As a long established House Clearance and Probate Valuation Company based in Dorking we are able to provide our services anywhere within 20 miles of the RH4 postcode area.
The majority of our work is by recommendation, and we have been carrying out house clearances and probate valuation work in Dorking for many years. By reputation, and as a local company, we are regularly instructed by solicitors, executors and private clients to carry out all types of probate valuations and house clearance.
After valuing the contents and chattels of an estate for probate purposes, we are able to clear the house of furniture, personal effects and all residual contents, and arrange for items to be sent to auction, delivered to a location of your choice, donated to charity, recycled, or where necessary, disposed of, leaving it ready for sale or transfer to a landlord.
We also carry out house clearances in circumstances where there is no probate valuation involved.
We specialise in clearing large heavily furnished, cluttered or neglected properties possibly the result of ill health or compulsive hoarding (OCD). After receiving your instruction we can clear your property quickly and methodically, and during the process retain any personal items, documents or concealed valuables for your examination. Our experienced staff will make the whole process easy and stress free, even if you are organising the clearance from another part of the country or overseas.
We provide our own closed vehicles, (contents not visible externally, so as to ensure privacy) to clear away all household contents. Parking permits are arranged and included in all our quotes. Our aim is to assist you fully by taking care of the entire job from start to finish.
If you need a Valuation for Probate or a House Clearance in Dorking Call us now on 0800 567 7769.
For free advice and more detailed information contact Jeff Avery.
Our initial consultation and all our quotations are free and without obligation.
Private, trade or solicitors references provided on request.
Dorking is an historic market town at the foot of the North Downs approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of London, in Surrey, England.
Dorking began life as a small staging post on Stane Street, the Roman Road which linked London to Chichester on the English Channel.
Dorking appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as the Manor of Dorchinges. It was held by William the Conqueror. Its domesday assets were: one church, 3 mills worth 15s 4d, 16 ploughs, 3 acres (1.2 ha) of meadow, woodland and herbage worth 88 hogs. It rendered £18.
Subsequent Lords of the Manor were to include the Dukes of Norfolk, who lived in Dorking until they moved to Arundel. One of them is buried in Dorking churchyard. In the Medieval period, Dorking was a prosperous agricultural and market town, benefitting from its position on the junction of a number of important roads and tracks.
In 1750, the construction of a Turnpike Road made Dorking a staging post on the route to Brighton and the coast. The Bull’s Head in South Street had a famous coachman, William Broad, whose portrait hangs in Dorking Museum in West Street. The inn which now dominates the centre of Dorking, the White Horse, was developed in the 18th century; previous buildings on this site having belonged to the Knights Templar and later the Knights of St John.
Dorking held a big wheat and cattle market in the High Street. The poultry market was held in the corner of South Street and round Butter Hill. Here the famous Dorking fowl were sold. This breed which has 5 claws instead of the normal four, was a favourite for 19th century tables, including Queen Victoria's.
Dorking lost its stage coaches when the railways arrived, but now attracted wealthy residents who built large houses in and around Dorking, such as Denbies House and Pippbrook House (now the library, with Council Offices in the grounds). Surrounding land and beauty spots such as Cotmandene and Box Hill were donated by landowners for public use and this, together with later planning controls, has enabled Dorking to remain one of the most pleasant towns within convenient reach of London, having escaped much of the modern development witnessed by its neighbours. [Overell, B. 2005, Dorking Local History Group].
A game resembling rugby was once played here. The two sides were unlimited in number, representing the east and west of the town. The goals were the 2 bridges on the Pipp Brooke. The Town crier kicked off the ball at 2 o' clock and stopped play at 6 o'clock. The game was started at the Church gates and was "rioted" up and down the High Street. It was ceased in 1897 after complaints by tradesmen and it was officially stopped under section 72 of the Highway Act 1835.
The interesting facts on this page about Dorking, Surrey, RH4 were derived from Wikipedia
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Probate valuations (also known as valuation for probate) and house clearance services in London and SE England
Call us for more information on estate probate valuation, and house clearance, (including the clearing of very large properties with years of accumulated possessions): (24hrs) 0800 567 7769