Estates of Grace
Villazzo rental properties offer consummate service in venerable locations.
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In Miami you can stay at a former home of Al Capone. In Aspen you can stay in a five-bedroom cabin slopeside in the Highlands. And in Marbella you can stay at a 10,000-square-foot villa overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and North Africa. All of these properties are part of Villazzo’s international catalog of carefully selected villa rentals. "Big hotel chains do a great job with their amenities and services, but lack a personal touch," says Villazzo creator and owner Christian Jagodzinski. "Boutique hotels and villa rental brokers can provide a unique place for you to stay, but they’re often unreliable when it comes to fulfilling the needs of a luxury traveler. Our company takes the finest homes in different regions and creates a private, full-service, hotel-like atmosphere complete with room service, spa treatments, housekeeping and concierge."
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Since starting the company in 2002, Jagodzinski has amassed a portfolio of 10 villas peppered throughout Miami, St. Tropez, Marbella and, most recently, Aspen. So far, he has successfully chosen locations where the supply meets the demand. Because each villa must be impeccably managed and maintained, says Jagodzinski, they all need to be located within 30 minutes of a regional Villazzo management office. "We are very careful about the homes we put into our program," he explains. "There are a lot of expensive houses in the south of France or Spain, but just because a house is worth $10 million on paper doesn’t mean that it will have things like high-speed Internet, a safe, a DVD player or even air-conditioning, which are all amenities our clients expect."
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The living room of Willow Peaks features
23-foot-tall beamed ceilings, 100-year-old wide-plank reclaimed wood floors
and a custom-made chandelier. (Click image to enlarge.)Once a house is chosen, decor is updated as needed, all of the
homeowners’ personal effects are removed and hotel amenities like
bathrobes,
wine and cigar selections and welcome baskets are added.
Each Villazzo property
also includes a hospitality phone with presets
for housekeeping, room service
and concierge. "A lot of times
when you rent a villa through a broker, you
give them a check and then
they disappear," says Jagodzinski. "We make ourselves
available as much
as needed to provide everything from a private chef to a
chauffeur."
Also different from other villa rentals, which have several
different
companies managing and marketing their homes, Villazzo maintains
exclusive management of each one. Prices range from about $20,000 to
$90,000 per
week, depending on the size and location.
Villazzo
877.845.5299
www.villazzo.com
