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Private Office
One relationship for everything a family holds in Florida.
Property, structures, professionals, schooling, staff. Each needs a specialist. None of them is accountable for the whole. We are.
At a glance
- Twenty-five years in South Florida property
- Coordination, not regulated advice
- No compensation taken from any professional
- A limited number of new mandates each year
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The House
Is a private office right for your family?
Families with meaningful interests in Florida rarely lack good professionals. What they lack is a single party who knows the whole picture — what was acquired and how it is held, who advised on it, what was decided three years ago, and what falls due next.
Maison Gault holds that picture. We coordinate the specialists, direct the projects, and keep the record. The regulated work stays with the people licensed to do it.
Private Office
What we coordinate on a family's behalf
Across the domains a Florida life actually involves. We orchestrate each of these; we practise none of the regulated professions within them.
- Residential acquisition & disposition
- Off-market sourcing
- Renovation & construction direction
- Owner's representation
- Interior procurement
- Property & grounds management
- Household staffing
- Relocation logistics
- Independent school admissions
- Tutors & academic transitions
- Physician introductions & continuity of care
- Residential security
- Aviation & marine coordination
- Insurance review coordination
- Vendor selection & oversight
- Professional introductions & briefing
- Cross-border scheduling between advisors
- Record-keeping & family file continuity
Legal, tax, accounting, investment, immigration and medical services are provided by independent licensed professionals retained directly by the family. Maison Gault identifies, briefs and coordinates them, and holds no fee arrangement with any of them.
Twenty-five years
In residential property across Miami and South Florida
Placeholder — any figure published here should be verifiable and stated without embellishment.
Who we serve
Families whose affairs in Florida have outgrown a list of providers
01
International families establishing a base
Arriving from Europe or Latin America, often before residency is settled.
02
Founders after a liquidity event
New complexity, little time, and advisors who have never met one another.
03
Multi-generational households
Property held across branches, with succession already in view.
04
Executives and public figures
Where privacy is a requirement of the arrangement, not a preference. How we work with discretion.
05
Advisors acting for a family
Counsel, bankers or title agents who need a reliable party on the ground in Florida. For advisors.
How we are built
Three commitments, stated plainly
01
We take nothing for an introduction
No attorney, accountant, banker or adviser pays us to be recommended. The family's interest is the only input to who we put in front of them.
02
Ownership is disclosed before you engage
Where we hold an interest in a service we recommend, we tell you in writing first. You are free to use someone else, and we will arrange it.
03
We coordinate; we do not advise
We are not a law firm, accountancy practice or investment adviser, and we do not describe ourselves as one. That boundary protects you as much as us.
The Office
Few people, each accountable for a named family
A family is served by one Private Client Director who knows their file completely, supported by the house behind them.
Axelle Gault
Founder & Private Client Director
Twenty-five years in South Florida residential property. Licensed Florida real estate broker.
To be appointed
Private Client Director
Appointment planned
A second director is the structural condition of the house outlasting its founder.
To be appointed
Client Operations
Appointment planned
Custody of the family file, scheduling between advisors, and the annual review cycle.
Not published
The network
Independent professionals
Not listed publicly. Introduced family by family, as circumstances require.
Why families stay
In their words, anonymously
“We stopped explaining our situation to people. That is the whole value, and it is hard to describe until you have it.”
— Client family, Coral Gables
Placeholder. Any testimonial published must carry the date given, confirmation that no compensation was provided, and disclosure of any material conflict. To be reviewed by counsel before publication.
“Our attorney and our accountant had never spoken to each other. In three weeks they were working from the same file.”
— Client family, Paris and Miami
Placeholder. Any testimonial published must carry the date given, confirmation that no compensation was provided, and disclosure of any material conflict. To be reviewed by counsel before publication.
“She told us not to buy the first house. No one had ever cost themselves a commission to tell us something useful.”
— Client family, Key Biscayne
Placeholder. Any testimonial published must carry the date given, confirmation that no compensation was provided, and disclosure of any material conflict. To be reviewed by counsel before publication.
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Access
Request an introduction
We take on a small number of families each year. Most arrive through an advisor or another family. If you have been referred, or you act for a family whose affairs in Florida would benefit from a single point of accountability, we would be glad to speak.
Correspondence is read by the founder.