The Estate Landscape Team
Estate gardening is more than just landscape maintenance; it’s guiding the development of a landscape over time, and it requires a specialized team.
Outsourcing Grounds Services
Most estate properties employ a small crew in-house to do the everyday maintenance and care for the grounds. When it comes to big projects or specialty services, however, it may be necessary to outsource landscape needs.
Organizing a Wine Cellar
There is no such thing as the “right” way to organize a wine cellar, the possibilities are endless. The only “wrong way” is to not organize it at all.
Managing a Luxury Car Collection
While it may sound Bond-esque to some to have a luxury car collection strewn across the world ready for use wherever one lands, to an EM, it sounds like an asset-tracking ‘challenge’.
Update Your Employee Handbook
Your employee handbook should be reviewed annually to reflect the changing professional environment as well as the evolving preferences of your principal.
Wynn Win // Loaning Fine Art
Whatever the reason your Principal may choose to loan a priceless work to a museum, as part of your due diligence as the Estate Manager, you should research and collect information on the transaction and create a detailed records file of the transaction.
Lead Time Realities
Once you’ve chosen frames and fabrics for custom furniture, you’ll be given a ‘lead time’, meaning the amount of time from the payment receipt to delivery of the furniture. This timing can be critical.