About Maison
Estates
without theatre.
An independent brokerage, founded above a wine merchant on Marylebone High Street in 1998. Five cities, twenty-three brokers, one stubborn idea.
The Founding Idea
"Cordelia Whitcombe — Founder, Maison Estates"
We sell the next sixty years of someone else's life.
When we opened our first office in 1998, we made one decision that has guided every one since: we would only ever take on a property we could imagine living in ourselves. It sounds sentimental. It is, in fact, the most commercial decision we have ever made.
That decision is responsible for our small list, our long average tenure with sellers, and the friendly stubbornness with which our brokers will tell a client, gently, that the kitchen needs replacing before viewings begin. It is also responsible for our reputation, which is — at our best moments — that of a publication, not an agency.
Twenty-eight years later, across five cities and three continents, the rule has not changed. The list is still short. The photographs are still taken in October light. And a house, to us, is still the next sixty years of someone's life, not a line on a spreadsheet.
28
Years in Property
9
International Offices
$4.2B
Sold in 2025
98%
Client Retention
How We Work
Four rules,
kept stubbornly.
01
We curate, we don't list.
Fewer than three hundred properties at any one time. If we would not live in it ourselves, it does not appear on our list.
02
Two brokers to a property.
Every home is visited and represented by at least two of our people, so the advice you get is considered, not improvised.
03
A flat fee, plainly stated.
No tiered theatre, no surprise percentages. One fee, one photographer, one private list — until you decide otherwise.
04
A publication, not an agency.
We photograph in the right light, write in full sentences, and treat each sale as a piece of editorial rather than a transaction.