The London rental market right now: what newcomers should know
Demand, timing and paperwork - a plain-English read on the rental market as it stands, for anyone arriving from abroad.
Insights
Insights
Neighbourhood guides, market notes and practical checklists from the advisers who do this every week.
Richmond or Barnes? Choosing between London’s two river villages
Both sit on the river, both have the village feeling people move to London to escape from. The differences are quieter - and decisive for renters.
School admissions: a realistic timeline for September entry
Miss one date in the London schools calendar and the whole housing plan moves. Here is the sequence, backwards from the first day of term. Families usually arrive at us with…
The first 30 days: a settling-in checklist for international families
The move is not the hard part. These are the thirty days after - and how to make them calm.Every arriving family gets the same surprise: the container arrives, the…
Renting in London: deposits, references and how the process really works
Referencing, holding deposits and inventories - the mechanics of a London let, explained without the jargon.London letting moves quickly, but not mysteriously. Once the sequence is clear, most of the…
Where to live in London: a guide by commute, not by postcode
Choose the commute first and the neighbourhood follows. Here is how our advisers map the city for arriving families.Ask most people where to live in London and you will get…
Planning a move to London?
The first consultation is free - and usually the most useful twenty minutes of the whole project.