AZ Real Estate offers bespoke property solutions for private clients looking to acquire sell or invest into London property. Founded by Alisa Zotimova in 2012 after ten years of international property experience at Cushman & Wakefield and JLL, the company is firmly established as a go-to property consultancy in the London market.
The company provides London market investment and private buy-side consulting for clients across the globe. AZ Real Estate deals with investment across residential sales and on the agency side, helps sellers to facilitate their sale as well.
The projects and sites are sourced on and off-market to ensure best opportunities and returns. This is done with discretion and razor-sharp attention to detail. We work with novice and seasoned investors based in the UK and overseas as well as those relocating to the UK to study, work and live.
Our mission is to provide excellent client-focused advice and services for residential real estate to private clients in London.
Alisa Zotimova
A London-based entrepreneur, Alisa is a driven and passionate real estate professional with over 20 years of experience in the property market.
She has a degree in economics followed by a hands-on real estate consulting and brokerage career within JLL and Cushman & Wakefield where her jobs included heading Russian Cross-Border investment desk in London and running the Alliance Program for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
Ms. Zotimova has travelled the globe and speaks four languages. With active involvement in Urban Land Institute, Forum48, Young Entrepreneurs in Property and Women in Real Estate, she brings the prospective of “young leaders” and advocates cultural diversity across the business arena.
To find out more about Alisa, her life outside AZ Real Estate and her book go to alisazotimova.com
Yulia Bakman
Yulia initially graduated with a degree in Applied Mathematics and Physics and later obtained a PhD in Economics. She spent 7 years in economic consulting research helping corporations and government departments make effective business and regulatory decisions.
Having also worked for an international IT company and a fashion brand and retailer for several years, Yulia has got wide experience in Marketing and Operations.
After relocation to the UK in 2015, Yulia continued her professional development and acquired local expertise by working as a Head of Technology and Communications for a London Real Estate Agency. She joined AZ Real Estate in 2021 and currently leads Operations to ensure efficiency and a high level of service.
Marianna Karmyzava
Marianna is our AML Manager who joined AZ Real Estate team in September 2021 and has quickly settled into providing dedicated support for our team to ensure compliance with the current legislation. She has a Degree in Economics and has previously worked within the London financial industry as a due diligence analyst and project manager.
Having always had a keen interest in Property and with over 10 years’ experience working in a family property business in London, Marianna knows what our clients are expecting from us. Marianna enjoys her busy role that involves a lot of problem-solving. She loves being challenged and that ‘no two days are the same’. She speaks three languages.
Nadia Borisova
Nadia joined our team in Autumn 2021 and has extensive international experience in the Art Industry. Before relocation to the UK, she lived in Russia, as well as in the US and South Africa.
Having had an art history degree as a background, she later continued education in Art Management and Gallery Business, did an internship in Hong Kong and Miami.
Nadia was a co-founder of a Consulting Agency that was providing art advisory and organising trips to the leading Art Fairs accompanied by experts (Venice Biennale, Art Basel, Frieze, TEFAF).
In AZ Real estate, Nadia continues to work as an art adviser, collaborating with private galleries around the world, independent artists, working in partnership with an extended pool of designers and architects. She focuses on ‘Art as an investment’ tools in relation to real estate providing a variety of design decoration and art-investment services, additionally accompanying our clients after sales or leasing deals.
Partners
AZ Real Estate is built on two key principles – providing excellent professional service and nurturing the dedicated relationship with our client. We understand how important it is to have the best professional adviser covering every aspect of the transaction. We believe in “to each their own” area of expertise and are not generalists.
We have therefore invested a significant amount of time to personally select a group of partners in each related field that match this approach and can act as an extension of our service offering with integrity and confidentiality. We work with both global firms and niche independent players.
AZ Real Estate can serve as a single point of contact for the whole transaction cycle or make appropriate direct introductions to qualified professional advisers in the fields described below.
Our values
Act with integrity
We always stick to transparency in our processes, high standards in our work and respect for our clients’ privacy. Treating every project like we own it, we have built our professional reputation on the principles of accountability and integrity.
Constantly learn
We are not afraid to challenge former ways of doing things, continuously evolving our business processes. Striving to do better every day, we seek to grow our expertise and stay up to date with industry changes.
Personally connect
We offer a listening ear and an open heart to everyone we work with. We pay attention and relate to our clients. We don’t let our partners down. We connect beyond a job and support each other.
Look beneath the surface
To deliver the best result possible – whether in assessing the deal, working with clients, or making business decisions – we ask the right questions to understand the “why” behind each detail. Being thorough pushes us to dig deeper whilst critical thinking keeps us on the right track.
Testimonials
Mars Wang
“Thank you for the great service and always keep us updated during the process of purchasing our first property! Definitely recommend AZ if you are looking for someone who’s professional and supportive! Thanks Anna especially that made this happen, you are amazing!”
Vadims Karjukovs
“I had a great experience with AZ Real Estate (especially with a real estate agent Darya), who helped me buy my first home in London. It was my first experience in this area; therefore, I had a lot of questions. Darya from AZ Real Estate was with me from the beginning to the end when I received my keys. She was extremely helpful and always answered my calls/messages within minutes which made the whole process less stressful. Due to some problems on the seller’s side the final step was delayed; however, Darya did everything to speed up the process. I would certainly recommend AZ Real Estate if you are looking to buy a new property.”
Alptekin Tizer
“I am really very impressed with AZ Real Estate teams fast actions, professional approach and timely and useful advices. I highly recommend them to anybody who needs a real estate agency. Thanks to all AZ team. Looking forward to work with you again.”
Jon Trevor
“The team at AZ Real Estate are fantastic and a real pleasure to work with. We tried several other agencies before and none compared to the professionalism, efficiency, and determination to sell that we saw from AZ. Alisa, Darya and Anna really are property magicians and I’ll be forever grateful for their services in selling my flat :)”
Daria Anikanova
“We’ve had a very helpful and informative consultation with Alisa, the owner of AZ Real Estate. We’re planning to buy a property in a very near future, so wanted to get our numerous questions answered. Alisa gave us a very good understanding of how the things work and we talked through some tips how to make the process of finding a new home more smooth and efficient. Without any doubts we can recommend to talk to AZ Real Estate if you’re looking for a new home.”