A NEW estate agents has teamed up with a long-established South Lakeland solicitors to launch services at Kendal and Windermere.

Andrew Holmes, a qualified chartered surveyor, has partnered with Thomson Wilson Pattinson, to employ three more staff and expand their services in Cumbria.

The 38-year-old has expanded the range of services on offer at the firm’s Kendal office, on Stricklandgate, and on Crescent Road, Windermere.

Mr Holmes will partner with directors Simon Theobald and John Cooke and said he was delighted to join a firm which has been established for more than 150 years.

He added: “It has been a big challenge but we have set up the residential services in two months to provide a high quality and professional service.

“We’re not aiming to be the biggest but we are aiming to be the best in terms of quality.”

Mr Theobald said: “The new estate agency services will very much complement our existing range of professional legal and financial services. “

We aim to stick to our long-established principles of providing high quality levels of service to local people. Now all the services a local home buyer will need can be found under one roof.”