The information below is for valuations for probate, other taxation and agricultural purposes. If you are looking to arrange a valuation in order to sell your residential property, please complete this form and one of our team will be in touch: Residential Property FREE market appraisal.
We are registered valuers and members of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). As such, we are able to conduct your valuation in accordance with the RICS standards manual (often known as the Red Book).
Howkins & Harrison’s Rural and Commercial teams conduct valuations based upon a wealth of technical and local knowledge, of farms, land, industrial, commercial, retail, office space, residential, equestrian, developments and mixed use properties as individual or to form a part of portfolio valuations.
We regularly conduct formal valuations for the following purposes:
- Probate / Inheritance Tax
- Capital Gains Tax
- Matrimonial (jointly or independently appointed)
- Market Value for Charities or Trusts
- Mortgage and Loan Security
- Purchase
- Insurance / Reinstatement Valuations
- Court / Independent Expert
As our reports are compliant with the Red Book, you can rely on them for any required purpose including:
- Submission to the capital taxes office
- Calculating capital gains tax payable
- Agricultural property and business property relief when considering Inheritance Tax
We also conduct negotiations with the district valuer, should this be required. Buying property or borrowing money If you are buying a property or borrowing money, we will carry out a valuation in order to confirm the purchase price of a property is sound. We are panel valuers for a number of institutions such as AMC, Lloyds, Barclays, Handlesbanken and many others. Matrimonial valuations These can be jointly or independently appointed by you or a solicitor. We will provide a valuation in accordance with your instructions that can be relied on individually or by both parties as well as by the courts. We can also provide valuations on an informal basis, to let you know what your property is worth prior to placing it on the market. This is done on a no obligation basis in the form of a sales and marketing report.
If you would like to speak to a member of the team regarding your property, land for valuation needs, please use the direct dial numbers from our team members below, or call our Rural offices on:
- Rugby 01788 564 680
- Atherstone 01827 721380
- Ashby de la Zouch 01530 877977 option 2
- Towcester 01327 397979
Meet the Team
All our Howkins & Harrison Chartered Surveyors are RICS Registered Valuers, a number of whom also benefit from being members of the Central Association of Agricultural Valuers, denoted by the letters FAAV following their names.

James Collier
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV
Partner
Rural
Tel: 01827 721385
Tel: 01827 721382

Ian Large
BA (Hons) MSc MRICS FAAV
Partner & Head of Rural
Auctions / Commercial / Planning & Development / Rural
Tel: 01530 877977
Tel: 01827 721382

Tori Whinder
BSc (Hons) PgD MRICS
Commercial/Rural Senior Surveyor
Commercial / Rural
Tel: 01530 877977

Jennifer Whitton
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV
Senior Surveyor
Rural
Tel: 01327 397979
Tel: 01788 564694


David Grove
Qualifications BSc (Hons) MRICS
Commercial Surveyor/ Registered Valuer
Commercial
Tel: 01788 564678