Sadly, when someone dies there is inevitably a significant amount of administration to be done.  This may include the requirement to get a Probate Valuation for the deceased person’s home. Abels Surveyors are often asked to provide Probate Valuations for clients.   Recently we have written reports for properties in Bath, Bristol, Cirencester and Wotton-under-Edge. If […]

Abels Surveyors do many RICS Red Book valuations each week.  Most are Help to Buy or for Shared Ownership.  Occassionaly we also do Probate Valuations. Help to Buy Valuations are often for Homes England.  Shared Ownership Valuations are for many different providers – Cottsway, Sovereign, Guinness, Alliance & Brighter Places to name just a few. […]

All the Valuations Abels Surveyors provide to our clients conform with the RICS Red Book Guidelines. We carry out both Help to Buy and Probate Valuations for clients in Swindon, Bath, Bristol, Yate, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Stroud, Dursley and surrounding areas. If you need a Probate or Help to Buy Valuation call us to make an […]

As always, we have been very busy doing Help to Buy Valuations for a number of customers and the variety of providers that they use – Homes England, Sovereign, Guinness, Bromford, GreenSquareAccord, Cottsway, Brighter Places etc.  If you are thinking of buying more shares or plan to sell your property, get in touch with us […]

Abels Surveyors provide Valuations for various purposes.  Much of our work is Valuations for Help to Buy purposes. Most Help to Buy providers will call this an “RICS Red Book Valuation” in their communications with customers.  To provide a “Red Book Valuation” a surveyor must be a Registered Valuer with the RICS. Abels Surveyors provide […]

Recently, we have been instructed on a number of Probate Valuations.   One client required two properties valued quickly.  We arranged to visit the houses and produced the reports.  Here is the response we got from this grateful client : “Thank you for the excellent valuation reports and for releasing them so soon.” Dealing with Probate […]

John Dyer, of Abels Surveyors, helped arrange the Parkinson’s UK Golf Day at Cirencester Golf Club on 16th May 2025.  The event raised £8200 all of which is given to Parkinson’s towards research into finding a cure for this awful condition. We continue to be busy with Help to Buy  and Shared Ownership Valuations across […]

Probate Valuations Sadly, when a person dies, a valuation for Probate purposes may be required.    We are very conversant with the requirements of these documents and provide several Probate Valuations throughout our area each month – Stroud, Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Bath, Thornbury, Moreton in Marsh. Help to Buy and Shared Ownership Valuations The provision to […]

What is a Probate Valuation? A property valuation for Probate is the value of the deceased persons’ property at the time of their death.  More specifically, it is the amount the property is likely to sell for if it was listed for sale on the open market. Why would you need a Probate Valuation? The […]

Help to Buy We carry out several Help to Buy or Staircasing Valuations each week.  There are several organisations that these reports are sent to e.g. Homes England, Sovereign, Brighter Places, Cottsway, Guinness Homes etc.    If you need a Help to Buy Valuation whether it is because you are selling the property or just buying […]