Arrival & Residence Establishment
A new residence is acquired once. A new life setting must be established.
Entering a new residence — particularly in another city or country — requires many separate matters to come into correspondence.
DGF Private Office establishes one plan for the residence itself — handover, utilities, service arrangements and practical readiness — and remains the family's point of continuity until the residence is properly in use.
This responsibility may be accepted as part of a broader Residence Passage mandate. It is not offered as a separate open service. Residence Passage →
One point of continuity
A principal should not have to coordinate the property advisers, insurers, movers, technicians, utility providers and other residence specialists as a collection of unrelated appointments.
DGF Private Office establishes the condition and handover position of the residence, prepares the occupation chronology, coordinates the appropriate providers and holds the accepted residence-establishment process together.
The House does not claim to perform every specialist task itself. It ensures that each task is placed with the correct party, completed in the correct order and brought back into one coherent passage.
The stages of the mandate
I
The Establishment Brief
Understanding the family before organising the move
DGF Private Office establishes:
- the residence and its handover position
- the intended date of occupation
- who will hold access and authority
- condition, works and outstanding handover matters
- service and maintenance arrangements already in place
- independent specialists already appointed by the family
- matters requiring discretion
Sensitive personal documents are not requested through the public website.
II
The Arrival Plan
One chronology of decisions, documents and appointments
The arrival plan may coordinate, in relation to the residence:
- handover date and sequence
- utilities and communications
- service, maintenance and technical contracts
- insurance of the residence, arranged with the family's own advisers
- deliveries, installation and access windows
- keys, alarms and access authorities
- the register of documents relating to the residence
The exact service depends upon the family, the jurisdiction and the mandate.
III
Residence Readiness
The residence prepared before the family arrives
A residence should not be handed over as a collection of unfinished tasks. Before arrival, DGF Private Office may coordinate the practical readiness of the residence, including:
- keys and access
- cleaning and technical inspection
- utilities
- communications
- essential furnishings
- delivery and installation
- household inventory
- correction of outstanding handover matters
DGF Private Office coordinates these matters through independent providers; the work itself is performed by those providers.
IV
Establishment Period
Arrival is a period — not a single day
The mandate continues through the first establishment period, until the residence is functioning properly. The service may include:
- residence handover
- completion of residence setup
- resolution of delivery or installation deficiencies
- confirmation that appointed providers have completed their work
- the closing record of the establishment
The mandate then closes, or moves into a separately commissioned matter. The House is not an indefinite household service.
Held by the House. Performed by the appropriate specialist.
DGF Private Office
The House may:
- understand the requirements for the residence
- establish the plan for handover and readiness
- coordinate appointed providers
- prepare the document and appointment register
- monitor deadlines
- maintain the mandate record
- remain the single point of contact
- confirm completion
Appointed specialists
Where a matter falls outside the establishment of the residence, DGF Private Office does not perform it. Such matters are identified and referred to independent specialists, appointed separately, who may include:
- notaries and local legal advisers
- tax advisers
- insurers or authorised intermediaries
- technical, utility and maintenance providers
- moving, installation and customs contractors
Legal, tax, insurance and other regulated matters are undertaken only by appropriately authorised independent institutions or professionals.
DGF Private Office coordinates, prepares, arranges, introduces, assembles, monitors, accompanies and appoints. Completion of legal, insurance, utility, technical, moving and other independently provided work remains subject to the requirements and decisions of the relevant authorities and appointed providers.
Within the passage
Before the move
Residence Transition Planning
Preparing the financial and practical passage from the existing residence to the next.
Read the service →After the decision to move
Arrival & Residence Establishment
Coordinating the handover, readiness and practical establishment of the new residence.
Residence Passage →One service protects the transition between residences. The other establishes the life that follows.
Request consideration
A few sentences on the residence, its present handover position and the intended date of occupation are more useful than particulars of any document.
A request creates no engagement or mandate on either side. It is read in confidence and used solely to consider whether the matter is appropriate for the House.
Please do not submit passports, identity documents, bank records, school records, medical information or other confidential material through this initial form.
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