Palm Beach, Estate Section
Casa Loggia
A carved stone doorway behind a clipped hedge.
- Bedrooms
- Seven
- Bathrooms
- Nine
- Interior
- 11,200 sq ft
- Lot
- 1.4 acres
- Price
- $42,500,000
- Listed by
- Vesper, Regent Row Realty
By introduction
Palm Beach, privately
Oceanfront and estate-section homes, bought and sold quietly, through one advisor.
Palm Beach · Manalapan · Gulf Stream · Jupiter Island · Boca Raton
The private collection
Shown by appointment
Properties currently represented by Vesper on Palm Beach island and along the coast to the north and south.
Illustrative residences and prices.
Recently sold
Sold in private
Details are shared in person.
- SoldOceanfront residencePalm Beach, north endOff market
- SoldEstate-section residence with a guest housePalm BeachBy introduction
- SoldOcean-to-Intracoastal estateManalapanOff market
- SoldIntracoastal residence with a private dockGulf StreamPrivate sale
- SoldOceanfront compoundJupiter IslandBy introduction
- SoldGolf and marina residenceBoca Raton, Royal PalmOff market
Discretion
Quiet from the first call
Introductions, showings and paperwork move through one person, at your pace.
Buying by introduction
Meet
We talk about the house, the timing and who else should be part of the decision. Nothing is written down until you are comfortable.
Search
I look on your behalf, including homes that are not yet on the market. You hear about them from me before anyone else.
Preview
You see a short list, in person, at your pace. Every showing is private, and every question is welcome.
Offer
Terms are agreed privately and set out clearly before anything is signed. Your attorney sees each page, and so do you.
Close
The details are handled through closing, and I stay in touch after. The keys are yours, and I remain a call away.
Selling by introduction
Meet
A first conversation at your home, on your schedule. I listen first, and I take notes only if you ask.
Prepare
The house is made ready quietly, and its details stay in a private file. Nothing is photographed or listed until you say so.
Introduce
I share it with a short list of buyers who have already told me what they want. Each introduction is one buyer at a time.
Negotiate
Every offer comes to you first, with my read on it. You decide what happens next, always.
Close
I manage the details through closing and stay in touch after. You always know where things stand.
Meet your advisor
A long memory and a quiet phone
Vesper works with a small number of owners and buyers at a time, by introduction, and your advisor answers the phone personally.
Your advisor knows which lanes catch the breeze, which hedges hide a good garden, and which owners prefer a handwritten note. The rest of what is known stays private.
- Based in
- Palm Beach, Florida
- Practice
- Oceanfront and estate-section residences
- Works with
- Owners, family offices and their counsel
- Languages
- English and French
I keep the door closed until the right person is standing at it.
Vesper
The island and the coast
Known street by street
Hedge-walled lanes on the island, ocean-to-Intracoastal lots to the south, pine and sea grape to the north.
Private services
Begin quietly
Hear from me first
Tell me what you are looking for. When something fitting comes to me, you hear about it from me first.
A valuation starts with the street
Tell me about the house. I reply with an opinion of value from someone who knows the street, usually after a private walk-through.
The monthly figure
Enter a price, a down payment and a rate. You get an estimate of principal and interest.
An estimate, for planning. It covers principal and interest and leaves out taxes, insurance and dues. Not an offer of credit.
Success stories
Some situations I know well
A few situations, told without names, and how each was handled.
A quiet sale
The owner wanted the sale kept between the parties. I introduced the house to a short list of buyers who had already told me what they were looking for.
A purchase across two time zones
A buyer working from London needed to see three houses in a weekend. I arranged private previews, and the paperwork moved by video.
A family house, sold with care
A family needed to sell a house that had been theirs for generations. We met with everyone first, and then with their attorneys.
Journal
Notes from the island
Short notes on the island, the shoreline and the season, written for owners and buyers.
Reading a shoreline before you buy
Four questions to ask about the sea wall, the setback line and the flood zone.
Read the noteHow a private sale begins
It starts at the kitchen table, with a conversation and a short list.
Read the noteThe season, house by house
What the winter season changes on the island, and what the quiet months show.
Read the note
Journal
Reading a shoreline before you buy
Four questions to ask about the sea wall, the setback line and the flood zone.
An oceanfront house is also a piece of shoreline, and the shoreline has its own paperwork. Before an offer, ask who owns and maintains the sea wall, and when it was last inspected. Ask where the coastal construction control line runs across the lot, because it shapes what can be built or rebuilt seaward of it.
Ask for the elevation certificate and the flood zone, and what insurance costs for both wind and flood. Ask what the beach in front of the house has done over the last few storms. Your attorney and an engineer will have the last word on each of these.
A good introduction saves you time by putting the right questions to the right people early, so the answers are on the table before the offer is.
Journal
How a private sale begins
It starts at the kitchen table, with a conversation and a short list.
A private sale starts in a quiet room. Before anything is photographed or written down, we talk about what the house means to you, what a good outcome looks like and who should know. Nothing moves until you are comfortable with the plan.
Then I build a short list of buyers who have told me what they are looking for, and I introduce the house to them one at a time, in person. If the right buyer appears, we move to terms, still in private, with your attorney beside you. If the right buyer does not appear, the house stays exactly as it is.
The point of a private sale is control. You decide who sees the house and when, and you can stop at any time.
Journal
The season, house by house
What the winter season changes on the island, and what the quiet months show.
Palm Beach has a season, and it shapes how houses change hands. From late autumn the island fills: lights come on in houses that were dark all summer, and owners who spend the season here decide what they want to keep. Some sell in spring, before they leave.
Some buy in the summer, when the island is quiet and there is time to look properly. A house seen in July shows its garden, its drainage and its hedges honestly, and a buyer can hear how quiet the lane really is.
I show houses in every month, and I say what each month shows. December is the island at its most social. July is the island at its most candid, and a good house looks even better for it.
Private inquiry
Begin with an introduction
A short note is enough. I reply myself, usually within one business day.
561.555.0142
vesper@example.com
By appointment
