Client Stories

When Sam bought this Stroud Green terrace, it was a classic doer-upper and had everything going for it except for the dated interiors: good bones, period features, a great street, leafy garden. Over seven months he stripped it back and rebuilt it to a standard you rarely see locally. He restored the original features, added a kitchen with poured concrete counters and chose every tap, tile and light fitting with real care. The finished house was exceptional.

Years later when it came to selling his brief to us was simple: he wanted the sale to reflect every penny and every decision he’d put into it. A house at this level can’t be sold on bedroom count alone, so we sold the design. Our in-house creative team shot it over a full day with an interiors photographer’s eye, focusing on the materials, the light and the craftsmanship that set it apart from the usual refurb. We wrote copy that credited the design choices and explained why they mattered. Before launch, we previewed it off-market to design-minded buyers on our database, then launched a campaign aimed at buyers who’d normally look to Highbury or Crouch End for a finish like this. We were involved from early on, advising Sam on layout and spec with resale in mind, so the house arrived on the market already built for its buyer.

After years of poor service, Natalie and her fellow leaseholders exercised their Right to Manage and appointed our sister company Brompton Block Management in 2021. They inherited a neglected building: worn communal areas, worsening damp, front steps botched twice by the previous agents, and external works stalled since 2010, when quotes of £46,000 to £55,000 came in far too high.

Brompton reissued the Section 20 notices for the same scope and secured a lower price than any of the 2010 quotes more than a decade later. The steps were properly asphalted and have held up well and the damp was fixed within months. Cleaning and management fees, among other fees, are noticeably lower too.