An independent estate and letting agent between the south-west London commons. Around forty homes a year, each one valued, shown and sold by the same person.
Plate 01Example listing, Cobbold Terrace SW1118:47 · blue hour51.4612° N 0.1689° WPhoto: Justyna Sieczka / Pexels
We take on around forty sales a year between the commons. The person who values your home is the person who shows it, negotiates it and rings you on a Sunday when the offer comes in. No call centre, no sixteen-week contract, no valuer you never see again.
Example figures for a fictional agency.
Photographed in daylight, measured by hand and shown by the person who listed it. All lots are examples for a fictional agency.
Most of our lettings go before they reach the portals. Ask Priya to add you to the list.
The typical chain model is built to win instructions. Ours is built to finish them. Here is the difference.
Who values your home
Typical chainA valuer whose job is winning instructions
Sefton MarshMara or Tom, who will also show it, sell it and see it through
The contract
Typical chain16 to 20 weeks of sole agency, plus notice
Sefton MarshRolling monthly. Leave with 14 days’ notice, no exit fee
The fee
Typical chain“From 1%”, then extras for photos and portal upgrades
Sefton Marsh1.2% + VAT (1.44% inc VAT), no sale no fee. Photography, floorplan, film and portals included
Viewings
Typical chainWhoever is free that afternoon
Sefton MarshAccompanied, evenings and Saturdays, by someone who knows which floorboard creaks
Caseload
Typical chainForty to sixty homes per negotiator
Sefton MarshNever more than twelve each
After the offer
Typical chainPassed to a regional progression team
Sefton MarshRuth chases the chain herself, with a written update every Friday
Example: on a £900,000 sale our fee is £12,960 including VAT. Nothing to pay if it doesn’t sell.
Indicative range
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Indicative, book a free valuation to confirm. This range uses example figures for a fictional agency, not live sales data. Light, layout, the street and the garden all move the number; a forty-minute visit pins it down.
Pick a slot. Mara or Tom will come to you, walk every room and send a written valuation with three comparable sales within a day.
Three ways to work with us. The examples assume a two-bed flat let at £2,500 a month. These are example prices for a fictional agency.
| Let only9.6%Of the first year’s rent, once · 8% + VAT | Let & collect12%Of monthly rent · 10% + VAT | Fully managed15.6%Of monthly rent · 13% + VAT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| On £2,500 a month | £2,880 once | £300 a month | £390 a month |
| Marketing, viewings and referencing | Included | Included | Included |
| Deposit registered in a government scheme | Included | Included | Included |
| Rent collected, arrears chased | Not included | Included | Included |
| Repairs arranged, 24-hour line | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Two inspections a year, with photos | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Gas, electrical and alarm checks tracked | Not included | Not included | Included |
Let only
9.6%
Of the first year’s rent, once · 8% + VAT
£2,880 once
Let & collect
12%
Of monthly rent · 10% + VAT
£300 a month
Fully managed
15.6%
Of monthly rent · 13% + VAT
£390 a month
Every tenancy kept up to date with the Renters’ Rights Act and the Tenant Fees Act. We’ll explain what has changed in a ten-minute call, free.
Talk to Priya about letting
Our patch runs from Clapham Junction down to Tooting Bec, held together by three big commons. Here is how each part actually feels to live in.
The “between the commons” streets: long runs of Victorian terraces, a Saturday that revolves around the common’s ponds and cafés, and a fifteen-minute train to Victoria. Families move here for the schools and stay for the quiet.
Prices are indicative examples, not live data.
Ring the office and one of these six picks up. Ring after hours and it goes to whoever is on call that night, by name.
Values and sells. Has walked every street in SW18 at least twice.
Since 2009Runs Saturday viewings and the calmest offer negotiations in the office.
Since 2014Chases solicitors so you don’t have to. Friday updates, without fail.
Since 2016Matches tenants to landlords and knows the Renters’ Rights Act line by line.
Since 2017Looks after 140 managed homes and a very short list of trusted trades.
Since 2019The voice on the phone, and the person who knows where every key is.
Since 2022“Tom showed the house eleven times in one weekend and still remembered which buyer loved the garden. We exchanged in seven weeks.”
“Three years fully managed, two tenants, no empty weeks. Owen fixes things before I hear they’re broken.”