Footman & Butler
Prime Property Management

Footman & Butler Prime Property Management is an independent family office specialising in super prime property management services for high-net-worth individuals in London. With over 70 years’ collective experience, the company’s expert team of property professionals offer services spanning the management and operations of luxury homes, from comprehensive property reports, execution of preventive maintenance schedules, to a full concierge service. We currently manage a portfolio of prime properties in London worth more than £300m.

Our Value

We are an award-winning property management company, with a mission to take care of clients’ properties as if they were our own. Our ultimate goal is to increase the value of clients’ homes whilst reducing the cost to maintain them through our vetted and trusted supplier network. Our clients lack time to look after their properties – they wish to visit and enjoy London without needing to think about property maintenance and whether their utility bills have been paid. That’s where we come in.

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Meet The Team

We have built a small but experienced team, with 70 years combined experience managing the households of UHNW clients. Like any team, there is no ‘I’ and in this case every member brings their own genuine and distinct experience, which enables us to truly take on all of our clients’ needs.

Joseph Gleeson | Managing Partner

Joseph has over 10 years of experience leading multi and single-family offices in London to manage prime & ultra-prime properties in London, Paris, and the US on behalf of high-net-worth families.

With a Masters in Business Administration Joseph combines business acumen with a wealth of industry knowledge and experience to spearhead the day-to-day leadership of Footman & Butler Prime Property Management. His role includes leading the management and operations of luxury private homes, from comprehensive property reports to the execution of detailed preventive maintenance schedules. Joseph’s expert team enhances the value of clients’ homes by caring for the properties as if they were their own. Currently working towards MRICS, Joseph is responsible for a portfolio of prime properties in London worth more than £300m.

Sara Geraghty | Chief of Staff

Sara has over 20 years of experience managing estates and family offices to exceptional standards for high-net-worth individuals and high-profile organisations.

She’s a proactive and motivated Chief of Staff, with an analytical approach to solving challenges and possessing exceptional interpersonal, communication and organisational skills. Capable of building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, Sara has extensive experience in overseeing household responsibilities from maintenance, staffing, diary management, PA support, and budgeting. A team player, she’s committed to continually improving related procedures, by suggesting innovative ideas and being a consistently positive voice. At Footman & Butler Prime Property Management, she’s a dedicated Chief of Staff for a high-profile client based in Kensington, which sees her manage household expenses, oversee suppliers and maintenance, as well as recruit and train household staff. She works closely with the Managing Partner of the company in the day-to-day servicing of clients.

Sophie Harte | Head of Brand

Sophie’s an experienced marketer with over 12 years of industry experience working for household names at leading communications consultancies in London.

In that time, she has specialised in working for big names in technology, retail, and digital marketplaces, such as Samsung, Waitrose, and eBay. Over the years, she has also been fortunate to complete in-house secondments at Coca-Cola, Gumtree and John Lewis. Her experience ranges from brand and corporate comms to issues and crisis management, alongside working closely with influencers across YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. She’s been working as a freelance marketing consultant for Footman & Butler Prime Property Management since 2020, during which time she’s worked on above-the-line (ATL) campaigns with the London Evening Standard and The Resident, launched social channels across Instagram and LinkedIn to promote its property management services, and more recently led on the company’s rebrand to a family office.

Riddhi Shah | Finance Director

Riddhi has over 10 years of industry experience managing finances for high-profile organisations in the UK and has managed accounts and audits for private clients and family offices.

She has experience in managing many different areas within finance, such as accounting, corporate taxation, revenue reconciliations, expense management, monthly accounts report, VAT, CIS, and other HMRC compliances. She is the Finance Director of Footman & Butler Prime Property Management, where she is responsible for managing accounts and ensuring all the revenue and expenses of the company are correctly recorded and timely paid. She further ensures monthly accounts are presented timely for review, participates in discussions for the growth of the business, and provides insights.

Defining a new standard of property management for ultra prime properties in London

/ What our clients say

Welcomed and comforted!

“We live in London four to six months a year. It’s therefore so important to us that whilst we’re away, our home is cared for to the highest standards. Every time we visit, we receive a homecoming that makes us feel instantly welcomed and comforted.

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