Private Estates & Villas

Yes. The estates in the house’s network rarely appear on rental platforms. They are private houses owned by Greek and international families, reached through relationships built over years. The house’s estates specialists work only off-market, with houses that are never openly listed. They know the houses, the owners and the staff. The house names the specialist it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly, and you agree the stay with that specialist.

The villa partners the house works with deal only off-market, with royal households, public figures and families whose names never reach a listing. The houses they hold never reach a platform either. Owners open these houses to the network because requests are filtered carefully and the house stands behind the clients it sends.

Yes. A chef, housekeeper, butler, security, drivers, childcare and fitness staff are available in any combination. They come from the people the house’s estates advisors work with each season. Your advisor builds the household around your party. For any role with direct contact with the family, your advisor shares references in advance.

For longer stays, staff live in or near the estate for the whole stay. For shorter stays, a chef and a housekeeper who visit daily are often enough.

The difference is in the arrangement, not the house or the view. A rental is a listed product taken for fixed dates, with a standard inventory and an agency between guest and owner. An estate is a family’s own house, opened on the owner’s conditions. The owner weighs who is in the party as much as the dates, and answers yes or no.

The house names the estates specialist it judges right for the brief and introduces you directly.

The owner’s conditions come with the house. They cover which rooms stay closed, whether the boat, the cars and the household are included, what may be photographed, and how long a stay must last in high season. These conditions are the terms of the stay, not a starting point for negotiation.

Where a household comes with the estate, the staff are the owner’s own people. They know the house, its water, its generator and its village. That sets them apart from staff sent out for the week.

Ask earlier than you would for a rental. Expect a considered answer, not a booking calendar. You agree the stay with the specialist the house introduces you to, on the specialist’s own terms. The owner’s yes is given to a particular party for particular dates.

The house names the specialist it judges right for the purchase and puts you in touch directly. That may be an estate agent, a buyer’s representative (an agent who acts for the buyer) or another specialist who knows that market and that kind of house. They act for you under their own engagement, answer to you and bring in whatever else the purchase needs. The house has no part in the transaction, which keeps their counsel independent of it.

Where a purchase involves a listed building (one protected by law for its history or architecture), a protected coastal zone or an island under archaeological protection, the house names someone who works regularly in that area.