Your property, managed like a financial asset
Walk From Home lets and manages London apartments for owners who want the asset run properly: a vetted international tenant pipeline, compliance tracked to the date, and reporting you can act on.
Financial rigour, and a service standard tenants actually stay for
Walk From Home was founded to fix the structural inefficiencies of the UK rental market. We treat property management not as a local administrative task but as a systematised, data-driven operation — institutional risk-management logic applied to residential lettings.
Our founding team pairs quantitative risk control from top-tier global banking with a service background that turns living comfort into measurable protocols. In practice that means fewer void weeks, fewer surprises, and tenants who renew.
Our dual-headquarters structure gives your property continuous cross-timezone oversight: enquiries and maintenance are picked up across UK and China hours, not just nine to five in one country.
Three things we are built to do well
Exclusive international pipeline
We source tenants through global university and employer channels rather than competing for the same local search traffic as every other agent. That means a steady flow of pre-qualified international students and professionals, and lettings agreed well before the void opens.
- Direct student, graduate and employer channels
- Pre-arrival demand, booked months ahead
- Tenants matched to the building, not just the postcode
Institutional-grade management
Every applicant goes through the same referencing and affordability process before an offer reaches you. Compliance — gas, electrical, EPC, deposit protection, right to rent — is tracked centrally with renewal dates diarised, so nothing lapses quietly.
- Structured referencing and affordability checks
- Compliance calendar with diarised renewals
- Inventory, check-in and check-out fully documented
Cash flow stability
Your property is treated as a financial asset. Rent collection, arrears escalation and reporting follow a fixed process, and maintenance is triaged so small issues are fixed before they turn into expensive ones.
- Defined rent collection and arrears process
- Maintenance triaged before it escalates
- Regular written reporting on the asset
Included as standard
From onboarding to ongoing management
Onboarding
We visit the property, agree the letting standard and the marketing plan with you, and confirm what is already compliant and what is not. No valuations, no guesswork — just what it takes to let it well.
Preparation
Photography, floorplan and listing copy produced in house. Where work is needed to reach our standard, we tell you what it is and what it costs before you commit.
Marketing and matching
The property goes to our international pipeline first. Viewings are accompanied, and every applicant is referenced before an offer reaches you.
Tenancy and handover
Contracts, deposit protection, inventory and check-in are handled for you. You receive the full document set for your records.
Ongoing management
Rent collection, maintenance, compliance renewals and reporting — with one named point of contact and cover across time zones.
The things that must not lapse
Every managed property sits on a compliance calendar. These are the items we track and renew on your behalf, with reminders to you before anything expires.
Working with Walk From Home
What types of property do you take on?
Primarily one- to three-bedroom apartments in London developments with good transport links and credible management on site. Our tenant demand is concentrated around the major universities, so location and building quality matter more to us than headline rent.
Do you value properties or advise on purchases?
No. We are a lettings and property management business, not a valuer or an investment adviser. We will tell you plainly what a property is likely to let for and how quickly, based on what we are seeing across our own pipeline — but we do not provide capital valuations or purchase advice.
Who holds the deposit?
The deposit is registered with a government-approved scheme within the statutory deadline, and the prescribed information is served on the tenant. You receive copies of both for your records.
What compliance do I need in place?
As a minimum: a valid gas safety certificate, an in-date EICR, an EPC of E or above, working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and right-to-rent checks on every adult occupier. On managed properties we track all of these and prompt you before anything expires.
How do you handle maintenance?
Issues are logged, triaged and — within an agreed limit set by you — fixed without needing approval each time, so small problems do not sit. Anything above that limit comes to you with a quote before work starts.
Can you work with developers and letting partners?
Yes. We work with developers, build-to-rent operators and individual owners who want reliable access to vetted international tenants. Talk to us about block or portfolio arrangements.
Tell us about your property
Send us the address, the number of bedrooms and when it is available. We will come back with what we expect it to let for, how quickly, and anything that needs attention before it goes to market.
This page describes our service scope. It is not financial, tax, legal or investment advice, and we do not provide property valuations. Terms and fees are set out in the management agreement.