Private Property Advisory — Est. MMXI
A curated collection of remarkable homes in the world’s most desirable locations.
We represent a deliberately small portfolio of remarkable homes — presenting each not as a listing, but as a residence of consequence.
Selected for private representation, 2026
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Mallorca, Spain
Carved into the hillside above Cala Llamp, Casa Luma is a study in Mediterranean restraint — hand-cut local stone, deep shaded terraces and rooms that open entirely to the sea. Designed by Estudi Ferrer and completed after four quiet years of construction.
London, United Kingdom
A lateral residence overlooking Kensington Gardens, restored over three years by Studio Marchetti. Herringbone oak underfoot, book-matched marble at every turn, and light drawn from four aspects across nearly eight thousand square feet.
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Cap Ferrat, France
Behind century-old cypress gates on the Cap Ferrat shoreline, Villa Azur pairs Belle Époque bones with a new pavilion of glass and travertine stepping down to the water.
Los Angeles, USA
Weathering steel volumes folded into a gated canyon north of Laurel Canyon. The Corten House is architecture that ages — its skin deepening with every season, its rooms opening to oaks that were here long before it.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Seventy-two floors above the Gulf, a duplex sky residence with a cantilevered pool terrace and uninterrupted views from Palm Jumeirah to the desert horizon. Offered fully furnished, with branded-residence services below.
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Four ways into the portfolio
Homes defined by their relationship to water — harbours, capes and quiet shorelines.
Significant houses by significant hands — buildings that hold their place.
Penthouses and lateral apartments in the world’s most collected districts.
Estates of scale, heritage and seclusion, offered with absolute discretion.
For owners of significant homes, we prepare and position a residence away from public portals — photographed architecturally, written editorially, and released only to a pre-qualified audience of principals and their advisers. No portals. No boards. No record beyond the completion.
A discreet appraisal of the residence, its provenance and its most probable buyer — before a single photograph is taken.
Introduced privately to a vetted register of principals across our international network, under non-disclosure as standard.
Negotiated and completed away from public record, with legal and tax counsel coordinated at every step.
Buyers may join the register to receive introductions to residences that are never publicly listed, in any form.
Occasional writing from the advisory
Why contemporary architects are setting aside glass and steel — and returning to limestone, travertine and time.
Three generations on the Cap Ferrat shoreline, and the enduring arithmetic of beauty, scarcity and patience.
Soft minimalism and the new language of calm — how the best interiors learned to whisper.
VELA was founded in 2011 on a simple conviction: that exceptional properties deserve the discipline of a publication and the confidentiality of a private office. We are retained by owners to present their homes properly — and by buyers to find what the market does not show.
We accept no more than twelve residences each year. Each is photographed architecturally, written editorially and introduced selectively — to buyers whose interest is serious and whose discretion is certain.
Our partners have advised across more than forty cities, from Kensington to the Cap, Mallorca to the desert coast. Many of our transactions are never advertised anywhere, in any form. That, precisely, is the point.
Tell us how you intend to live. We will suggest where. Every enquiry is read personally by a partner, never an assistant.
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