John D Wood & Co. has fourteen London offices, six country offices and associated offices throughout the south of England, specialising in residential sales, residential lettings, property valuations and associated property services.

Last year John D Wood & Co. sold over £1 billion worth of property, and we have just taken on another £1 billion to sell. It is therefore fitting that 2012 sees us celebrate our 140th year as one of the leading central London and Home Counties estate agents. Over this period, estate agency - and the ownership of property - has changed significantly. Looking in the company archives, it is interesting to see how the Great War put an end to a feudal way of life and how, in the 1920s and 30s, John D Wood & Co. sold many of Britain's largest estates. Many of these were subsequently broken up, not only as a result of the social influence of the War, but also by mechanisation. As a result of industrialisation, workers gravitated from the country towards the cities causing the ribbon development we see today. However, one thing has remained constant and that is how the British property . . .