Good news! Your home’s story has strong research potential.
Your home is likely to have a well-documented story.
From what you’ve told us, your home falls into a category we know well: modest historic homes with real research potential - often tucked into village lanes, historic suburbs or growing 19th-century towns.
This might be a Georgian or early Victorian cottage, a small terraced home, or a larger Victorian or Edwardian semi with character and presence.
These are the kinds of homes that often appear in a broad range of historical records - even if they weren’t grand or architect-designed.
We regularly find these properties in census records, directories, valuation surveys, old maps, newspapers and occasionally even wills or estate records. While they may not always have made headlines, they often reflect the real, lived story of a place - and can be traced across generations of change.
The result is often a grounded, characterful house history that’s both personal and full of context, revealing who lived there, what the area was like, and how the house evolved over time.
Curious to find out more?
Two Ways to Explore Your Home's History
One: Start Small with a Discovery Report
Get the essential facts about your home's past in a digital research report. Perfect if you want to see what records exist before committing to a full package.
3 hours of research: £175 (recommended starting point)
7 hours of research: £395 (more extensive findings)
11 hours of research: £650 (deeper exploration)
Digital findings (including a digital file of all record images) delivered in 6-8 weeks
Historical documents, transcriptions, and chronological timeline
Option to upgrade to signature packages later
Two: Get the full experience with our signature House History packages
Based on your quiz answers, your home is a likely match for our Classic House History package - one of our most popular house history experiences that transforms your home's history into a beautifully crafted story.
The Classic includes:
Twelve hours of online historical research, drawing from 30–40 sources
An A2 fine art print of your home's story
Two printed and bound storybooks (with an extended narrative, full references, and record images)
A digital copy of your storybook
A digital portfolio of all research material
£1500 (payment plans available)
10-12 weeks delivery
We’ll explore everything from valuation records and directories to maps, probate records, and local histories, tithe and land tax records, parish rate books, probate records, images, and further online historical sources where available - wherever the strongest threads lead us.
Curious what’s included in this type of story?
Your home would also be a good fit for our smaller Heritage House Tales package (£390) if you prefer a more concise exploration. And, in some cases, if the records run deeper than expected, it may even support our larger Comprehensive package. We can help you determine that with a Package Check.
‘Finding out the history of the place makes things make sense in the house; it all starts to fit in place. I feel that I'm almost in touch with the people that lived here.’
Liz Toth, Little Gillies, Cornwall
Want to Be Sure? Book a Package Check
To confirm which of our house history packages is the best fit - or to discover if more depth is possible - we recommend starting with a Package Check.
You’ll get:
A fast expert assessment to determine if there are enough records to support a full house history package
Confirmation of what level of package is achievable
Your fee credited toward any package you go on to book