Who does what

Six professionals.
Only one of them is us.

A London purchase involves a solicitor, a lender or broker, a surveyor, a tax adviser, the developer's sales team and, if you let the property, a managing agent. We coordinate. We do not replace any of them, and we will not pretend the boundaries are blurrier than they are.

The people around your purchase

Who acts for whom.

The single most useful thing to understand early is which of these people work for you, which work for the seller, and which are regulated. Here it is in one table.

RoleWhat they doActs forRegulated by
Solicitor / conveyancerReports on the lease and title, raises enquiries, handles exchange and completion, runs anti-money-laundering checks.You. You appoint them and you pay them.Solicitors Regulation Authority
Mortgage adviser or brokerAssesses lending options, submits your application, manages the lender relationship.You.Financial Conduct Authority
Surveyor or valuerInspects the property and reports on its condition and value.You.RICS
Tax adviser or accountantAdvises on your own position, in the UK and where you are resident.You.Their professional body
Developer's sales teamSells the property. Your purchase contract is with the developer, not with us.The seller.Not an agent; sells its own stock
Letting & management partnerFurnishing, tenant find, rent collection, compliance and ongoing management.You, under a separate agreement.Depends on the firm; ask before you sign
OGKinvestFilters the market, explains the options side by side, coordinates introductions and keeps the process moving.You, as an introducer and adviser on the property itself. We may receive a referral fee from a developer or partner, and we tell you when we do.Not a regulated financial, legal or tax adviser
Our network today

The honest count.

No rounded-up brand totals. This is what we actually have, and where we would tell you to appoint your own.

Solicitors and conveyancersFour to six firms we use regularly, including Turkish-speaking contact where a client wants it.
Lenders and brokersTwo to three, including brokers who place limited-company buy-to-let for non-resident borrowers.
SurveyorsEngaged case by case rather than kept on a panel, because the right surveyor depends on the building.
Tax advisersWe do not keep a panel. We will tell you what to ask and what qualifications to look for, and you appoint your own.
Letting and managementOur current management partners run our own portfolio outside London. For a London let we would source a firm alongside you rather than pretend we already have one.

Two of those lines are gaps rather than strengths, and we would rather write them down than list a name we have never worked with. A panel exists to be useful to you, not to look long.

The part most advisories leave out

You may use your own.

We will introduce you to people we have worked with and would use ourselves. You are never required to use them. If you already have a solicitor, a broker or an accountant, we will work with yours and coordinate exactly the same way.

This matters more than it sounds. An adviser whose panel is the only route has an interest in keeping you inside it. Ours is not a closed panel, the professionals in it are independent of us, and you can replace any of them at any point without losing our involvement.

It is also why we publish our referral-fee position rather than being asked about it. If a fee could influence a recommendation, you should know before the recommendation, not after.

How someone gets introduced

What we look for.

We do not maintain a list because a firm asked to be on one. These are the criteria that decide whether we will put a name in front of you.

Direct experience, not a brochureWe have worked with them on a real transaction and seen how they behave when something goes wrong, which is the only part that matters.
Fluent with overseas buyersNon-resident purchases have their own paperwork, timing and identity checks. A firm that does two a year will learn on you.
Willing to quote clearlyA professional who will not put their fee structure in writing at the start is unlikely to become clearer later.
Language where it helpsTurkish-speaking contact where the client wants it, in the parts of the process where a misunderstanding is expensive.
Responsive across time zonesA three-day reply is not a service when you are five hours ahead and an exchange deadline is moving.
Where our role ends

We coordinate.
We do not advise on the regulated parts.

We do not give regulated financial, mortgage, legal or tax advice, and we do not hold client money for a purchase. Those parts belong to the independent professionals above, and we will say so every time rather than let the line drift. The whole point of publishing this page is that you should be able to see the boundary without having to ask.

Want to see the whole team
before you commit to anything?

Tell us where you are in the process. We will set out who you still need, what each one will cost you, and which of them you should appoint first.

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