75 Employees Housed in Eight Weeks. Then a Year of Looking After Them.

One brief, seventy-five homes, one year of support

A relocation is not one transaction. It is seventy-five separate ones, each with its own owner, its own lease and its own person who has just landed in a country they do not know. Here is the shape of the job.

126 shown, 75 signed, one day that changed direction

Two figures carry the story. The first is the funnel from apartments shown to leases signed. The second is the showing day itself, when the plan changed after the third apartment.

Rents are the 2025 rates agreed on these leases and are quoted in US dollars, as the leases were. The split between studios, one-bedrooms and two-bedrooms, and the total rent roll, are not published to protect the client.

Twelve months, in order

Every date is from our records. The company, its employees and the building addresses are not named.

1. April 2025The brief

   Seventy-five people, arriving in weeks

   The company was moving about 75 employees to Tbilisi and needed a furnished home for each of them. Two conditions shaped everything: every employee would choose their own apartment, and every lease would be in the employee's own name. Nino set the plan: one large showing day to let everyone see the market at once, then rolling placements until the last person had keys.

2. April 2025The showing day

   Two minibuses, 23 apartments, one change of plan

   We rented two minibuses and began in Chugureti, the older district across the river with high ceilings and courtyards. After three apartments the employees said what they thought: they did not like Chugureti. They wanted new construction, lifts, and modern kitchens. Nino re-sourced on the spot. The remaining 20 showings that day moved to Saburtalo, the newer district around the university and the metro, and the day carried on.

   The lesson we took: ask a relocating team about building style before the showing day, not during it.
3. April to June 2025Weeks 1 to 8

   Seventy-five leases with seventy-five owners

   Over eight weeks we showed 126 apartments in total and signed 75 leases. Each one meant a separate negotiation with a separate owner, a bilingual Georgian and English lease in the employee's own name, a deposit, a furnished-inventory check, utilities put in order, and a move-in. The company paid nothing for any of it. Each owner paid our standard placement fee, one month's rent.

4. April 2025 to April 2026The support year

   310 requests, from bank accounts to the metro

   The company engaged us to look after the employees during their first year. We logged 310 requests: opening bank accounts, finding the nearest grocery store, learning to ride the metro, transferring rent and paying utilities, and dealing with whatever went wrong in the apartments. About four requests per employee across the year, about six a week for our team.

5. February to April 2026The office

   A 780 m² office in two months

   With the team settled, the company's director toured office space with us. In two months we secured a 780 m² office for the whole team.

6. April 2026Renewals

   Most stayed. The rest left cleanly.

   At the end of the first year most employees renewed their leases. Those who had to leave early were released from their leases with our help, at no charge. No owner was left with a dispute, and no employee was left with a penalty.

Three decisions that made eight weeks possible

What 310 requests look like

Placing someone in an apartment is the easy half. The hard half is the first year in a new country. The company engaged us for that half too.

• Opening Georgian bank accounts and setting up cards
• Finding the nearest grocery stores, pharmacies and markets
• Learning the metro, the bus routes and the taxi apps
• Transferring rent to owners and paying utilities each month
• Repairs, appliances, internet and building issues in the apartments
• Lease questions, deposits, and early releases when someone had to leave

For companies, and for the owners who housed them

What was hard, and what we would do differently

What this page does not claim