Ashford & Vane
The Chesterfield
& Peak Passport
Your key to life in Chesterfield and the Peak.
Our own book of trusted local people across Chesterfield and the Peak. Moving is the easy part. Living here well takes good people.
The day you get the keys is exactly when you need someone local the most.
Who sweeps the chimney? Who can repoint a gritstone wall without making a mess of it? Who'll check on the house when you're away for a fortnight? The Passport answers all of that, from people we use ourselves and would send our own family to.
It comes as a printed book for the kitchen drawer and a version on your phone, and we keep it up to date. If someone in it lets you down, tell us and they come out.
Inside the Passport
Eight chapters, one phone call away.
Chapter 1
Getting settled
Council tax, bins, broadband, doctors, dentists and who to call in your first week.
Chapter 2
Stone and roofs
Stonemasons and roofers who understand gritstone, limestone and stone slate.
Chapter 3
In the house
Builders, plumbers, electricians and decorators who turn up when they say.
Chapter 4
Warm and dry
Chimney sweeps, stove fitters, and log, coal and oil deliveries before winter.
Chapter 5
Outside
Gardeners, tree surgeons and dry stone wallers for the boundary that's always falling down.
Chapter 6
Moving day
Removals, storage and cleaners, booked around your completion date.
Chapter 7
While you're away
Key holding, house checks, and holiday let cleaning and changeovers.
Chapter 8
Living here
Schools, walks, clubs, what's on, and where to go for a proper Sunday lunch.
Who it's for
Anyone who wants to feel at home faster.
New to the area
Moving from Sheffield, Manchester or further? It's the local knowledge it would otherwise take you years to build up.
Owners who live elsewhere
A second home in the Peak or a parent's house in Chesterfield. People nearby you can trust to look after it.
Landlords and holiday lets
Changeovers, repairs and checks between guests, from people who know a Peak cottage.
Moving just down the road
Even locals need a new plumber sometimes. It's for you too.
The first edition is being put together.
We're meeting local trades and businesses through 2027. Every name in it will be someone we've met, checked and would use ourselves.
Thinking of moving here?
Start with the area guides.
Real sale prices, the busiest streets and what each place is like to live in.
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