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Adverse weather conditions affect Collections in the Central Belt

The challenging weather conditions are proving problematic with regards to collections.
We are currently reviewing our collection schedule on a daily basis and will be in touch if we need to reschedule any uplifts. We will endeavour to keep all customers informed of any changes to the schedule changes via email or phone.

We appreciate your custom and thank you for your patience at this snowy time.

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We are always keen to keep our customers up to date with some of the more interesting clearances we do.......and they don’t come much bigger than this!

We were instructed to quote for the work after thief’s stole all the lead from the roof causing extensive damage thought all five floors of this magnificent residence. Immediately on entering the property we were faced with water literally running down the internal walls and central staircase. In total we removed over 20,000 ft of carpeting and around 18 truck loads of soft furnishing!

Crossbasket House is a quite superb stately home situated between High Blantyre and East Kilbride on the outskirt of Glasgow. Throughout most of the 18th century, the House belonged to the Peter’s family. Thomas Peter was a merchant, Dean of Guild of Glasgow in 1708-1709 and Bailie of Glasgow around 1729.

Crossbasket House was occupied by many families during the 19th century including Alexander Downie, John Caddell, and most famously by the inventor and raincoat manufacturer, Charles MacIntosh (1766 – 1843. It is generally considered that James Clark, a well known and respected Glasgow Merchant, was responsible for building the last parts of the building.

In 1891 the House was acquired by George Nielson and then Thomas Dunlop Findley, an East Indian Merchant, in 1919. In 1932 James Little bought the estate and by 1935 the three cottages on the estate had been sold. Various people have since owned Crossbasket House including Roosevelt Memorial Trust (1976) when it became a home for the handicapped. Most recently, in 1981 the estate was acquired for the Latter Rain Ministries as a Christian Centre before becoming vacant at the end of 2008.

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