Introduction to Cardonell
Backed by over 30 years of experience in the property market, Cardonell assists clients with finding high end residential and commercial properties in and around London. Cardonell’s chairman John Pyle is a chartered surveyor, and has worked on a number of large scale developments across Europe. His most recent deal involved selling a 50m euro commercial development in Germany in which he had a stake. In his spare time John enjoys playing golf, occasionally against his son (who of course lets him win most of the time). John’s son, Oliver Pyle-Santini, is one of the managing partners of Cardonell. Whilst at boarding school his entrepreneurial spirit came alight, his first business as a child involved selling playing cards to his peers. On leaving full time education, he cut his teeth in the fast moving property markets of London and New York. In such cut-throat real estate markets, Oliver witnessed first hand how some brokers and agents mistreated their clients and other agents in order to close deals. Oliver chose a different, more gentlemanly way of working, instead going back to old school ways of doing business. The fact he genuinely cares about the people he works with means clients receive a level of service and attention which is often lacking in the real estate industry. As Cardonell is a boutique consultancy, the firm prefers to give a personalised service to a select few rather than catering to the mass market. Oliver personally oversees all property searches, as well as conducting viewings prior to making a recommendation. In his spare time, Oliver runs a record label which he set up to support up-and-coming artists, and he enjoys the occasional game of football. At times he has the bruises to show for it, though thankfully London rarely has the weather for shorts. The other managing partner of Cardonell is Andrew Cook, whose career started in banking, commodity trading, and then in wealth management and property investment consulting. In the past, Andrew has left investment companies when he realised he was under pressure to sugar coat recommendations to clients in order to close business. This went against the values he was raised to believe in, prompting Andrew and Oliver to found Cardonell in order to offer clients a property finding service they could trust. They do this by offering unique and high quality properties, which make ideal homes or wise investments. Andrew’s interests outside of work involve overseas travel, foreign languages, and science fiction. Cardonell’s founding principle is that we will only advise clients to purchase properties which we ourselves would consider buying. We will also be 100% up front about costs and our fee structure. There are two main ways we can help clients, either over the phone or at our offices in Kensington. We entertain all budgets, from £500,000 to £100 million. You simply give us your requirements and we take the hassle out of dealing with agents. Due to the long standing relationship between the founders of Cardonell and estate agents around London, clients often have access to properties days before they are listed on websites. This can give you the client a crucial head start when looking for your London property. A number of high end properties in and around London are not sold through estate agents, and instead are offered initially through carefully selected representatives. A common reason for this is the vendor needing to maintain privacy and not wanting to show a large number of clients around their property. Examples of properties we have been asked to find buyers for include a castle in Fulham, a recently refurbished multimillion pound development in Hyde Park, a vineyard and farm in Sussex, as well as other unique and high quality properties across London and south east England. We look forward to working with you.
