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PROBATE VALUATIONS IN STOCKPORT

We provide specialist probate valuations across the North West and the UK.

We provide valuations for standrad house contents through to specialist collections of antiques, fine art and collectors items.

Stockport Probate Valuations

We’re excited to let you know that from July 2024, all probate enquiries are being handled by our sister company, Swift Values. Here you will find the same great service, dedicated to making probate valuations as straightforward as possible.

Our website is designed for solicitors and professionals, but we’re just as happy to help members of the public.

Visit us at swiftvalues.co.uk for more details, or get in touch at [email protected] or on 0330 088 4099. We look forward to helping you!

We’re excited to let you know that from July 2024, all probate enquiries are being handled by our sister company, Swift Values. Here you will find the same great service, dedicated to making probate valuations as straightforward as possible.

Our website is designed for solicitors and professionals, but we’re just as happy to help members of the public.

Visit us at swiftvalues.co.uk for more details, or get in touch at [email protected] or on 0330 088 4099. We look forward to helping you!

Valuations for Inheritance Tax purposes (often called probate valuations) are an important part of administering an estate.  

We provide valuations of works of art, antiques and collectables for inheritance tax purposes in accordance with the Section 160 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984.

A professional probate valuation does not only help to ensure your peace of mind, but it also serves many other purposes:

  • It enables HMRC to calculate the correct amount of inheritance tax payable
  • It can identify and value items listed in the will, which is useful for executors
  • It can establish the approximate value of assets, which is helpful for equitable division

“Mark Littler provides a role that has become scarce in a polarised market: the ‘one stop shop’ for an estate’s executor or solicitor.”

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Mark Littler is here to help you every step of the way

Our Probate Service For Stockport

Our probate service is comprehensive and being independent we are uniquely placed to offer advice and guidance throughout the process.

Our probate service includes:

  • A digital PDF copy of the valuation sent directly to you and any executors
  • A digital PDF copy sent to your solicitor
  • Travel to any location in the UK

Following the valuation we are also able to help with house clearances, secure storage for valuable items, arrangement for items to be sold.

What Is A Probate Valuation

Specialist Probate Valuations

We can offer expert valuations for probate in a number of specialist areas, including:

  • Whisky Cask Probate Valuations
  • Whisky Bottle Collections Probate Valuations
  • Rolex and Watch Probate Valuations
  • Classic Car Probate Valuations
  • Single owner Estates

We can help in a number of other specialist fields so please get in contact for more information.

Trusted Partners

We work with solicitors all over the North West. In particular we work closely with Beswicks Legal, Hall Smith Whittingham, SAS Daniels, Slater Heelis and Poole Alcock.

Should you require a solicitor to help you with any matter of probate click the links below to see the services offered by each practice.

We provide specialist probate valuations across the North West and the UK.

We provide valuations for standrad house contents through to specialist collections of antiques, fine art and collectors items.

Stockport Probate Valuations

We’re excited to let you know that from July 2024, all probate enquiries are being handled by our sister company, Swift Values. Here you will find the same great service, dedicated to making probate valuations as straightforward as possible.

Our website is designed for solicitors and professionals, but we’re just as happy to help members of the public.

Visit us at swiftvalues.co.uk for more details, or get in touch at [email protected] or on 0330 088 4099. We look forward to helping you!

We’re excited to let you know that from July 2024, all probate enquiries are being handled by our sister company, Swift Values. Here you will find the same great service, dedicated to making probate valuations as straightforward as possible.

Our website is designed for solicitors and professionals, but we’re just as happy to help members of the public.

Visit us at swiftvalues.co.uk for more details, or get in touch at [email protected] or on 0330 088 4099. We look forward to helping you!

Valuations for Inheritance Tax purposes (often called probate valuations) are an important part of administering an estate.  

We provide valuations of works of art, antiques and collectables for inheritance tax purposes in accordance with the Section 160 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984.

A professional probate valuation does not only help to ensure your peace of mind, but it also serves many other purposes:

  • It enables HMRC to calculate the correct amount of inheritance tax payable
  • It can identify and value items listed in the will, which is useful for executors
  • It can establish the approximate value of assets, which is helpful for equitable division

“Mark Littler provides a role that has become scarce in a polarised market: the ‘one stop shop’ for an estate’s executor or solicitor.”

Our Probate Service For Stockport

Our probate service is comprehensive and being independent we are uniquely placed to offer advice and guidance throughout the process.

Our probate service includes:

  • A digital PDF copy of the valuation sent directly to you and any executors
  • A digital PDF copy sent to your solicitor
  • Travel to any location in the UK

Following the valuation we are also able to help with house clearances, secure storage for valuable items, arrangement for items to be sold.

What Is A Probate Valuation

The History of Stockport

Stockport has a long and rich history of human occupation dating back around 8000 years. Archaeological discoveries trace human inhabitancy of Stockport to the Mesolithic period, Neolithic period, and the Bronze Age, with finds including stone tools and flint knives. From 1200 BC to 70 AD, when the Romans occupied the region, there is no history of Stockport.

It’s not certain whether the Romans occupied Stockport directly, but they’re known to have settled close to the area. The situation of Stockport close to the Cheadle and Manchester roads suggests that the Romans would have passed close by. Coins discovered from the Anglo-Saxon period, primarily 939 to 955, suggest there was an Anglo-Saxon settlement in Stockport; this is supported by the orgin of the name of the town as ‘Stoc-port’ in Old English.

In the 1086 Domesday Book there is no reference to Stockport, but the name ‘Stokeport’, was recorded in 1170; the lack of Stockport’s mention in the Domesday Book may be attributed to poor recording of the area. Before the grant of a borough charter in 1220, Stockport was split between Norman rulers.

During the Civil War (1642-1651), Stockport saw some action as a parliamentary town; it also saw action during the Jacobite rising in 1745 – in both cases the action was brief. In the 17th and 18th centuries, Stockport emerged as a textile town, producing hats, and later, silks. In 1732, the first silk mill in Stockport was opened.

The silk industry provided significant employment in the area, and over the following years it would suffer the ups and downs of the textile industry. In the late 18th century, Stockport thrived in the cotton processing industry, and the Aston Canal opened.

Textiles, and in particular hatting, continued to thrive in Stockport as quality work became associated with the town. The last of the Stockport hat factories closed its doors in 1997, spelling the end of the industry.