About

The Modern House is an estate agency that helps people live in more thoughtful and beautiful ways. We believe in design as a powerful force for good. Inspired by the principles of modernism, we represent design-led homes across the UK that pay attention to space, light, materials, nature and decoration. Esquire credits The Modern House with “rewriting the rulebook on estate agency” and GQ voted us “one of the best things in the world”. The Modern House is a Certified B Corporation, part of a global community of businesses that meet high standards of social and environmental impact.

Directors

Clem HobsonManaging Director

Aoife LeachCommercial Director

Judith AbelovszkyFinance and Operations Director

Appraisals Team

India AlexanderHead of Appraisals

Holly TitfordAppraisals Manager

Katherine BanksClient Operations Manager

Lucy DranePrincipal Appraisals Specialist

Marcus Gordon MRICSSenior Appraisals Specialist

Wilhemina MadeleySenior Appraisals Specialist

Louise Rutherford ARBSenior Appraisals Specialist

Rumer NeillAppraisals Specialist

Zoe AndersonAppraisals Specialist

Morgan PollardPhotography Coordinator

Thea RogersAppraisals Coordinator

Sophie SimsListings Sub-Editor

Prime Team

James KlonarisHead of Prime Appraisals

Corey HemingwayHead of Prime Sales

Charlie Arden-BrownPrime Sales Manager

Fergus O'BrienPrime Viewings Coordinator

Sales Team

Chloe BlissHead of Sales

Rae McCarthy-YardleySales Team Manager

Olivia GouldSales Team Manager

Song EngSenior Sales Advisor

Sarah HatcherSenior Sales Advisor

Zoe LowSenior Sales Advisor

Kate HawkswellSenior Sales Advisor

India SmithSenior Sales Advisor

Will BaringSales Advisor

Emma BarclaySales Advisor

Ollie KingSales Advisor

Hannah DowntonSales Advisor

Laura TrustyBuyer Operations Manager

Clementine HarveyViewings Coordinator

Georgia RichardsonViewings Host

Isadora GrahamViewings Host

Editorial, Marketing and Product

Drew HydeHead of Engineering

Rhiannon KingSalesforce Administrator

Rory ChadbourneProduct Manager

Operations

Nicolate TwebazeFinance Manager

Ella MasriOffice Manager

OUR VALUES

We believe in adding value

To you, to your home, to your experience. We do this through our service, insight, expertise, presentation and superior reach.

OUR VALUES

We believe in being human

We’re obsessive about the service we offer. Your home is likely your primary financial and emotional asset, and deserves only the most dedicated and empathetic individuals representing it. We exist to provide an alternative to the ‘shiny suit’ experience, seeing estate agency as being about relationship building, trust and empathy.

OUR VALUES

We believe in building a likeminded community of design lovers

Our audience isn’t location, age or profile specific. What unites our community, though, is an appreciation of the impact a home has on personal well-being and a willingness to invest in the value of design. Our network’s shared interests and collective appreciation means they will ‘get’ your house, even if your friends don’t.

OUR VALUES

We believe in better homes

By acting as a filter for the best homes on the market, we attract buyers who are flexible about location and instead place the quality of the home at the centre of their search. By turning down almost as much work as we take on, we keep the standard of our offering high so that buyers trust our ability to show them only what’s worth seeing. In turn, our Directory of design practices is a comprehensive resource for anyone interested in making a better home, regardless of budget.

Our Founders

MattCo-Founder

AlbertCo-Founder

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Featured Press

What started as a niche business in 2005, when architectural journalists Albert Hill and Matt Gibberd set up an agency to sell mid-century architecture to the Wallpaper-reading crowd, is infiltrating the mainstream, and setting the benchmark for estate agents in the age of social media and property porn.
The cult-like appeal of The Modern HouseSeptember 6th, 2020The Sunday Times
For the uninitiated, The Modern House is about as far removed from your KFHs and Bairstow Eves as it’s possible to get. It doesn’t have any premises, its imagery is The World of Interiors-worthy and its listings read more like a lovingly-written feature than a shouty list of descriptors.
Obsessed With The Modern House? This Is What It’s Like To Actually Buy OneJanuary 17th, 2021Vogue
The Modern House website has boomed in 2020 as people flock to gaze lustfully at its properties, even if they have no intention of buying.
The rise and rise of the stylish property website for people who aren't looking to move houseSeptember 24th, 2020The Telegraph

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Our Home

To accommodate our rapidly growing team, we moved our headquarters in 2018 to a former ecclesiastical building in Southwark, London, renovated to a design by TDO architecture and furnished with bespoke pieces by British designers Faye Toogood and Max Lamb. Flexibility is at the heart of the design, allowing us to engage with our community through talks and events, and uphold our company culture with film screenings, yoga classes and team lunches.

Thought Leadership

An authority on good design

Our name is inspired by F.R.S. Yorke's celebrated book 'The Modern House' (1934), which introduced Modern Movement architecture to a British audience. As the agency has developed, we've become recognised as experts on modern architecture and design. We have gone on to publish two of our own books on the subject, and our co-founder Matt Gibberd has written a third book on the five timeless design principles that the homes we sell tend to pay attention to.

“Anyone who has a tendency to waste time daydreaming should steer well clear of The Modern House: the forward-looking estate agency masterminded by Messrs Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill” – Mr Porter

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Our Community

Our Journal is an award-winning online design and lifestyle magazine that showcases inspiring homes from influencers and tastemakers within our community.