Hi
I can hopefully help as work for an agency who covers those areas and also live in balham with children at schools in the area so can help you with advice on schools etc too. As one of the previous posters said it’s better to register with more than one agent as listings aren’t normally shared. If you have a look at rightmove website you can get a good idea on who lists the family houses.
Please do private message me with your requirements.
Many thanks

[quote=LoveSW11 post_id=256652 time=1592898236 user_id=39689]If you’re going to be searching for a place before you arrive, you might want to get help from a local property sourcer (a bit like a US realtor).

I have lived and rented off Northcote Rd since 2005 and have 3 kids in the local primary and secondary schools, we absolutely love it here as sounds like you know the area too? PM me if you think I may be able to help.[/quote]
Thank you! If you have any suggestions of a local relocation / property sourcer I would be very keen to hear. I'm from Australia, so not quite sure of the US realtor market, but do know the concept of relocation agents if that is similar. We lived in SW previously (Balham) but keen to get the kids into a local school with friends in Honeywell, so looking specifically around that area. Any tips at all very welcome!

[quote=coffeepod post_id=257911 time=1595322912 user_id=54079]Rampton Baseley look after my neighbour's house and I know that they are always really pleased when they pop back to visit.[/quote]

Thank you! We have registered with them. 

Thank you!! No, we aren't from the US but do appreciate the reminder! I do remember that by the time something was advertised online, you'd missed the best ones and only ones that were asking a high price, often, made it to zoopla etc. We have started emailing all the agents and will start calling around soon. I'm not sure how far out people rent, but I expect there might be some people deciding to move out of London toward the end of year - even perhaps some Aussies returning home (and we have a lovely 5 bdrm house here to rent in a high-demand area of Sydney if anyone you know is looking, don't hesitate to get in touch!) 

Thank you to everyone! No, we are not from the US, but Australia, so perhaps similar semantics here. Estate Agents I guess is the UK terminology? Yes, we have lived in London previously, but looking forward to be back in SW! If anyone else has any suggestions, very keen to hear from you! 

Rampton Baseley look after my neighbour's house and I know that they are always really pleased when they pop back to visit.

If you are still looking, I would recommend contacting Paul at Moveli. They are now doing rentals as well as sales. Really great service, down to earth approach, highly experienced, lives in the area so really knows it well. Also because they don't have any retail space they are more competitively priced that other local agents. Can't recommend him highly enough!
[url]https://www.moveli.co.uk/agents/paul-clappison[/url]
 

If you’re going to be searching for a place before you arrive, you might want to get help from a local property sourcer (a bit like a US realtor).

I have lived and rented off Northcote Rd since 2005 and have 3 kids in the local primary and secondary schools, we absolutely love it here as sounds like you know the area too? PM me if you think I may be able to help.

Hi - are you American? The reason I ask is that you describe them as "real estate" agents, and to say that they don't work the same here as they do in the US. Here you really need to be signed on with as many agents as possible as they will only show you properties whose owners have registered with them. It's not like in the US where they can show you everything that's on the market. So really you want to be registering with all the agents in the area you're looking for and calling them on a regular basis so they know you're keen and if anything good comes up you'll hopefully get first dibs. If you stick with one agent you may miss the perfect property.

I second Rampton Baseley, Northcote Road. After using many local agents to try and find a property to rent we found them honest, with a great selection of quality homes and not too pushy.

Rampton Baseley on Nothcote road. Friend has rented out her 5 bed house for about 10 years through them and always raves.

Rochford Stokes, Independent agent based on Lavender Hill. If you look at their blog pages you will also see the latest article is all about Letting houses to families in the area

Hello! We are moving (back!) to London in early 2021, and looking for a family home to rent around Northcote Road / Honeywell area. Does anyone have any great real estate agents they'd recommend? We want to get the kids back to school as soon as we can, so getting settled into one place would be amazing and not having to move around!