Anushka was relocating to London with her husband and young son. They both worked in the City and they wanted their son to attend a state school with an “Outstanding” Ofsted report.
2021 saw many clients relocate to London and have to remotely find a home and a school for their children. Not an easy task. But it can be done, and done successfully.
After a video call to meet each other and discuss the client’s needs and wants, we then started to look at possible areas, the transport options and, most importantly, the local schools – both primary and secondary schools. Once we had identified their top 5 schools of choice, we started to look for properties near to the schools. The property search was sent out to agents and the client sent, via email, any suitable properties. We also included any available videos of the properties. The client pre-selected the properties they wanted to see and we arranged a live viewing for the client.
We supported our client in helping them to structure their offer, forwarded it to the agent and negotiated it on their behalf until agreed by both the client and the landlord. Once the tenancy agreement was signed, we could then apply, on behalf of the client, to the schools of choice for their son. We were able to secure a property next door to their first choice of school and their son was offered a place within a week of applying, despite the school being officially oversubscribed.
