Managing Director
Amara Okafor
London
Amara leads CERIV's international practice, shaping private mandates with architectural judgment, discretion, and a long view of value.
01 · THE AGENCY
Worth a Longer Look.
CERIV represents architecturally significant residences and the people who care for them. We combine private sales, acquisition advice, editorial research, and local intelligence in one discreet international practice.
PRIVATE · INTERNATIONAL · INDEPENDENT
2014
Founded as an independent private office.
28
Markets researched through trusted local partners.
01
Senior lead assigned to every client mandate.
100%
Privately held and directed by client interests.
02 · PRINCIPLES
Selection before inventory.
We do not build broad catalogues. A residence enters the CERIV atlas only when its architecture, setting, and long-term relevance can support a clear point of view.
01
Architecture
We begin with proportion, material, light, and the intelligence of the plan—not a checklist of finishes.
02
Context
A house is inseparable from its climate, landscape, craft, and the rhythm of ordinary life around it.
03
Discretion
Public visibility is never the default. The brief determines the audience, the timing, and the level of exposure.
04
Stewardship
We think beyond the transaction toward continuity, care, and the residence’s long-term cultural relevance.
08 · THE PEOPLE
Six perspectives. One private desk.
Our team combines property advisory, architecture, research, editorial judgment, and regional experience. Every mandate remains personal, senior-led, and deliberately small.
03 · HOW WE WORK
One brief. Four deliberate stages.
Every mandate is led by one senior adviser who coordinates research, local expertise, diligence, and communication from the first conversation through handover.
01
Listen
We establish the life behind the brief: pace, privacy, family, appetite for work, constraints, and the conditions that would make a move meaningful.
02
Research
We map the visible and off-market landscape, then examine architecture, planning, ownership context, access, and local operating realities.
03
Curate
We present a small, argued selection. Each recommendation comes with context, trade-offs, and a reason it belongs in the conversation.
04
Accompany
We coordinate viewings, diligence, advisers, negotiation, introductions, and handover without fragmenting the relationship.
06 · GLOBAL DESK
Local intelligence, one standard.
CERIV works through a connected network of architects, lawyers, surveyors, landscape specialists, and market advisers. Local knowledge stays local; accountability stays with us.
EUROPE
London · Paris · Lisbon · Madrid · Milan
Historic fabric, coastal landscapes, alpine regions, and contemporary urban residences.
AMERICAS
New York · Mexico City · São Paulo
Design-led city homes, remote landscapes, tropical houses, and private compounds.
ASIA PACIFIC
Tokyo · Sydney · Singapore
Urban precision, island settings, mountain retreats, and cross-border acquisition support.
MIDDLE EAST
Dubai · Beirut · Muscat
Private residential advisory across emerging design cultures and exceptional landscapes.