From arriving to

Belonging

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Moving to a new city is a major adjustment… most people spend 12-18 months figuring out a new city. In place compresses that to 30 days.

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We learn your life.

A conversation about how you life, what matters to you, and what you need to feel at home. Not a questionaire, it’s a real conversation.

We build your Houston.

Your neighborhood, your vendors, your routine - curated specifically for you and handed over with warm introductions, not a generic list.

We hand you the keys.

The Black Book. The community. The contacts. Everything you need to live here well, not just exist.

We stay close.

A 30-day check-in, ongoing support, and a community of people who moved here, just like you did and are now thriving!

"I grew up in Houston. I thought that meant I understood what it felt like to arrive somewhere new. I was wrong."

When I moved to Washington D.C., I had no roadmap. Finding the right neighborhood, the right employer, the right people (the ones who would actually become my people) took months of trial and error that felt completely unnecessary. The information existed. I just didn't know anyone willing to give it to me straight.

Coming home to Houston with fresh eyes changed how I saw my own city. I realized how hard it is to crack for anyone who didn't grow up here — vast, multicultural, built entirely on who you know. And I realized I'd spent years quietly becoming the person everyone called when they moved here. So I made it official.

I started writing down everything I knew. Every vendor I'd stake my name on. Every neighborhood I'd recommend without hesitation. That became The Black Book — handed to every In Place client on day one. And the community that grew around it — the walks in the park, the Mahjong nights, the mom meetups, the group texts about who has a good plumber — became the part I'm most proud of.

I built the business I wish had existed when I landed in D.C. — and the one I wish every person moving to Houston had on day one.