A great man knows how to love his asset and a wise man knows the value of it. Such is the wisdom of Sebastian with whom LA POLO connected to know about the distinct idea that popped out of his mind to bring together people and properties which would otherwise have been just a dream. Sebastian does it by bringing rental property closer to people for holiday homes.
Sebastian entails the journey of the idea of The Gilt Club to what it is today . Here goes the extract of the session:
LA POLO : The Gilt Club, a home swap company comes with the tagline "access the inaccessible", so what exactly do you offer to your customers as holiday homes and how?
SEBASTIAN : The Gilt Club, a home swap company is a private members club. Access can only be gained by meeting our membership requirements. All our members and their rental property are not readily accessible on any other platform, therefore ‘accessing the inaccessible’.
LA POLO :Who is the target audience for your home swap company?
SEBASTIAN : Discerning individuals who own rental property that they have no need or interest in renting commercially but at the same time like the idea of being able to utilise them to fund or access other assets of a similar unique stature in a discreet and secure environment.
LA POLO : How did the home swap company come into existence and what was the main idea/unique idea behind it?
SEBASTIAN : I helped a friend find a very particular and unusual property in LA – the owner had no interest in renting but when I mentioned my friend owned an estate in Mallorca that had only ever been used by the family, his attitude changed as he was about to book a villa there for the summer. I put the two of them together and they did the deal 3 weeks in LA in return for 4 weeks in Mallorca. A similar deal in the rental market would have cost around 700,000 euros.
Unique attributes are:-
| The Rapid Fire Round -Bespoke according to you: Unique and individual -Location to visit: Sri Lanka -Luxury rental place you would suggest: CoCo Privé, Maldives |
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- Members Only – providing security and privacy.
- Rental property that are only accessible through the club (we do run a separate portfolio call Gilt Connect, for those members that do consider open market rentals).
- Direct communication between members – gives total control on who and how a deal is done.
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