An independent agency for Surrey and south-west London
Harbrook & Vale works the way a small agency should: a short list of instructions, named people and no call centre.
Our story
The agency began as a single desk on Guildford High Street, with one rule: whoever takes the instruction stays with it until the keys change hands. A second office followed in Cranleigh, then two more in south-west London, in Clapham and Putney, for the streets along the river and out to Wimbledon, and the rule came with every one of them.
We are small on purpose. Fewer instructions means every seller gets a proper valuation, particulars that are checked before they are published, and a weekly update whether or not there is news. It also means the person who walked round your home is the person who answers when you ring.
We sell and let homes across Surrey and south-west London, from Guildford and the villages around it to Clapham, Brixton, Putney and Wimbledon, and we are as happy to talk a first-time buyer through a flat near the station as to value a family house on a Wandsworth terrace or a cottage in Shalford.
How we work
- One named contact
- Every instruction has one person responsible for it. Their direct line is on everything we send you.
- Valuations we can defend
- We show you the sold prices and the live competition behind a guide price, and we say so when the number is lower than you hoped.
- Particulars that are right
- Room sizes, tenure and council tax band are checked before a listing goes live, so a buyer is never surprised at the second viewing.
- A weekly update
- Every Friday you hear how many people viewed, what they said and what happens next, even if the answer is nothing yet.
The area we cover
- Guildford
- The county town, with a mainline station to Waterloo and a cobbled High Street.
- Merrow
- A residential suburb east of the centre, built around Merrow Downs and good schools.
- Burpham
- A suburb to the north-east of the centre with quick road links to the A3.
- Godalming
- A market town on the Wey, with stations at Godalming and Farncombe on the line to Waterloo.
- Cranleigh
- A large Surrey village with a busy High Street, south of the Downs.
- Shalford
- A village on the Wey just south of Guildford, with a common and a National Trust mill.
- Bramley
- A village south of Guildford on the Godalming road.
- Send
- A village on the Wey navigation to the north-east of Guildford.
- Ripley
- A village on the old Portsmouth Road, centred on a long village green.
- Compton
- A village below the Hog's Back, home to the Watts Gallery.
- Chilworth
- A village beneath St Martha's Hill with its own station on the North Downs line.
- Clapham
- A residential district around Clapham Common, with three Northern line stations.
- Battersea
- A district on the south bank of the Thames, with Battersea Park and Clapham Junction station.
- Balham
- A district on the Northern line, with a National Rail station and Tooting Bec Common nearby.
- Tooting
- A district with Tooting Bec and Tooting Broadway on the Northern line and Tooting Common beside them.
- Streatham
- A long residential high road south of Brixton, with Streatham Common and three railway stations.
- Brixton
- A Lambeth district with a Victoria line station and a street market.
- Putney
- A district on the Thames, with Putney Heath to the south and a High Street running up from the bridge.
- Wandsworth
- A district on the Thames and the River Wandle, with Wandsworth Common to the south.
- Fulham
- A district on the north bank of the Thames, with Fulham Broadway and Parsons Green on the District line.
- Earlsfield
- A residential district around Earlsfield station on the line to Waterloo, close to Wandsworth Common.
- Southfields
- A district on the District line between Putney and Wimbledon, close to the All England Club.
- Wimbledon
- A suburb on the edge of Wimbledon Common, with a National Rail and Tube station.
Meet the team
Eighteen people across four offices. Start with a conversation.