Probate Valuation of house contents or property by RICS Valuers: As one of the leading London probate valuation companies, Jeffrey Avery and Associates can provide fully comprehensive house contents valuation for probate and property valuation for probate in Barnes, SW13, and all surrounding areas. Our house contents valuations and property valuations for probate are carried out by qualified RICS valuers, thereby eliminating the risk of investigation by HMRC. With the recent appearance of many companies carrying out valuations by unqualified staff, it is essential for executors to verify that the valuation is carried out by a RICS qualified valuer so as to avoid any risk of penalites being incurred for an inaccurate valuation. Established for over 25 years, we have become one of the most recommended firms of probate valuers in the Barnes area.
Probate Valuation Barnes SW13: If you are an executor or administrator, and require a comprehensive and accurate probate valuation report, which is normally required by HMRC before probate can be granted, so that Inheritance Tax can be calculated, Jeffrey Avery and Associates can assist. We provide our service to members of the public, solicitors, and other legal professionals in all parts of Barnes.
Our probate valuation reports are prepared strictly in accordance with S.160 of the Inheritance Tax Act (1984), and will help to ensure that there are no delays in the granting of probate. If you require a probate valuation in Barnes, contact Jeffrey Avery for further advice. To fully understand how our probate services work, see our Probate Valuation Guide, and our Executors Information Page.
Probate Services Barnes: Our valuers will be pleased to provide a verbal assessment, advice, and indication of value completely free of charge. If you require a full written probate valuation report for submission to HMRC for Inheritance Tax purposes, call us for a quotation. All fees are fixed before we start work, for your peace of mind.
We carry out probate valuations throughout the whole of Barnes.
Barnes is a riverside London suburb in southwest London and in terms of local governance falls under the London Borough of Richmond on Thames. It is located around 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west south-west of Charing Cross in a loop of the River Thames, with Hammersmith Bridge at the north finish. Barnes has a lot of 18th and 19th century buildings of exceptional quality, and is often noted for its historic village area centred on the pond, forming the Barnes Village conservation area.
Historically in the past part of Surrey, Barnes appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Berne". It was held by the Canons of St Paul of London. Its Domesday assets were: 8 hides, paying tax with Mortlake; 5 ploughs, 20 acres (81,000 m2) of meadow. It rendered (in total): Â£7. The original Norman chapel of St Mary's, Barnes' village church, was built at some point between 1100 and 1150. It was subsequently extended in the early thirteenth century, and again in c1485 and 1786. After a major fire in 1978 destroyed the Victorian and Edwardian additions to the building, restoration work was done in 1984.
Some of the oldest riverside housing in London is to be found on The Terrace, a road lined with Georgian mansions which runs along the west bend of the river. Construction of these mansions began as early as 1720. Gustav Holst and Ninette de Valois lived in houses on this stretch, both of which have corresponding blue plaques. The Terrace also has an original red brick police station, built in 1891. It was recently remodelled as apartments but still preserves the original features.
The pink-fronted Rose House facing the area's pond dates to the 17th century, while the area's oldest is one one time belonging to Henry Fielding which also faces the pond, parts of which date to the 16th century.
The listed Barnes Railway Bridge was originally constructed in 1849 by Joseph Locke, and dominates the view of the river from The Terrace on the western side of Barnes. In 2009 a project began to re-paint the bridge.
Castelnau, in north Barnes and on the banks of the river, has a small church, Holy Trinity. The area between Castelnau and Lonsdale Road contains a 1930s council estate (including roads such as Nowell Road, Stillingfleet Road and Washington Road), mostly consisting of "Boot Houses", constructed by the Henry Boot company. These houses no longer meet building regulations and need to have their outside walls reconstructed. This means that new buyers cannot receive a mortgage on un-reconstructed houses and so residents of this area have usually lived in their houses for a long time (in some cases it being passed down).
In recent years, Barnes has been cited as the leading area in the United Kingdom for net shopping, with Â£150 pa per head being spent.
In April 2001 Barnes Pond dramatically emptied overnight. Although a broken drain was suspected no cause could be conclusively found. The pond was redeveloped and landscaped with funding from Richmond Council and the local community.
Barn Elms reservoirs were turned in to a wetland habitat and bird sanctuary in 1995. The giant majority of the WWT London Wetland Centre comprises areas of standing open water, grazing marsh and reedbed. It is designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest as it supports nationally important wintering populations of Shoveler (Anas clypeata) and Teal (Anas crecca).
A popular cultural attraction is the former Olympic Studios on Church Road. Relocated from central London in 1966, the studios played host to lots of of rock and pop's greatest stars down the decades, from The Beatles, who recorded the original tracks of "All You Need Is Love" in Barnes, to The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, Queen, Eric Clapton, Ella Fitzgerald, The Verve, Large Assault, Duran Duran, Coldplay, Madonna.
Facing the Thames, at the finish of Lonsdale Road, The Bull's Head pub is named the suburban Ronnie Scott's and was one of the first and most important jazz venues in Britain from the postwar years onward.
The Elderly Sorting Office arts centre adjoining to Barnes Pond has become known as a venue for art and fringe theater, hosting numerous exhibitions and theater productions, and a regular auction. Well-known names to have performed at the venue include Patricia Hodge, Stephanie Cole, Timothy West, Julian Glover, and Robert Pattinson.
The area in and around Barnes Pond is host to several open-air and covered markets each month. Barnes Common is the site of the Barnes Fair, held each year in the first week of July and organised by the Barnes Community Association (BCA), with their headquarters in Rose House, a unique 17th Century pink-painted building on Barnes High Street.