A London estate agency founded in 1805 with branches across the capital, offering sales, lettings, property management and new homes.
Chestertons is one of London's oldest and largest estate agents. It helps people sell, buy, rent and let homes, and its website lists property management, corporate relocation, London short lets, new homes and a China Desk that works with buyers from Asia. Its own site describes one of the largest branch networks in London. It also offers lease advice, refurbishment support and marketing help before and after a sale completes. Wikipedia notes it also runs a commercial agency and a surveying arm that grew from a business it bought in 2011.
The firm says it has been part of London's property market for over 220 years. Wikipedia dates the start to 1805, when Charles Chesterton became agent for the Phillimore Estate in Kensington; his son Arthur formed Chesterton & Sons in 1830 and the family kept ownership until 1980. Two later members of the firm served as presidents of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, in 1965 and 1968. The company's own website describes its aim as helping clients make confident decisions through clear advice, local expertise and careful attention to detail. It says it acts in clients' best interests.
Chestertons' head office is in the Lantern Building on Hampstead Road in London. Its own site says its network covers London, and Wikipedia mentions Kensington, Hampstead, St John's Wood and Kew among its branch areas, as well as past expansion to Manchester, Newcastle and Nottingham. In 2023 it became part of the Campions Group, owned by Emeria UK, and Wikipedia says another buyer, Partners Group, acquired the UK business in November 2023; the sources disagree on this, so check the company's own news. Richard Davies, who joined in 1996, has been managing director since 2023.
On culture, Chestertons says its local teams know their areas closely, that it invests in training and specialist support in areas like compliance, marketing and operations, and that its sales and lettings teams work together. It says it supports local charities and community events, and it has run a Charity Champions scheme since 2014. It says it is certified Net Zero Carbon Plus. It reports being named Estate Agency of the Year at the Negotiator Awards in 2024 and 2025. All of this comes from the company itself.
In a firm of this kind you will find negotiators who match buyers and tenants with homes, valuers, lettings and property managers, new homes and marketing specialists, and the compliance, finance and operations staff who keep an agency within the rules. The wide mix of services, including short lets and corporate relocation, means different kinds of work under one name. If you like people, property and London, this is a company worth looking at. The company's website has a careers section.
Website: www.chestertons.co.uk
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