ALMARÉ Inquire
Coastal & high-desert residences

The houses you
remember from a good summer.

ALMARÉ is an atelier representing architecturally significant homes — sold quietly, by appointment, to people who will keep them well. A small collection, in eighteen regions.

€1.24B
placed
312
homes
18
regions
Represented & published in
AlcoveMERIDIANCœur QuarterlyHabitatFolioThe NorthsouthAtelier IndexMaison Review AlcoveMERIDIANCœur QuarterlyHabitatFolioThe NorthsouthAtelier IndexMaison Review
How we work

Representation, not a portal.

Three things, done slowly and in person. Most of what we represent never reaches an open market.

01 — SOURCING

Seen before it is listed

A quiet roster of architects, owners, and estate managers across eighteen regions. We visit every home before we agree to carry it.

02 — STEWARDSHIP

A long relationship

Caretakers, seasonal opening, the local mason who knows the roof. We stay on after the sale — 94% of owners keep us for the life of the house.

03 — SEASONS

Or stay for a season

Several owners open their residences for a handful of fully-staffed weeks each year. The same homes, the same standard. Curated, never crowded.

Open residences — Spring 2026

Currently representing

06 of 312 shown

Where we work

Two coastlines and one high desert.

We keep our footprint deliberately narrow. Knowing a region — its light, its builders, its planning quirks — matters more than covering the map.

REGION INDEX · N 40°·W 8°
Mediterranean Coast
118 homes
Atlantic — Comporta & Cascais
64 homes
High Desert — CA & TX
71 homes
Pacific — Baja & Big Sur
59 homes
The atelier
“We have sold the same house in Comporta three times in twenty years — to three families who all still send a card at Christmas. That is the business.
Elena Marr
FOUNDING PRINCIPAL · LIC. RICS
1,408
inquiries answered
31
days median to viewing
27
years in practice
Begin an inquiry

Tell us the house you have in mind.

Every inquiry reaches a person, usually within a day. Describe the coastline, the light, the number of doors you'd like to leave open — and Elena will write back.