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A property firm that
thinks like a family office.

SkyStone Ltd was founded in 2022 in the City of London. We are deliberately small, deliberately senior, and deliberately international — built for clients whose lives, families and assets cross more than one border.

Our
founding idea.

SkyStone was started by a small group of property veterans and international finance professionals who had spent two decades watching the same script play out: a client buys a flat in London from Shanghai, hands it to a large agency, and slowly disappears into a CRM. By year three, the property manager has changed three times. By year five, no one at the firm remembers the client's name.

We thought there was a better way. SkyStone is built around one named partner per client — someone who owns the relationship from first viewing to the day, perhaps decades later, when the property is sold or passed to the next generation. We work in the City of London because that's where most of our clients' British property sits. We have offices in Shanghai, Singapore and Dubai because that's where most of our clients live.

"The opposite of boutique isn't big — it's distracted. We are deliberately undistracted."

We're a Companies House-registered British firm (No. 15281985), regulated, insured, and a member of the relevant professional ombudsman schemes. But the way we work is closer to a family office than a high-street estate agent: long horizons, calm communication, and the assumption that the relationship outlasts any single transaction.

If that sounds like the partner you've been looking for, we'd be delighted to introduce ourselves properly.

The partners
you'll work with.

Every client at SkyStone works with one named partner. Not a junior, not a hand-off, not a call-centre. Below is the team — and they answer their own emails.

Director · Sales Director

Michael Wen

Bachelor and Master of Law, plus a Master in Real Estate Investment and Finance. Eighteen years across UK property sales, real-estate fund management and related investments.

中文 · EN
Director · Finance Director

Leo Liu

Formerly at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley. Eighteen-plus years in real estate, with a focus on global asset allocation for high-net-worth families.

中文 · EN
Director

Ming Gu

Bachelor and Master of Laws, Master in Real Estate Investment Finance. Eighteen years across UK property sales and real-estate fund management.

中文 · EN
General Manager · China Region

Lionel Zhu

Bachelor of Science, Master in Information Management. Eight-plus years' experience focused squarely on the UK and Dubai markets, working from the Shanghai desk.

中文 · EN
Client Director

Jeff Xu

Overseas-property veteran. More than 600 successful cross-border transactions with zero negative reviews. Deep fluency in international transaction processes, tax structures and investment strategies.

中文 · EN
Client Director

Phoebe Liu

Dual master's in Business and Science. Ten years in industry, served 500-plus high-net-worth clients with end-to-end transaction support — known for meticulous attention to detail.

中文 · EN
Client Director

Hazel Chen

Master's in Real Estate. Ten-plus years of UK–China property consulting, based in London with deep market insight on both sides of the corridor.

中文 · EN
Property Consultant

Randy Yang

Extensive experience across leasing and sales. Reads market trends and client needs equally well — a tailored solution for every brief.

中文 · EN
Marketing Specialist

Azure Liu

UK Master's in Business. Four years across digital and content marketing within London property — bilingual storytelling for HNWI audiences in Chinese and English.

中文 · EN
Manager · Lettings Department

Lily Hong

Law graduate, University of Buckingham. Dual-qualified in UK property sales and lettings; oversees more than 150 properties in and around central London.

中文 · EN
Senior Property Consultant

Tao Yu

Bachelor in Civil Engineering, Master in Transportation Engineering. Ten-plus years in property rental and management. Holds the ARLA Propertymark qualification — the UK's highest letting credential.

中文 · EN
General Manager · Dubai Office

Jacky Sun

Luxury-property investment specialist. Eight years in the UAE market, having served 100-plus high-net-worth clients and enterprises. Cross-border asset allocation and Golden-Visa residency planning.

中文 · EN · العربية

How we work.

Three principles we hold to. They explain almost everything else about us.

01

One client,
one partner,
one decade.

You'll never be reassigned. The partner who shows you the property is the same person who manages your tenant, files your tax return, and one day handles the sale. We measure relationships in decades, not transactions.

02

Patient
over persuasive.

We will tell you when not to buy. We will tell you when an offer is too high. We will tell you when the lease is wrong, the freeholder is uncommunicative, or the development is overpriced. Our job is to be useful, not closeable.

03

Local in
every market.

An English landlord in Singapore should never feel they are fielding a property issue in a foreign tongue at 3am. Every market we operate in has a senior partner who lives in that time zone, holds a local licence, and answers their phone.

Built on nineteen years of UK property heritage.

SkyStone Ltd was founded in 2022 as the international brand of a London property group whose UK story began in 2007. Below: how that story became this firm.

2007

Group founded in London

Celestial Globe Group established — the first UK property consultancy specialising in advising Chinese investors on London real estate. BBC1 and Inside Out London feature the firm in subsequent years.

2016

Ranked No.1 with Berkeley Group

Achieved the No.1 sales ranking with Berkeley Group, the UK's largest private homebuilder. Followed by three consecutive No.1 years with Mount Anvil through 2017.

2022

SkyStone Ltd established

SkyStone Ltd registered at Companies House (No. 15281985) at 12 Bridewell Place, EC4V — formalised as the group's international brand serving English-speaking, MENA and Singapore-based clients.

2024 – 25

Berkeley Premium Club & DAMAC Top 3

Selected for Berkeley Group's Premium Club — one of only 18 partners globally. Same year, awarded 2024 H1 Global Top 3 Gold Agent by DAMAC and Asia Excellence Service Award by Select Property.

Regulated. Accredited.
Recognised.

SkyStone Ltd operates under UK government-approved regulatory frameworks. Our group has been recognised by Berkeley Group, DAMAC, Select Property and the British press over nineteen years of UK property practice.

The Property Ombudsman

TPO · Approved Redress

Registered & bound by the TPO Code of Practice. Independent recourse for every client.

Propertymark CMP

Client Money Protection

All client funds — deposits, rent, advances — held under government-mandated CMP cover.

ARLA Propertymark

Letting Agent Member

UK's leading lettings credential. Accredited training, ethical code, mandatory CPD.

LCCI

Member since 2013

London Chamber of Commerce & Industry — UK-Asia trade and investment platform.

Companies House

No. 15281985

SkyStone Ltd is a UK Companies House registered firm. Annual accounts filed publicly.

— Recent Recognition —

Honoured by the developers, partners and clients
we work with most.

2024 – 2025

Berkeley Group Premium Club

Selected for two consecutive years as one of only 18 Premium Club partners worldwide by Berkeley Group plc — the FTSE 100 housebuilder behind 86% of London's regenerated brownfield homes.

By Berkeley Group plc
3
2024 H1

DAMAC Global Top 3 Gold Agent

Awarded H1 2024 Global Top 3 Gold Agent by DAMAC Properties — the Dubai developer behind Cavalli, Versace and Chelsea FC branded residences. Recognition across DAMAC's worldwide partner network.

By DAMAC Properties
2024

Asia Excellence Service Award

Awarded the 2024 Asia Excellence Service Award by Select Property Group — recognition for client-service standards across the Asia-UK property corridor.

By Select Property Group

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