Private sales
Every home open from your first season
Private sales give future owners the opportunity to join a collection that is already complete. All of the homes are finished and ready to enjoy, so you can see the collection in full and begin spending time there soon after joining.
Places become available from time to time when an existing owner decides to move on. You join the collection as it stands, including any bookings already in place, and become part of its existing community of owners.
Places in completed collections are rare, and they tend to generate a lot of interest. When you register your interest, our advisors get to know you: the regions you’re drawn to, the seasons you’d like to spend away and when you’re hoping to join.
When a place comes up that suits, we’ll be in touch. From the first conversation to your first arrival, August handles the process for both the owner moving on and the owner joining, and the collection carries on as before.
Two ways to own with August
Private sales
Open collections
From first interest to first holiday.
Register your interest
Tell us about the regions you love, the time you’d like to spend away and when you’re hoping to join. It helps us understand which collections would suit you.
A place comes up
Our Private Sales Advisors curate and match off-market opportunities. When a place becomes available in a completed collection, our advisors will get in touch if it matches what you’ve told us.
Discover the collection
We’ll introduce you to the homes, the collection and its community of owners. We’ll also take you through how ownership works, including the Annual Dues and the bookings already in place, so you have everything you need to decide.
Join the collection
If you’d like to go ahead, we’ll take you through the next steps. We get to know every owner before they join, so each collection stays right for the families in it.
Arrive and begin
August handles the process from beginning to end for both you and the owner moving on. Legal documentation, financial settlement, and onboarding are coordinated on behalf of both parties, creating a smooth transition and enabling the new owner to begin enjoying their collection from day one.
The private sales with August
Our advisors handle private sales from beginning to end, for future owners joining a collection and for owners moving on. Here’s how it works.
How is joining through a private sale different from joining a new collection?
With a private sale, you join a collection that’s already complete. Every home is finished, the community of owners is established, and you can begin spending time there soon after joining. You join the collection as it stands, including any bookings already in the calendar.
With a new collection, you join earlier and follow each home as it’s restored and designed, through to the reveal. Our advisors can talk you through both and help you decide which suits your family.
If I decide to move on, how does August support me?
Circumstances change, and there may come a time when you decide to move on from your collection. When that happens, we begin with a conversation. Your advisor will take time to understand what’s changed and talk you through the options, including moving to another collection. If moving on is the right decision, August supports you through the private sales process. We introduce your place in the collection to future owners who’ve registered their interest and manage everything from beginning to end, including the legal documents and payment. The collection continues as before, with a new owner taking your place and inheriting any bookings already in the calendar.
