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How to Value a House and Contents for Probate

February 11, 2022 By Avery Associates

how to value a house and contents

A deceased estate must be valued for inheritance tax purposes before there can be any question of dividing up the assets. This article explains how to value a house, and contents because these often make up a significant part of any estate. It is worth mentioning … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Chattels Valuation, Probate Valuation Tagged With: contents, england, home clearance, house, household waste, inheritance, jeffrey avery, property, rics, tax, valuation, wales

Fly Tipping in London: Why Here of All Places?

January 1, 2022 By Avery Associates

fly tipping in london

London has certainly had its ups and downs over the years, what with three major attempts at invasion in history, two of which succeeded. And then of course there was also a great plague that took an even greater fire to quench. But why do we still have fly tipping in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Recycling News Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, fly tipping in london, hoarders house, house, ocd, probate, valuation

Fly Tipping in Kent Accounts for 27.8% of South East

December 18, 2021 By Avery Associates

fly tipping in kent

I can’t for the life of me explain how Kent became fly tipping capital of the south east of England. When I was a lad, I remember my father driving the family down from London to the Straits of Dover, and the wonderful holidays we had. I refuse to believe fly tipping in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning Services Tagged With: accurate valuation, clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, dumping, fly tipping, hoarders house, house, kent, ocd, probate

Tween and Teenage Hoarders Is This an Excuse?

December 10, 2021 By Avery Associates

tween and teenage hoarders

If your teen or tween has an untidy bedroom, this may be a phase through which  they are going. Characteristic signs include chairs piled high with clothes they never put away, and a floor that’s hard to navigate past possessions. We consider tween and teenage hoarders … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cleaning Services, Compulsive Hoarding Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, hoarder, hoarders house, house, messy, ocd, probate, read avery associates reviews, teenager, tween, untidy, valuation

Clearing a Hoarded Home in Hampshire Where Ancients Trod

December 3, 2021 By Avery Associates

clearing a hoarded home in hampshire

Hampshire straddled the land bridge from Europe during the last great ice age. Mesolithic hunters gathered in river valleys where they hunted giant beasts. Until these became extinct and they began to experiment with agriculture instead. Roman and Norman colonists added … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding, House Clearance Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, dumping, fly tipping, hampshire, hoarders house, house, ocd, probate, valuation

How to Make a Legal Will that Holds Water

November 26, 2021 By Avery Associates

how to make a legal will

I was helping clear a family home after one of two life partners died. ‘If only I knew how to make a legal will,’ the survivor told me ‘I could have stayed on and retired here. But you see my partner died intestate, and because we never married everything has to go to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Probate House Clearance, Probate Valuation Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, hoarders house, house, leave a will, make a will, ocd, probate, valuation, write a will

Clearing a Hoarded Home in Hertfordshire’s Richly Diverse Countryside

November 18, 2021 By Avery Associates

clearing a hoarded home in hertfordshire

I love my days driving up from London to clear hoarded homes in England. Especially when it’s time to leave the thundering motorway, and follow a winding road past sweeping panoramas.  Clearing a hoarded home in lovely Hertfordshire is one of my treats. Although this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding, House Clearance Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, dumping, fly tipping, hertfordshire, hoarders house, house, ocd, probate, valuation

Clearing Hoarded Houses in Buckinghamshire – Challenging Trash

October 22, 2021 By Avery Associates

clearing hoarded houses in buckinghamshire

I’m never happier than when I get calls to assist with clearing hoarded houses in Buckinghamshire, in the heart of England. Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire all have their charms, but being on the fringe of Greater London could … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding, House Clearance Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, dumping, fly tipping, hoarders house, house, ocd, probate, valuation

What to Do When Collecting Turns to Hoarding

September 23, 2021 By Richard Farrell

when collecting turns to hoarding

Compulsive hoarders may be hard to distinguish from other people until their habit becomes extreme. They just have a compelling difficulty getting rid of things. However, what sets them apart from serious collectors is the items have little or no real value. At least in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding, House Clearance Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, hoarders house, house, ocd, probate

Compulsive Hoarding as a Reflection of Broader Social Norms

August 20, 2021 By Richard Farrell

compulsive hoarding a reflection

There are three main streams of human science seeking to explain individual behaviour. The first of these is psychology, which examines the role of the individual mind. While the second, sociology explores the influence of groups to which the individual belongs. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Compulsive Hoarding Tagged With: clearance, clearing, compulsive hoarder house, hoarders house, house, ocd, probate, valuation

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Jenny Schon
Dec 3, 2021
 by Jenny Schon on Avery Associates
Well done

This truly is a 'one stop shop' for all things relating to Probate valuations and clearance. Jeffrey is a 'facilitator' and full marks to him for finding... Read More

Kevin Anderson
Oct 26, 2021
 by Kevin Anderson on Avery Associates
Fantastic and Reliable

Our aunt was a recluse and hoarder. She died leaving two properties in London that were dilapidated and completely hoarded. Unfortunately, because everything... Read More

It was a pleasure to assist Kevin

T. Hackett
Aug 26, 2021
 by T. Hackett on Avery Associates
1st Class Service

Avery Associates Appraisal I have just moved house after almost 30 years of occupation. My initial choice of movers, Pickfords, decided at the last... Read More

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