Kate Hunter worked for many years in interior design before founding Homestraight UK in 2005, in response to the lack of a unified and practical property service. Homestraight UK bridges the gap between the initial decision to move and settling into a new house: de-cluttering, packing-up, overseeing removals, managing paperwork and installation. Kate is the key practical and supportive element in this often painful process.
Kate’s practical support, experience and total discretion ensures a streamlined and stress free transition. From the smallest jobs - picture hanging, building flat pack furniture, fridge filling - to overseeing a total house renovation and international re-location.
Kate made the nightmare of moving house almost painless, even with me trying to make it as difficult as possible.
– Tim Dowling /The Guardian
Read Tim’s column featuring Kate and his house move
Moving houseKate will oversee and assist with the pre-move preparation, organise the packing-up process by the removal company, and help with unpacking and settling into your new home.
Property StagingPlanning to sell or let your property? Kate will help with furniture placement, de-cluttering, storage and accessorising, ensuring the best overall presentation to achieve the maximum market price.
Property Re-designKate’s property styling services reorganise and rejuvenate your interior or exterior space to accommodate your family's changing needs or lifestyle.
SourcingSoft furnishings, furniture, lighting, accessories.
Interior Decoration AdviceColours, wall coverings, flooring, fabrics, etc.
Project ManagementRenovations and redecoration.
Office SystemsStreamlining your home office.
Garden maintenanceManagement of gardens and small outdoor spaces.
planting and re-design
general diy and small household maintenance jobsKate can undertake many small maintenance jobs around the home. For larger projects Kate has access to a wide range of tried and trusted tradespeople.
picture hanging
flat pack furniture building
Parties and fridge fillingKate trained under Albert Roux at Le Gavroche and can cater for large parties or smaller dinner parties.
Kate also offers a fridge filling service.
You may think your budget cannot run to "the luxury" of having Kate to help you move house, but you are wrong. She is a necessity, like a nice fridge and a new boiler, only a good deal prettier, wittier, and even more essential. If it weren't for her I'd still have things in boxes four years after moving house, and pictures leaning up against the skirting boards.
Moving house is not tantamount to bereavement or divorce when you do it with Kate. It is a picnic. The sort of picnic when the sun shines and there are bulging hampers with not a single detail overlooked, least of all the corkscrew. I am moving again soon, and I am not dreading the whole experience. Why? Because Kate is the top of my list of priorities.
– Candida Crewe, Oxford
“Kate did an outstanding job moving me into my new home - working long hours, with disparate groups of workmen, and ensuring that no stone, quite literally, was left unturned. What impressed me most was the care and attention she brought to the whole job, almost like it was her own home.”
– Piers Morgan
You have no idea how on top of our impending move I feel because of all your hard work over the last two weeks. We absolutely could not have done it without your help. THANK YOU! Really, really, thank you! I would have been in a funny farm if it hadn't been for you.
– Fi Wilmot-Sitwell, Warwickshire
Homestraight UK helped me move and settle into my new house. My expectations were exceeded and the work was carried out in a competent and efficient manner, with humour! You helped me save precious time and organised me quickly, preserving my sanity.
Thank you for your reassuring support, without which I would have gone completely mad and run away! I have and will continue to recommend Homestraight UK to others.
– Mary Phillips, London
We absolutely loved what you achieved with our pictures in the way that you hang our collection. Thank you so much for doing such an excellent job with great humor and skill and making the process as painless and enjoyable as possible. I will definitely be calling on you for our next move and will not hesitate to recommend you.
– Elizabeth Kehoe, London
I left my home in the capable hands of Homestraight UK for two months. While I travelled the world, I entrusted them to renovate, redecorate and restyle my entire house and garden. The result far exceeded my expectations – I am absolutely thrilled.
– Simon Hunter, Hove
Many, many thanks for all your help sorting and reorganising my office. All new systems working like a dream – life transformed – client ecstatic!!
– Simon Crow, London
I was faced with a complicated move which I knew had the potential of becoming a nightmare. Kate not only organised the whole process, she organised me as well, establishing a logical project plan and helping identify what would inevitably not be part of the move and therefore not worth putting into storage causing unnecessary re-handling, physical effort and overhead. From start to finish she took the stress out of what for me was a very daunting process and did so with a smile and even generated a few laughs along the way. I cannot thank or recommend Kate enough and would certainly use her again if/when circumstances warrant.
– Lucinda Waterhouse, London/Isle of Wight
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