The operational partner your practice has been missing
Yet estate matters regularly demand operational work that consumes time, creates risk and distracts from the legal and tax work that actually requires your expertise.
Estate properties consume solicitor time that should be spent on legal work. We were built to fix that.
We were founded by a Private Client Solicitor and her husband who witnessed first-hand the operational weight that estate properties place on practitioners; the hours lost to coordination, the anxiety about supplier standards, the constant low-grade stress of work that demands reliability but not legal expertise.
Osnaburgh Estate Partners takes ownership of the property and contents workstream. We secure, clear, document, and manage, under your instruction, with proper evidence at the standard your practice demands.
You instruct us once. We deliver outcomes and evidence packs ready for your file, without the stress.
More about the Founders
Sarah (TEP) is a qualified and practicing Private Client Solicitor with over a decade of experience. She experienced first hand the operational burdens of estate administration and developed Osnaburgh Estate Partners with Mohammed, an experienced executive and entrepreneur.
Together they have devised a service that could give estate executors and the families complete peace of mind.
Our core services (expand for details):
Property Intake & Risk Control
Scope:
- Professional first attendance (alongside fee earner or executor if helpful)
- Immediate stabilisation: security, urgent hazards, access control, utility management
- Key control protocols and access logging
- Postage and parcel management
- Utilities snapshot: meter readings, safety concerns flagged
- Clear recommendations for next steps (operational, not legal)
What you receive:
- Initial Property Condition & Risk Report (timestamped, room-by-room photography)
- Access & Key Control Log
- Recommendations Summary
Vacancy Compliance & Monitoring
Scope:
- Scheduled inspections (fortnightly standard, or aligned to insurer requirements)
- Security, condition, and seasonal risk checks
- Postage and parcel management
- Photographic record each visit
- Immediate escalation of any issue requiring attention
What you receive:
- Photographic Log (ongoing, timestamped)
- Vacancy Compliance Schedule
- Inspection Reports (each visit, consistent format)
Contents & Chattels Governance
Handle contents neutrally, securely, and auditably – preventing disputes before they arise.
Scope:
- Room-by-room photographic inventory
- High-value and sensitive item protocol: flagging, segregation, dual-person handling
- Secure packing, insured transport, documented storage
- Beneficiary release logistics (under your written instruction only)
- Auction or disposal coordination with full audit trail
What you receive:
- Release Receipts and Handover Certificates
- Photographic Inventory Schedule (structured, searchable)
- Chain-of-Custody Record (property → transport → storage → release)
Property Remediation & Sale Readiness
Scope:
- Complete clearance: all rooms, loft, garage, outbuildings
- Deep cleaning to agreed standard
- External areas: garden clearance, basic presentation
- Pest control coordinated through accredited providers where required
- Waste streams managed responsibly with documented disposal
- Final walk-through and handover pack
What you receive:
- Sale Readiness Summary (one-page condition statement for client updates or agent handover)
- Before/After Completion Report (photographs, scope summary, completion statement)
- Waste & Disposal Documentation
Estate properties create operational burden and professional risk.
We manage estate properties and contents with the professionalism and evidential rigour that Private Client practice demands.
You instruct us once. We take ownership. You receive documented outcomes suitable for your file, without the stress.
