Without lifting a finger.
The house lives well while you are away, and is ready the moment you are not.
Kept means kept: aired, watered, read, repaired, and met at the gate.
Most management is a phone number that answers when something has already gone wrong. Ours is a person who is in the house every week whether anyone is coming or not, so that nothing gets the chance. You get one page a month telling you what was done, and a call before noon when you need one.
- Weekly presenceThe house is opened, aired and walked every week, occupied or not.
- Linen and housekeepingFresh Thursday, 600 gsm. Turnovers between every stay.
- Pool and gardenPool read and balanced weekly; the garden on its own calendar, by the same gardener.
- Repairs, the same afternoonA hinge, a pump, a pane. Small things fixed before they become large things.
- Guests met at the gateEvery arrival is met in person and walked through the house.
- The Owner’s ReportOne page, the first week of each month, with the ledger and a note.
- Bills, the mairie, the syndicHandled in French so you do not have to.
- Letting, if you want itTo people we know, at rates we agree with you. Listing is optional.
Three objects say the house is kept without a word of marketing: the band on the linen, the tag on the keys, the card on the table.
The linen band
Six hundred grams, changed every week, occupied or not.
The key tag
The villa’s name and nothing else, so a lost tag says nothing.
The card
Letterpressed, and the number on it rings a person.
September 2026
Villa Serena, September
| Ledger | Date | EUR |
|---|---|---|
| Linen, three changes | 4, 11, 25 | 540.00 |
| Garden, two visits | 4, 18 | 380.00 |
| Pool, weekly | Fridays | 260.00 |
| Shutter hinge, east terrace, repaired | 12 | 85.00 |
| Management | September | 1 200.00 |
The page you read twice.
Four figures, the ledger to the cent, and a note written fresh every month. It is the whole relationship on one sheet: what the house did, what it cost, and what it felt like to be there. Sample figures shown.
A call before noon
Tell us where the house is and how you use it. Federico calls back the same morning.
A walk through the house
We visit, with you or with your keys. We note what the house needs and what it does not.
One page, agreed
A short letter setting out what is kept, how often, and what it costs. No platform, no app.
The first Thursday
Linen, pool, garden, shutters. Your first Report arrives the following month.
Do I have to let the house?
No. Most houses we keep are never listed. If you want to let, we do it to people we know, at rates we agree with you, and we meet every guest at the gate.
How far do you go?
Cannes, Nice, Menton, Monaco and Saint-Tropez, the hills behind each of them, and up to Limone Piemonte in the snow. Every house has someone nearby who knows it, which is how a hinge gets fixed the same afternoon.
What does it cost?
A monthly fee for the keeping, agreed in writing before we start, plus the ledger at cost. Every line appears on the Report. There are no percentages and no surprises.
Who has the keys?
Federico and one named member of the team. Keys live on a tag with the house’s name and nothing else; there is never an address or a code on anything that could be lost.
Can you deal with the mairie, the syndic, the utilities?
Yes, in French. Bills, meter readings, the co-ownership meeting you cannot attend. It is part of the keeping.
Tell us about the house.
Where it is, how you use it, what keeps you up at night when you are not there.