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A Grand Pied-à-Terre is made for settling into a city, rather than simply passing through it. Across Rome, Paris, London, Barcelona and Cannes, the Collection brings together homes where mornings can be unhurried, evenings run late and friends gather around the table. With generous living spaces and room for family and friends, there is space to entertain, spend time together and make the home part of the experience of the city itself. It is with this idea in mind that we are bringing to life a new Grand Pied-à-Terre collection, Sant'Angelo.

Owning property in Mallorca is a long-term commitment to a single place – one that offers more diversity than most people realise. It’s the largest of the Balearic Islands, known as much for its mountains and quieter villages as for its coastline. August’s Private Collection membership was created to offer a full taste of that diversity – not only the busy beaches of tourist season, but beyond that. It includes a share in a wider Collection of exquisite holiday homes – each fully managed on your behalf.

Ski chalet ownership in the Alps is the dream for many winter sport enthusiasts. A ski chalet is seasonal by nature and owning one comes down to a simple calculation: a short, ski-season window of actual use, set against the cost and effort of caring for a home the rest of the year. August's Private Collection membership changes that calculation. The French Alps are one of the destinations across the Signature, Premium and Prime Collections, where each member holds a share not only in a ski chalet in the Alps, but in a curated Collection of beautiful homes across Europe's most sought-after regions.

A villa on the Côte d'Azur has always come with a second decision attached: how much of the year you're prepared to give to it. A decision between another summer spent renting or settling on buying outright – when neither sounds like the right choice. August's Private Collection membership ends that indecision. The Côte d'Azur is one of the destinations across all of August’s Collections, where each member holds a share in a curated Collection of exceptional homes across Europe's most desirable corners.

Some of the best recommendations are never advertised. They happen over dinner, on a phone call, in a passing comment between friends, someone talking about a place they love, simply because they want the people closest to them to know about it too. That is how many August homeowners first hear about us. Not through a marketing campaign, but through a friend who has already found their way here, and who thought of them the moment the subject came up. It is a quieter kind of introduction, built entirely on trust rather than persuasion, and it tends to say more about August than anything we could write ourselves. This is the story of three households. Michele and David joined August first. In time, they welcomed two more families: Jan and Simon joining a Pied à Terre Collection, and Mark a Signature Collection. Different homes, different collections, the same trusted introduction.

Owning a holiday home in Tuscany for many people has two contradicting sides – the strong pull of a place you love – that helps you slow down and be present – set against the burden of looking after a home from a distance. August’s Private Collection membership removes that contradiction. Tuscany is one of the destinations across the Signature, Premium and Prime Collections, where each member holds a share in a curated Collection of beautiful homes across Europe’s most iconic regions. That means access built around your lifestyle; the management of your homes fully taken care of by our dedicated homeowner experience team; and a community of like-minded homeowners. The result is enjoying your dream holiday home in Tuscany without the responsibilities.

There's a version of Paris every visitor knows – the walk along the Seine after dinner, the hour spent doing nothing in particular at a café table, a city that celebrates romantic atmosphere in a way few others do. It's no surprise so many people who fall for the city eventually start wondering what it would mean to own a small piece of it. What follows is the less romantic half of that decision – what buying in Paris involves, and what changes when it's done through one of August’s Collections rather than alone.