About — The house

A small house, deliberately

Mareva was founded in 2009 by three partners who wanted to sell fewer homes, and sell them better.

(01) — Our story

We started with one listing, a glass house in the Hudson Valley that three larger firms had failed to sell. It went in eleven days, to the first family we showed it to.

That sale set the pattern. We take on homes we would be glad to own ourselves, learn them thoroughly, and introduce them to people we already know are looking.

Seventeen years on, we are fourteen people across three offices. The list is still short, and a partner still answers the phone.

(02) — Principles

Three things we will not trade

Few, not many

We cap our list at twelve homes. It is the only way to know each one properly.

Plain speaking

If a house is wrong for you, we will say so, including when it is one of ours.

Long view

Most of our clients come back. We advise as though we will see you again in ten years.

(03) — The partners

People you will actually meet

Marguerite Vale

Founding partner

Tobias Renn

Partner, New York

Odile Marchetti

Partner, West Coast

Kai Lindqvist

Head of private sales