House & Property History
House History Packages To Suit Every Requirement
My interest in property history began when I lived in an Edwardian semi-detached house in Buckinghamshire. It retained many of its historical features, such as cornices and fireplaces, and I wondered about the people who had lived there before me.
I provide a selection of packages, from digital reports rich with new stories about modern homes and where they were built, to expertly compiled books brimming with a wealth of information from centuries of archival and online historical sources.
Does your house date from 1945 to the present day? If so, I can help you discover more about its origins and the land on which it is built. Utilising a number of sources, including historic maps, newspaper articles and adverts, development plans, and historic land records, The Modern Home is a compact package compiled over ten hours, with five hours of research included.
The client is provided with a digital report containing a quality selection of material about the origins of their home, their neighbourhood, and some of the older history of the land.
The cost for this package is £360, with the option to pay in two monthly instalments of £180. Completion is around eight weeks from first payment.
If your home was built from the beginning of civil registration in 1837, I can provide you with details of its history, and information about the people who lived there. Using a selection of sources, including census records and other population registers, historic maps, newspaper sources, electoral registers, and local directories, The Traditional Home is a modest twelve-hour package, with six hours of research included.
The client is provided with a digital report containing a quality selection of material about their home, and the people who lived there in the past.
The cost for this package is £420, with the option to pay in two monthly instalments of £210, or three monthly instalments of £140. Completion is around eight weeks from first payment.
Travelling back in time to pre-civil registration records, this package is ideal for homes built from the late eighteenth century to the early years of the twentieth century. With sources including parish records, census returns, newspaper reports, trade directories, and other local history records, The Character Home is a more extensive twenty-two-hour package with nine hours of research included.
The client is provided with a bound softback book detailing the history of their home, complete with the research that enabled this history to be uncovered, plus a digital digest of material.
The cost for this package is £780 with the option to pay in two monthly instalments of £390, or three monthly instalments of £260. Completion is around twelve weeks from first payment.
Homes from the late eighteenth century onwards built for local businesspeople, dignitaries, and other people of substance could have an extensive array of accompanying archival documentation. The Classic Home is a fifty-hour package with twenty hours of research included.
The client is provided with a bound softback book detailing the history of their home, complete with the research that enabled this history to be uncovered, plus a digital digest of material.
The cost for this package is £1620 with the option to pay in two monthly instalments of £810, three monthly instalments of £540, or four monthly instalments of £405. Completion is around sixteen weeks from first payment.
For early homes dating up to the late eighteenth century. What can the archives reveal about these period homes that have withstood the trials of centuries? The Timeless Home is an eighty-hour package with thirty-five hours of research included.
The client is provided with a bound softback book detailing the history of their home, complete with the research that enabled this history to be uncovered, and a digital digest of material.
The cost for this package is £2640 with the option to pay in two monthly instalments of £1320, three monthly instalments of £880, four monthly instalments of £660, or five monthly instalments of £528. Completion is around twenty weeks from first payment.
Whatever the era in which your home was built, there may be many sources available that will allow you to learn about the extensive history of the property, and the people who lived, or even worked, there. This package is open-ended, where research will cover every aspect of your home where there is a source to investigate, whatever its era, and reports will document stories and knowledge that stretch across time.
The client is provided with ongoing digital reports at the end of each block of time booked, detailing the history of their home and the people who lived there. When you wish to conclude your house history, a full digital report, with frontispiece and contents page will be made available to you. If you would like a bound softback book, terms can be discussed at this time.
The cost of this package will be determined by the number of surviving sources, the age of the house, and the wishes of you, the client. The initial cost will be £600, with a deposit of £420. This will provide a twenty-hour service, with around ten hours of research carried out, and an interim digital report, containing detailed interpretation and analysis. Full payment is required before the release of each report.