Nine Houses We Kept Off the Public List
Off-list because the owners would rather we knock first. Members get the introductions.
Most of the island is one search box away. A few houses are not, and that is deliberate — not a marketing tease but a condition the owners set when they let us represent them.
They are lived-in homes as often as rentals: a family compound used three months a year, an architect’s own house, an estate whose owner will say yes to the right guests and no to a calendar. The arrangement only works if we knock first and introduce rather than list.
So they sit off the public page. Guests we know — and guests the concierge gets to know quickly — are walked to them by name. It is the oldest part of how this list has worked since 2013, and the part we are least willing to change.
The best house for a trip is sometimes the one we had to ask permission to mention.
If the public list is not quite it, say so — the concierge can make introductions the search box cannot.
Good to know
Why keep houses off the list?
Owner privacy. Some homes are only offered by introduction; publishing them publicly is not a condition the owners accept.
How do I get access?
Ask the concierge. Tell us the trip — dates, party, the feel you want — and we make the introductions that fit.
Does it cost more?
No. It is the same curated, staffed service — the difference is discretion, not price.