Your home in San Pantaleo, looked after as if it were ours
In San Pantaleo we are seeking restored Gallura stazzi, villas facing the granite spires and houses in the village. We assess every property before confirming management. For accepted homes, the service includes property care, guest vetting, discretion, checks between stays, hotel-quality linen and listing on 50+ portals. Our fee is a percentage of revenue, with no fixed costs.
- Properties
- restored stazzi, villas facing the granite mountains and houses in the village of San Pantaleo, in Gallura.
- Guests
- high-end international clientele, long stays, requests for privacy handled case by case.
- Service
- the house checked between one stay and the next, hotel-quality linen, a contact reachable 24/7 during active stays in five languages.
- Model
- a percentage of revenue: no fixed fee, monthly subscription or hidden costs; the agreement states its term and termination conditions.
5.0 on Google · 4.7 on Airbnb · 9.4 on Booking.com
People who own a home in San Pantaleo are rarely looking only for extra income. They are looking for someone to trust while they are away: someone who keeps the house the way they would keep it, who decides who sleeps in it, and who can coordinate an intervention if the pool pump fails on the twelfth of August. That is why, on this page, the numbers come later. First we talk about how we treat the house and who we let in.
1. Care of the house and choosing who sleeps in it
A restored stazzo is not a flat with a few extra pieces of furniture. Exposed granite takes on and gives back moisture, juniper beams move with the seasons, terracotta floors and lime-plastered walls are marked by the wrong detergents. The first thing we do, before publishing anything, is understand what your house is made of and write the maintenance rules that everyone who sets foot in it will follow: which products are allowed, what must never be pressure-washed, how the fabrics are treated, who to call for wrought iron and who for the window frames. The people who clean for us in San Pantaleo always work on the same houses, so they learn the details instead of starting from scratch every time.
Then there is the part that weighs most: who comes in. Every booking enquiry is read by a person before it is confirmed. We look at the guest's review history, the reason for the trip, how many people there really are and how long they stay. We give priority to long stays, to families and to couples who return year after year, and we say no to parties, events, stag weekends and groups that have nothing to do with the house. A declined enquiry costs a week of calendar. The wrong stay costs the sofa, the lawn, the neighbours and two seasons of reviews. In a premium home that arithmetic never balances out: that is why we choose, and why we sometimes give a week up.
If there are spaces you want to keep out of the let, they stay out: a locked room with your things, the cellar, the study, the tool shed. We put it in writing in the mandate and remind the guest in the house guide, so you never have to explain it yourself.
2. Discretion: who knows where the house is, and who gets in
In San Pantaleo privacy is not a nice-to-have, it is the reason many owners bought here in the first place. The listing can leave out the exact address and never mention your name: we show the area, not the gate, and the precise location reaches the guest only after confirmation. We choose the photographs together and we can leave out the ones that make the house recognisable from the road or from the neighbouring properties.
Keys and codes are handled by us: handover in person where it makes sense, temporary codes that expire with the stay when the arrival is late at night. We keep the record of who entered and when, guests and suppliers included, and you can see it at any time through the Dott.House owner portal. We collect guest documents ourselves and they go only where they must, that is to the authorities, as the law requires. If you would rather not appear in any communication, we are the guest's point of contact from the first message to the last review.
3. The standard between one stay and the next
The difference between a premium home managed well and one managed in a hurry shows in the two hours between a departure and an arrival. With us those two hours have a procedure. First the house is cleaned, then someone goes back in and checks it, room by room, against a list: surfaces and furniture, fabrics and mattresses, crockery and small appliances, outdoor areas and pool, lights, air conditioning, hot water, water pressure, network. Linen is hotel quality, changed at every stay and replaced when it starts to look tired, not when it tears.
If something is not right, it is fixed before check-in and we write to you with photos, without you having to ask. During the stay we answer guests around the clock in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German; for emergencies (water, power, cooling, locks) there is a local supplier on call even on the busiest August days. On request we arrange the service this clientele takes for granted: a pre-arrival grocery shop, a chef, transfers, a skipper and daily tidying.
4. Results and distribution
Once the house is right and the guests are the right ones, distribution does the rest. We list on Airbnb, Booking.com, Vrbo, HomeToGo and over 50 portals, with a channel manager and a single calendar, and we keep pricing aligned with real demand instead of a rate card written in January. Propertize currently publishes a historical portfolio range of +30% to +140% versus previous management; it is neither an average nor a guarantee. Returns depend on the property, area and season. Today we manage 90+ properties and have generated over 1 million in revenue for owners.
Every month you receive a report with revenue, nights sold, reviews and costs, and payouts land on a fixed date. What you see is exactly what we see: there is no separate summary for the owner.
What actually changes for an owner in San Pantaleo
San Pantaleo is not on the sea, and that is the thing to understand before deciding how to present the house. The village sits at the foot of the granite mountains, among the spires you can see from every terrace, and the beaches are a quarter of an hour down the road, with Porto Cervo and the Costa Smeralda about fifteen minutes away. People who book here know that and choose it: they want to wake up in silence with the rock in front of them and go to the sea when they decide to. An owner who presents the house as second best to the coast loses twice, because they invite comparison with houses that have the water below them and give up the one thing that is genuinely worth something here.
The second element is the Thursday market. It is not a curiosity for passing tourists: it is a fixture the international clientele knows, keeps in the diary and plans the stay around. Stalls of crafts, textiles and ceramics fill the church square and the village stays lively all day. A house a few minutes' walk from the square has an advantage that belongs in the listing, not left to be guessed; a house outside the centre has a different advantage, absolute quiet, and should be told that way.
Third: authenticity earns more than off-the-shelf luxury. The guests who come to San Pantaleo, often from abroad and for long stays, have already seen dozens of houses furnished identically, with the same pale palette and the same accessories bought in bulk. A stazzo with its granite walls left exposed, juniper beams, a real fireplace, a solid wood table under the pergola and a pool that looks as though it was always there tells a story that cannot be copied. When owners ask us what to change, we almost never suggest adding: more often we suggest removing what jars and putting real materials back. Those are also the shots that perform best on the high-end portals, and it is why a house here can hold two- or three-week stays instead of the usual seven nights.
If you want to see how we work in the rest of the area, take a look at our pages on the Costa Smeralda and on Gallura and Olbia.
5. And finally: what it costs
We come to the commission last on purpose, because someone with a house like this chooses the service first and the price second. Our fee is a percentage of revenue, deducted once payment for the stay has been received. There are no fixed fees, monthly subscriptions or hidden costs; we set the percentage after the survey according to the property and the services included. The proposal and management agreement state the term and termination conditions before signature. Weeks reserved for the owner are agreed in the calendar.
On the administrative side we handle everything: registration with Sardinia's regional system, the National Identification Code (CIN) application, communications to the authorities and the safety requirements set by short-let regulations (gas and carbon-monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers). We collect and pay the municipal tourist tax on your behalf. Short lets are eligible for the cedolare secca flat tax (21% on one unit of your choice and 26% on the second; from 2026, letting more than two flats short-term is presumed to be a business activity): if we collect on your behalf, we apply the withholding and issue you the Certificazione Unica. For your specific position always consult an accountant.
| On the ground | Generalist management | With Propertize |
|---|---|---|
| Who comes in | whoever books first | every enquiry read and approved by hand |
| Address | published in the open | shared only once the booking is confirmed |
| Keys | lockbox at the gate | handover in person or an expiring code |
| End of stay | cleaned and done | cleaned plus a room-by-room check |
| Linen | standard set | hotel quality, changed at every stay |
| Materials | generic products | written rules for granite, juniper, terracotta and lime |
| Fee | retainer or packages | a percentage of collected revenue only |
Want to know how we would work on your home in San Pantaleo? Ask for a free valuation: we come and see it and tell you what we would keep, what we would change and who we would let in.
