The best buying agents for prime London property

Welcome to the Spear’s ranking of the best buying agents for prime London property. The list features our Top Ten, Top Recommended and Recommended agents

For high-net-worth individuals in search of prime residential property, it’s important to have an expert in your corner, protecting your interests. That’s what a buying agent does.

A principled, expert buying agent will not only negotiate the best possible price on your behalf, they will also ease the administrative burden of the deal process and smooth the path to completion.

A well-connected buying agent can also source properties that are not publicly listed as being for sale. One with initiative may even be able to acquire a property whose current owner has no pre-existing intention to sell, all while maintaining an appropriate level of discretion.

So, when it comes to prime central London (PCL) property, the right buying agent is worth their weight in gold.

Spear’s publishes annual rankings of the top private client advisers and service-providers to HNWs. These are drawn up on the basis of peer nominations, client feedback, telephone and face-to-face interviews, data supplied by firms, as well as information gathered by the Spear’s editorial and research teams.

The London buying agents featured in the 2021 edition of the Spear’s Property Advisers Index are included in the table below, along with their Spear’s ranking, ‘focus’, and, where possible, their self-reported career deals and average deal size.

Click on the individual names to be directed to more detailed profiles of each adviser on spears500.com. (The table is ordered by ranking and then alphabetically by surname.)

Ranking	Name	Firm name	Career deals (£)	Average deal size	Focus
Top Ten	Robert Bailey	Robert Bailey Property	–	£5-30 million	Discreet deals
Top Ten	Camilla Dell	Black Brick	£1 billion	£3-20 million	Defending buyers
Top Ten	Jo Eccles	Eccord	–	–	Prime central London
Top Ten	Nathalie Hirst	Nathalie Hirst	–	£2-100 million	An ‘exemplary service’
Top Ten	Guy Meacock	Prime Purchase	£450 million	£2-10 million	Prime central London
Top Ten	Richard & Sophie Rogerson	RFR	–	£10-15 million	Super prime London
Top Ten	Roarie Scarisbrick	Property Vision	–	–	Prime acquisitions
Top Ten	Alex Stroud	Stroud and Fuller	–	£3-8 million	Pied-à-terres
Top Ten	Caroline Takla	The Collection	–	–	Prime central London
Top Ten	Ed Tryon	Lichfields	£856 million	£8 million	High-value new builds
Top Recommended	Hannah Aykroyd	Aykroyd & Co	–	–	Personalised buying
Top Recommended	James Davies	GLP Fine Properties	–	–	Off-market acquisitions
Top Recommended	Philip Eastwood	The Buying Solution	–	–	Prime and super-prime properties
Top Recommended	Saul Empson	Haringtons	£2 billion	£5 million	The ‘golden rectangle’
Top Recommended	Simon Garcia	Quintessentially Estates	–	–	Foreign buyers
Top Recommended	Naomi Heaton	London Central Portfolio	–	–	Buying and investment
Top Recommended	Giuliana La Pera Davies	GLP Fine Properties	–	–	Off-market acquisitions
Top Recommended	Dominic Spencer-Churchill	DS Churchill	£650 million	£5 million	Boutique service
Top Recommended	Andrew Weir	London Central Portfolio	£10 billion	£1-15 million	Superior market access
Recommended	Dewey Atkins	Lake & Co	–	–	Acquisition, residential and investment
Recommended	Amanda Bastin	Amanda Bastin Property	–	–	Buying and renting
Recommended	Georgia Carrick	London Land Management	–	–	Acquisition
Recommended	Thea Carroll	Thea Carroll Property Consultancy	–	–	Advising and acquiring
Recommended	Delphine Colombo	Colombo Hirst	–	£1-15 million	Local knowledge
Recommended	Nick Dawson	Garrington	–	–	Unique London homes
Recommended	Patrick Dougherty	Ivar London	£85 million	£2-10 million	London
Recommended	Nicholas Finn	Garrington	–	–	Prime London homes
Recommended	Johnny Fuller	Stroud and Fuller	–	£7-8 million	London knowledge
Recommended	Caspar Harvard-Walls	Black Brick	£269 million	£6.6 million	Homes and investments
Recommended	Lucie Hirst	Colombo Hirst	–	£1-15 million	Prime central London
Recommended	Chris Jones	Warnerheath	–	£1-40 million	Independent buying advice
Recommended	Tom Kain	Black Brick	£139 million	£2.3 million	Transparent transactions
Recommended	Tracy Kellett	BDI Home Finders	£90 million	£1.5m	London and Home Counties
Recommended	Clarissa Legg	The London Resolution	–	£1-20 million	Bespoke aquisition
Recommended	Dominic Leivers	London Land Management	–	–	Property investments
Recommended	Caroline Levy	Robert Bailey Property	–	£3-30 million	Holistic help
Recommended	Justin Mason	Justin Mason Valuation Consultancy	£5 billion	£5-15 million	Valuation
Recommended	Jessica Parkinson	Rose Capital Property Consultancy	–	–	London and the Home Counties
Recommended	Henry Sherwood	The Buying Agents	£2.6 billion	£1-25 million	Search, acquisition, refurbishment
Recommended	Fraser Slater	Ludgrove Property	£100 million	£4 million	Research-driven opportunities
Recommended	Johnny Turnbull	Turnbull Property Acquisition	–	–	Independent buying advice
Recommended	Ross Ward	Pereds	–	–	London, UK, international
Recommended	John Waters	Robert Bailey Property	–	£5-30 million	Off-market properties
Recommended	Will Watson	The Buying Solution	£1 billion	£8-15 million	Prime residential

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