About

Chantries & Pewleys is Guildford’s largest independent estate agency and was formed in 2020, when these two successful companies merged. With offices based in the town centre, Shalford, Cranleigh and Merrow, they are perfectly located to handle sales and lettings across the whole of the town and surrounding villages. Their expert sales and lettings teams have a wealth of first-hand knowledge of the local areas throughout our part of Surrey.

Chris Dean, Anthony Brown and Richard Prynne are the directors who led their respective local and independent companies, Chantries & Pewleys from 2009, prior to the merger in 2020. They positioned themselves as respected market leaders through hard work, dedication and in-depth local knowledge.

They were joined by Directors Gavin Amberton and Andy Moran in 2024, on Richard’s retirement.

With four high-profile offices, we have Guildford and the surrounding area extremely well covered. Our Mill Lane office covers the town centre  and all areas North and West of Guildford, the Merrow office covers Merrow, Burpham and both East & West Clandon, whilst the Shalford office covers the villages to the south of Guildford including the Surrey Hills. Our Cranleigh office covers all neighbouring villages heading towards West Sussex including Ewhurst, Rudgwick and Dunsfold.

Our Lettings office is based in Guildford and covers all areas.

Why Chantries & Pewleys?

We go the extra mile

The hundreds of testimonials that we have received down the years are testament to this! Our reputation means everything to us, and we pride ourselves on the fact that our clients recommend us to their friends, which speaks volumes! We know how stressful selling or renting a property is, and it’s our role to make sure that we take as much stress and strain out of the process for our clients. We really do go the extra mile!

We are locals

“Why is this important?” we hear you ask. It is our belief that living and working in the area we love, not only means we are perfectly positioned to offer expert advice on the property market, but we are also incredibly knowledgeable about everything from the best schools, the best butchers, to the weekend hike! Invaluable knowledge to help get the best price out of your buyer or tenant!

We are independent

Having given up the ‘corporate world’ prior to setting up Chantries & Pewleys as separate companies in 2009, Anthony, Chris & Richard are fully aware of the benefits of dealing with an independent company. Not only do you get to deal with a business owner but, quite frankly, it means more to us. Pride, reputation and going the extra mile is ingrained into our independent business, and all of our staff love the benefit of working for a company with this ethos.

Our Team

I cannot recommend highly enough Gavin and his staff at Chantries & Pewleys in Cranleigh. So refreshing to have found an agent that worked hard to smooth out a frustrating and problematic path to exchange and completion.

His professionalism and dedication make him and Chantries & Pewleys an agent worthy of your business.

J Edge

We had a great experience with Chantries and Pewleys. Their communication, feedback and focus were excellent and enabled us to achieve a successful sale in challenging market conditions.

We would recommend their services unreservedly.

E Rissen

Gavin and Joy were fantastic, so helpful and a pleasure to work with all the way through the purchase. They helped make the process so much easier and supported all the way through and kept up with chasing and updating both sides. Communication was faultless.

If I sell anything, then they would definitely be getting a call from me. Highly recommend.

T Scrivens

Chantries & Pewleys helped us buy our first house. Absolute pleasure to work with, very helpful and professional. Every question I had I got a response within 24 hours. Nothing was too much for them.

I would highly recommend them!

E Wyatt

Andy, along with Helen, were extremely professional and supportive throughout the sale of our house.

They were honest and personally showed people round our house, unlike other estate agents! Thank you!

K Kermack

Huge thanks and much appreciation to Chantries & Pewleys.

Especially to Anthony who both sold our house and sorted out the sale of the new house we bought. Anthony and the team literally went above and beyond in many areas such as numerous viewings, access for quotes etc. Everything was very smooth and efficient and a lot less stressful because of their support.

E Knight

The team at Chantries & Pewleys have made letting out my property for the first time a super smooth and stress free process. From clear advice on regulatory requirements through to great property marketing to securing a tenant very quickly, I have been super impressed.

A particular shout out to Sam Nicholas who has gone above and beyond with great communication, regular updates and clear guidance.

Would 100% recommend Chantries & Pewleys.

N Hills

I would like to say an enormous thanks to both Angela and Sam who have been fabulous in assisting me with moving. A stressful undertaking at the best of times, both ladies were amazing in making the move as smooth as possible.

I would definitely recommend!

V Skipper

Chantries & Pewleys are a different breed of agent, good, honest advice that is always in the best interests of their clients.

I could not recommend them more highly and it has been a completely different experience having our property fully managed by them. Genuinely good people.

We highly recommend using them.

M Hughes

The team at Shalford are superb, in particular Richard and Toni. We have recently bought and sold through them and their knowledge and expertise was excellent. The purchase side was tricky at times but the support and communication we received from the team kept us reassured at all times.

I will have no hesitation in recommending them to friends and family.

A Gascoine

We recently bought a property through Chantries & Pewleys Shalford. Claire was absolutely amazing throughout the process despite the many setbacks.

We definitely recommend!

I Coelho

We found our new home through Chantries & Pewleys, and the whole experience was fantastic. They were considerate of the sellers attachment towards the property, and managed our expectations throughout. They were professional, understanding and added a lovely personal touch when we picked up our keys.

The entire team was exceptional and we would highly recommend them.

H Blake

Sophie has been absolutely epic about keeping us in the loop every step of the way in what has been a challenging exchange process further down the chain.

Thoroughly recommend Chantries, really knowledgeable team and will give you the right message, rather than the one you think you want to hear. Great agents!

J Monk

Chris and Sophie could not have been more helpful, supporting us through a protracted sale and purchase process.

Always available and willing to discuss latest developments. Unlike other agents we have worked with in the past, you genuinely feel like Chantries are acting in your best interests with a long term goal of being the agent you will want to go back to.

Highly recommended.

C Hill
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