My City Nest

My City Nest An estate agency with a highly personalised service in Central and North West London.

Danny Valencia leads My City Nest, a team geared toward helping you accomplish your property goals and dreams. All property consultations are conducted by himself only and he remains the client’s point of contact throughout their experience with the company. However, like any good team we have specialists that form a core group who can take care of you at the highest level no matter what part of your property investment journey you are on.

Walked Park Crescent at the weekend.Dozens of homes, and not one of them trying too hard. # LondonArchitecture NW
07/10/2026

Walked Park Crescent at the weekend.
Dozens of homes, and not one of them trying too hard.

# LondonArchitecture NW

Walked Park Crescent at the weekend.Dozens of homes, and not one of them trying too hard. NW1
07/10/2026

Walked Park Crescent at the weekend.
Dozens of homes, and not one of them trying too hard.

NW1

06/10/2026

Landlords have far less control over the rental relationship than they did 20 or 30 years ago.

Regulation has increased steadily, and the Renters’ Rights Act has pushed that change even further.

For some landlords, that has been enough to consider leaving the market. For those staying, the focus now has to be on adapting properly.

That means understanding the rules, keeping accurate records, staying compliant and, increasingly, thinking seriously about tenant retention.

You can spend time wishing the market hadn’t changed.

Or you can build a strategy around the market you actually have.

Most sellers assume a viewing starts when the buyer walks through the front door.In reality, it often starts much earlie...
05/10/2026

Most sellers assume a viewing starts when the buyer walks through the front door.

In reality, it often starts much earlier.

By the time a buyer arrives, they’ve usually already formed a picture of the property, the street and what they believe their budget should buy.

That expectation becomes a kind of map.

The viewing then becomes a comparison between that map and the reality in front of them.

This explains why a buyer can like a home and still hesitate. The property may have made its case, but their expectations haven’t shifted yet.

For sellers, that matters.

Photography, presentation, the way an area is introduced and even how feedback is interpreted all play a role in helping buyers see the property on its own terms.

You can’t choose the map a buyer arrives with.

But you can influence how much of the territory they actually see.

Read the full blog: https://www.mycitynest.com/blog/the-map-every-buyer-brings

Some homes are for everyone. This one was for someone.Know your buyer first. The marketing follows.
02/10/2026

Some homes are for everyone. This one was for someone.
Know your buyer first. The marketing follows.

Living beside Regent’s Park comes with a premium. For many, the architecture, green space and quieter pace are worth the...
30/09/2026

Living beside Regent’s Park comes with a premium. For many, the architecture, green space and quieter pace are worth the extra cost.

Would you pay more to live here?

Park Square East, London.

28/09/2026

Sometimes, the thing stopping your flat from selling isn’t actually inside your flat.

We recently sat down with a seller and looked at the property from the buyer’s perspective.

What questions might they have? What could make them hesitate?

With a London leasehold, that can mean the length of the lease, service charges, ground rent, the freeholder, block management and even the condition of the communal areas.

In this particular case, the lease needed extending and the communal areas needed attention.

Neither changed the flat itself, but both could change how a buyer felt about buying it.

That’s why preparing a property for sale isn’t only about presentation or setting the asking price. It’s about understanding your buyer, anticipating their objections and dealing with as many of them as possible before they become reasons to walk away.

Make “yes” easier.

A property can hold years of memories, effort and investment.The market doesn’t see any of that.A seller may remember th...
25/09/2026

A property can hold years of memories, effort and investment.

The market doesn’t see any of that.

A seller may remember the renovation, the family milestones, the mortgage payments, the difficult tenancies or the years spent improving the property. A buyer walks in with none of that history. They’re looking at what the property offers them now, and whether they can see their own future in it.

That difference matters.

Selling well often means learning to separate two things:

What the property is worth to you.

And what the property is worth to the market.

That doesn’t diminish everything the property has meant. It simply makes the decisions around presentation, feedback and price much clearer.

Because the market gets the property.

You keep the memories.

Read the full blog: https://www.mycitynest.com/blog/the-price-of-memory-why-selling-a-home

The owners viewed more than 50 properties before choosing this one.Then they walked into this apartment on Fitzjohns Ave...
24/09/2026

The owners viewed more than 50 properties before choosing this one.

Then they walked into this apartment on Fitzjohns Avenue.

The natural light, generous proportions, green outlook and sense of privacy made the decision surprisingly easy.

Set in the heart of Hampstead, this is a home that feels unusually open for London, with high ceilings, well-proportioned rooms and views across the communal gardens rather than neighbouring windows.

There’s a calmness to it that doesn’t really come across in photographs.

To arrange a viewing, contact us.

W1, on a clear day.The blue sky draws your eye above the shopfronts, to the stonework, balconies and rooflines that are ...
24/09/2026

W1, on a clear day.

The blue sky draws your eye above the shopfronts, to the stonework, balconies and rooflines that are easy to miss from street level.

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