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Montopoli Group · Est. 1986 · Private Portfolio

A portfolio that does not advertise itself.

Seven hundred and forty residences — Tuscan estates, Manhattan pieds-à-terre, Lake Como villas, Aspen chalets — that have never appeared on Zillow, Idealista, or any public portal. Access is by introduction.

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Chapter One

Why these listings never appear online.

I.

On the seller's side, silence is often a condition of the sale.

A Tuscan estate held in a family for four generations. A Manhattan cooperative apartment owned by a financier whose name the doorman does not know. A Lake Como villa sold as part of a divorce settlement sealed by the courts. A family-office trophy acquired during a period the principal prefers not to discuss. In every one of these cases, the seller has expressly asked — sometimes in writing, often under NDA — that the property never carry a price tag on a public portal, never appear in a search result, never be photographed by a stranger with a wide-angle lens. We honour that request. It is, in fact, the only reason these mandates come to us at all.

II.

On the buyer's side, the reward is first look — and time.

The 41,000 pre-qualified buyers in our private register see a Montopoli listing an average of nineteen days before it would have surfaced on a public aggregator. In transatlantic luxury — where the right property at the right price can be contested by three qualified parties within a week — nineteen days is not a courtesy. It is, very often, the entire transaction. We share the dossier with registered principals, their attorneys, and their tax advisors only. No window-shoppers. No agents fishing for pocket listings. No forwarded PDFs.

— Pietro Montopoli, Founder, Florence, 1986

The depth behind the discretion.

Forty years of quiet transactions.

740+

Private listings held off the public market as of 2024 — none published to Zillow, Idealista, or Rightmove.

€4.2B

Cumulative transatlantic sales closed since the firm was founded in Florence in 1986.

41,000+

Pre-qualified HNW buyer profiles in the private Montopoli register across Italy and the United States.

47days

Average time-to-close for a cross-border transaction — versus an industry average of 112 days (2024 Knight Frank Wealth Report).

Chapter Two

The portfolio, by chapter.

Six families of private holdings. Each chapter is opened only at the principal's instruction, and each dossier is shared under a signed confidentiality letter. No individual property, address, or asking figure is reproduced here.

  1. 01

    Tuscan Estates & Working Farmhouses

    From Chianti Classico to the Maremma coast — restored sixteenth-century case padronali, vineyards with DOCG status, agriturismo compounds producing olive oil under their own label.

    Chianti · Val d'Orcia · Maremma · Garfagnana

  2. 02

    Manhattan Pied-à-Terre & Pre-War Holdings

    Park and Fifth Avenue cooperatives, pre-war full-floor residences on the Upper East Side, and discreet West Village townhouse fragments rarely released by their sitting estates.

    Upper East Side · Tribeca · West Village · Brooklyn Heights

  3. 03

    Miami & Palm Beach Waterfront

    Bay-front compounds, Star Island estates, and Atlantic-side properties acquired by Latin-American and European principals whose names appear on no marketing material.

    Star Island · Indian Creek · Palm Beach · Coral Gables

  4. 04

    Lake Como, Lake Garda & the Italian Lakes

    Historic lakeside villas with private moorings, frescoed saloni, and direct water access — often held by the same family for three generations and never publicly listed.

    Bellagio · Menaggio · Tremezzina · Salò · Gardone

  5. 05

    Aspen, Telluride & Mountain Chalets

    Ski-in / ski-out compounds in Aspen and Telluride, legacy ranches in the Roaring Fork Valley — many acquired through our Florence office by Italian principals seeking a second North American residence.

    Aspen · Telluride · Jackson Hole · Vail

  6. 06

    Family-Office Trophy & Estate Assets

    Single-family-owned trophy assets exceeding €10M — historic palazzi, private islands, working vineyards with commercial yield, and adjacent agricultural land assembled over decades.

    Sicily · Sardinia · Capri · Tuscany · New England

Chapter Three · Invitation

Request the private dossier.

A bound, watermarked PDF of the current off-market portfolio is prepared for qualified principals upon request. Every disclosure is governed by a mutual non-disclosure agreement countersigned by our legal-tax desk in Florence and New York.

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Or speak directly with the concierge.

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+1 (212) 555‑0186

Discretion is not a clause in our terms of service — it is the firm's founding principle. Every enquiry is read by a partner; none is automated.