Our clients were relocating from Madrid to London at very short notice, driven by his career and requiring market experts to take care of their rental search. They have 2 children so good quality schools, parks and being in a safe, family-friendly location was vital to them. He also required daily access to the city, so I very quality identified Parsons Green as the best choice for their rental search.

They only had a few weeks to get a property secured before he started work, and were living in Madrid, so it made perfect sense for them to instruct a London Property Finder to help with their rental search.

The London rental market remains highly constrained in terms of supply, and this is especially the case for good quality family homes. Our client had initially spent time online and speaking with local estate agents but with very few results.

We knew from the outset that this sort of property would likely be sourced off-market, and this is a part of London where I have unrivalled black book of contacts in the industry.  Thankfully this bared fruit very quickly, and we identified and previewed 3 off-market homes which met their search criteria and were available for immediate occupation.

We agreed terms for the house of choice as soon as possible and this was all undertaken remotely as it wasn’t possible for my clients to fly into London that week – this is common practice for rental search clients with technology and video-calls making this process very smooth.

We made introductions to a local interior design team who helped source and install furniture prior to their arrival, making the move as hassle-free as possible.

When they did manage to travel to London to see the house, they were delighted with the space and quality and were there to help settle them in and check the inventory and other paperwork was all up to speed.

‘We are a family of four relocating to London in April. Alex helped us finding properties that were off market (he has very good relationships with agents in the area), visited them on our behalf, advised on what to offer, negotiate and finally with the tenancy agreement.

He even connected us with people that are helping us on furniture, logistics, etc. the relocating process can be very stressful, but Alex made it very smooth. He performed well beyond expectations, really happy with the service he provided.’

Pedro Lopez