Holland Park

Holland Park sits between Notting Hill and Kensington, and the households here reflect both. You get the creative types from the Notting Hill side and the more traditional families from Kensington. The streets around Holland Park Avenue, Abbotsbury Road, and Ilchester Place contain some of London’s most beautiful private homes — large Victorian and Edwardian houses with gardens that actually feel like gardens. Many have staff cottages or basement flats for live-in positions.

The park itself is the neighbourhood’s anchor — fifty-four acres of woodland, formal gardens, and a Japanese garden that draws visitors from across London. Families here tend to be established, often with children at nearby schools like Holland Park School, Norland Place, or Fox Primary.

Because our office is on Princedale Road, we know the local families, the schools, the shops, the rhythms of the neighbourhood. When a household in Holland Park needs staff, they often come to us first — not because we’re the biggest agency, but because we’re literally round the corner. We’ve placed housekeepers, nannies, and chef-housekeepers within walking distance of our own front door.