Selling and letting property in Hertfordshire for over 40 years.
Whether you’re looking to buy, sell, let or invest, our 120-strong team of award-winning local experts are eager to help.
• BEAG 2024 award winner for Sales & Lettings
• Voted in BEAG 2024 Top 500 Estate Agencies UK
• British Property Awards 2023-24 Gold for Lettings
• Ashtons opens 6th Sales and Lettings office in Hitchin
• BEAG 2023 award winner for Sales & Lettings
• Ashtons acquire Home County Sales & Lettings in Harpenden
• BEAG 2022 award winner for Sales & Lettings
• Awarded BEAG Best Medium Sized Agency in the UK
• Ashtons acquires Aitchisons Residential with offices in Berkhamsted and St Albans
• Ashtons aquire Putterills Land & Development Ltd in Hitchin
• 120 colleagues celebrate Ashtons 40th anniversary
• BEAG 2020 award winner for Sales & Lettings
• Launch partnership with Ashwell mortgage services
• British Property Awards 2019 Gold and Silver winner
• BEAG 2019 award winner in Lettings
• Professional Photography Services and Professional Viewing Service launched
• Ranked 4th best company to work for in the East of England and 13th in the Sunday Times Best Small Companies Top 100 Employers
• British Property Awards 2018 Gold and Silver winner
• Voted Sunday Times Best Small Companies Top 100 Employers
• Substantial investment in new branding for all offices and creating welcoming spaces for customers
• Employee headcount rises to 90
• 1 in every 7 properties sold in the AL postal district sells through Ashtons
• Welwyn Garden City office is remodelled and refurbished
• Sunday Times East of England Estate Agency of the Year 2016 Gold and Silver winner
• Land & New Homes Department opens to meet increased demand.
• Rebourn office remodelled and refurbished
• Head office opens
• Sunday Times East of England Estate Agency of the Year 2015 Gold and Silver winner
• Voted Sunday Times Best Small Companies Top 100 Employers
• Harpenden and St Albans offices are substantially remodelled.
• Rental portfolio continues to grow and exceeds 500 properties
• Voted Sunday Times Best Small Companies Top 100 Employers.
• Best Estate Agent & Lettings Agent of the Year 2012 Gold Winner
• Winner of Relocation Agent of the Year
• Employee headcount rises to 35
• Best Estate Agent & Lettings Agent of the Year 2008 Silver winner
• Voted Sunday Times Best Small Companies Top 100 Employers
• Lettings business opens in Welwyn Garden City
• Voted Sunday Times Best Small Companies Top 100 Employers
• Move to new premises in Welwyn Garden City that are three times larger than the original
• Lettings business opens
• Expanded premises in Harpenden, doubling in size
• Ashtons opens its 4th office in Redbourn
• Ashtons opens its 3rd office in Welwyn Garden City
• Our owner and Managing Director, Karl Judd, becomes an equity partner
• Office opens in Harpenden.
• Founding partners Rod Allsopp and Kevin Keenan opens Ashtons first office in St Albans
Don’t just take our word for it, read what our customers have to say about their experience working with us.
“Bright , clear, happy people to be dealing with”
“Tiegan is always very efficient”
“Professional. Prompt. I have confidence in their management”
“Generally very helpful, responsive and professional”
“Rachel has been very efficient and effective in dealing with a number of issues that we have recently had, in particular with a water leak issue. Rachel has been instrumental in helping to resolve the problem, which has reassured us and given us peace of mind. She visited the property before Christmas and quickly fed back on the situation. Rachel is a great communicator and able to liaise well with both us and our tenant. We really value and appreciate her contribution.”
“Overall, everyone was very helpful and pleasant to deal with”
“Polite, efficient, positive, & helpful”
“Coralie and Verity were both very helpful during the purchase of my house.”
“Chris was great during the whole process.”
“Gemma has been excellent in liaising with maintenance contractors and has ensured good communication of findings about the works, the diagnosis of the problems and the status of progress on repair.”
“Ashtons is the best estate agents I have EVER dealt with! Exceptional service. Liam Partridge and Grace Bishop were both exceptional and I cannot praise them highly enough. The staff who accompanied the viewings were also superb I just can’t recall their names to praise individually. Truly though they were the best!”
“Malcolm is great on the phone and helped get things sorted, Nicola Bain was also very helpful too”