at Camborne College. Jack is Jenni and Andy’s son.

Since leaving has done work experience at the Job Centre assisting clients to complete their CV’s online and filling in their applications online as well as filing and office duties. Jack joined the team at the end of 2017 and works with Lucy with the administration duties within the office.

His interests are Snooker, Pool, Foreign travel and food with Italy being a particular interest. Jack has been to Venice, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily as well as the Mainland of Italy – once a week he makes his own pizza from scratch and is a very valuable member of the team.


Holly the Sprollie

Holly the Sprollie

Holly joined the team in 2022, having replaced our original ‘MAP dog’ Carn, who sadly passed in January that year. Holly is a Collie / Spring Spaniel cross and is in the office on most days and loves meeting new people, in most cases a little too enthusiastically! Having a pooch in the office is a great way for an initial meet and greet and Holly is learning her role is very valuable with putting any client coming into our office at ease straight away with a waggy tail and a wet nose to say hello.

Holly loves walks, treats, belly rubs and cuddles and when not in the office can be found lying on a sofa or under a tree snoozing and relaxing. If you phone the office you may hear Holly in the background as she does like a good ‘woof’ occasionally to say ‘hello’ to anyone visiting. Holly is by far the cutest member of the team! We are all doggy people at MAP and having one in the office has many benefits to both the team and visitors alike and we are lucky that we are allowed to bring Holly into the office to work with us.

Contact Us

  • MAP estate agents
    Gateway Business Centre
    Wilson Way
    Barncoose TR15 3RQ
  • Telephone:
    (01209) 243333 - Redruth & Camborne
    (01736) 322400 - Penzance & Surrounds
    (01326) 702333 - Falmouth & Penryn
    (01872) 672250 - Truro
    (01736) 322200 - St Ives & Hayle
    (01326) 702400 - Helston & The Lizard Peninsula

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