Why Sterling & Hart
We know the city street by street — commute times, catchments, quiet squares — and we tell you what agents’ listings leave out.
Admissions rules decide where you can live. We map school catchments before the home search, so the shortlist works for the whole family.
Tenancy law, referencing, deposits, inventories — we review every document line by line before you sign anything.
One dedicated adviser negotiates rent, terms and timelines on your behalf — and never takes a commission from landlords.
What we do
Selected homes
Off-market
South Kensington, London SW7
Guide £12,500,000 · Freehold
New to market
Primrose Hill, London NW1
Guide £6,950,000 · Share of freehold
To let
Chelsea, London SW3
£9,500 per calendar month · Furnished
How a move unfolds
A long conversation about work, schools, budget and the life you want — then a written plan.
We comb on- and off-market options and send a curated shortlist with honest notes on each.
A routed itinerary, one or two days, with your adviser — in person or by video if you’re still abroad.
We negotiate, then manage referencing, leases, deposits and moving dates through to signature.
Utilities, banking, registrations, a welcome day in your new neighbourhood. We stay reachable.
For employers & HR teams
We act as an extension of HR and global mobility teams — policy design, VIP and executive moves, group deployments and outbound support — with reporting your finance department will actually enjoy.
Corporate relocationClient words
We used them three years ago for our first rental and would not consider anyone else. The same adviser remembered our children’s schools, our budget habits and even the dog. That is the whole service in one sentence.
Our new hires used to spend their first month lost in admin and flat viewings. Now they land on a Sunday and start on a Monday, everything already arranged. The feedback scores tell the story.
Patience is the word. Eight months of searching, several near-misses, honest advice when we over-paid our heads — and then the right house, off-market, at the right number. Never once rushed.
As first-time movers we had a hundred questions a week. None felt small to them. The settling-in team had our banking, GP and even the children’s football club arranged before our boxes arrived.
The off-market flat they found for us never appeared online, and it was better than anything that did. Negotiation was courteous, firm and quietly effective. We have used them twice since.
They found a school place we had been told was impossible, then a house inside its catchment a week later. I had assumed the two things couldn’t be solved together. They were.
Common questions
Ideally eight to twelve weeks before you need to be here — enough time to search properly, reference smoothly and plan a school handover. Short-notice moves are our normal work too; the record from brief to keys is nine days. The honest answer: start the conversation as soon as the move exists, even if dates are vague.
For most services we charge a flat or capped fee agreed with you in writing before we begin. We never accept commissions, referral fees or bonuses from landlords, agents or schools. That independence is the whole point: our advice is the only thing we sell.
Yes — around half of our clients are private movers. The programme is the same; we simply invoice you. Many employers will reimburse our fee even when they have no relocation provider, and we can supply a written scope your HR team can approve.
It is our favourite starting point. The first stage of every programme is structured discovery — work, schools, budget, and how you want to spend a Sunday — followed by orientation days that turn names like “Richmond” and “Islington” into real places with commutes you have actually ridden.
Immigration advice is regulated, so we coordinate rather than advise: we introduce you to solicitors and OISC-registered advisers, align housing and school timelines with your visa dates, and manage the practical paperwork those dates create. Your legal case stays with the regulated professional.
Almost all of our clients start abroad. Shortlists arrive with floor plans, honest photographs, commute maps and video walk-throughs; viewings can be live and accompanied from any timezone. Most clients make their first offer having never stood in the property.
Then flexibility is the brief: rentals with break clauses, furnished options, school arrangements that can flex, and a departure plan agreed before you arrive. A third of our moves are fixed-term assignments, and we plan them as such from day one.
Twenty to thirty minutes on a call, at no cost and with no obligation. You describe the move; we outline the plan, the timeline and a realistic budget range. You leave with a clear view of what help would cost and what it would cover — and nothing else changes unless you ask.
Something else on your mind? Ask us directly.
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Begin the conversation
A first consultation is free and without obligation — twenty minutes on the phone is usually enough to sketch the whole move.
