Personal, licensed care for luxury homes, private estates, and rental properties in Montauk — home watch, estate care, tenant placement, rent collection, and maintenance from a broker who knows this market.
Quick answer: Montauk Dunes Real Estate is a licensed, principal-broker-led property management company serving Montauk, NY — including Downtown Montauk, Ditch Plains, Hither Hills, Montauk Harbor, Culloden Shores, and Napeague. Services cover home watch, estate care, tenant placement, rent collection, and maintenance for luxury homes, private estates, and rentals. Full-service rental management typically runs 8%–12% of collected rent; home watch and estate care are billed as a flat monthly retainer. Call 646-234-2160 for a property-specific quote.
Montauk is among the most prestigious rental markets in the United States — attracting an international tenant pool with corresponding expectations for management quality and property standards.
Montauk Dunes Real Estate manages luxury homes, estates, and rental properties in Montauk personally — local, licensed, and experienced on both sides of the Hamptons market. Our principal broker handles every client directly, with no teams and no handoffs.
Whether you own a luxury home, a private estate, a seasonal summer rental, or a year-round investment property in Montauk, we provide the hands-on management your property deserves.
Everything we do in Montauk lives under one of four practices. Start with the one that fits your property — each covers its full family of services.
Watch visits, inspections, storm preparation, winterization, and emergency response for homes that sit empty part of the year.
Home Watch & Property Care →White-glove estate coordination, luxury home standards, housekeeping, and concierge support for distinguished properties.
Estate & Luxury Management →Tenant placement, rent collection, rental maintenance, vacation rentals, and eviction coordination — seasonal and year-round.
Rental Property Management →Preventive repairs, landscaping, pools, and a vetted East End vendor network coordinated under one calendar.
Maintenance & Vendor Services →Looking for something specific? Owners most often ask about home watch, estate management, tenant placement, housekeeping, pool maintenance, and storm preparation — or get in touch and we'll point you to the right plan.
We also handle concierge services, luxury home management, landscaping, vendor management, maintenance coordination, property inspections, emergency property services, winterization, seasonal home maintenance, rent collection, rental property maintenance, vacation rental management, eviction coordination, and the second home management program.
Montauk Dunes Real Estate is led by Laura Cawley, a licensed New York State real estate broker who works both sides of the Montauk market — listing and managing. Every client is handled by the principal broker directly. There are no account teams, no handoffs, and no call center between you and the person responsible for your property.
That means the person who inspects your home, negotiates your lease, and answers your call after a storm is the same licensed broker who quoted the work. For an Montauk estate or rental, that accountability is the difference between a property that is watched and one that is merely listed on a schedule.
Rental registry (Town Code Chapter 199). Montauk is in the Town of East Hampton, which requires most rental properties to hold a valid rental registry number under Town Code Chapter 199 before a home is advertised or leased, renewed periodically. Montauk's busy summer rental market also draws close code-enforcement attention, so getting registration and occupancy limits right matters. Montauk Dunes coordinates rental registry compliance as part of rental and vacation-rental management.
Season shapes everything. Montauk runs hard on a summer calendar. Peak demand and premium rents concentrate between Memorial Day and Labor Day, while much of the housing stock empties out from fall through spring. That off-season is when unwatched homes are most exposed: burst pipes in a January freeze, roof and flood damage from nor'easters coming off the open Atlantic, and slow leaks that go weeks without notice. Off-season home watch, fall winterization, and storm preparation exist for exactly this window.
Every corner is a different job. An oceanfront home on Old Montauk Highway in Hither Hills faces different exposure than a surf cottage at Ditch Plains, a waterfront house on Lake Montauk, or a north-shore property at Culloden Shores overlooking Block Island Sound. Managing across downtown Montauk, Ditch Plains, Hither Hills, Montauk Harbor, Culloden Shores, and the Napeague stretch means matching the plan to the property and its exposure, not applying one template.
From the downtown village core to the surf breaks, the harbor, and the quiet north-shore streets, we manage properties across every corner of Montauk.
Property management in the walkable village core around Fort Pond.
Downtown Montauk Property Management →Property management in Montauk's legendary surf neighborhood east of town.
Ditch Plains Property Management →Property management at Montauk's wooded, oceanfront west end.
Hither Hills Property Management →Property management around Lake Montauk, the marinas, and the docks.
Montauk Harbor Property Management →Property management on the wooded north-shore peninsula over the Sound.
Culloden Shores Property Management →Property management along the narrow beach stretch toward Amagansett.
Napeague Property Management →Full-service rental management typically runs 8%–12% of collected rent per month. Tenant placement is usually priced separately — around one month's rent for annual leases, or a percentage of the gross lease for seasonal summer rentals. Home watch and estate care for non-tenanted properties are usually billed as a flat monthly retainer based on property size and visit frequency. See the full cost guide for details.
Rental pricing analysis and MLS marketing, tenant screening and lease preparation, monthly rent collection and accounting, maintenance coordination with local East End contractors, seasonal preparation and closedown, rental permit compliance, and eviction coordination when needed. See the full list above under "What We Handle in Montauk."
Yes. The Town of East Hampton requires most rental properties to hold a valid rental registry number under Town Code Chapter 199 before a home is advertised or leased, and the registration must be renewed periodically. We coordinate rental registry compliance as part of rental and vacation-rental management, so you don't have to navigate the town process alone.
Downtown Montauk, Ditch Plains, Hither Hills, Montauk Harbor, Culloden Shores, and Napeague — from the historic village center to the oceanfront estate sections and quiet hamlets beyond.
Yes. Rental property management covers tenant placement, rent collection, and maintenance for tenanted homes. Estate and luxury home management, plus home watch, covers second homes and estates that sit vacant part of the year.
Both. We manage seasonal summer rentals, year-round investment properties, and second homes that sit empty off-season — including fall winterization, off-season home watch, and storm preparation for nor'easters and hurricanes.
Every client is handled directly by the principal broker — no teams, no handoffs, no call center. You're speaking with the person actually managing your property.
Call 646-234-2160 or send a message below. Every property is quoted individually after a conversation and, where possible, a walkthrough — no one-size-fits-all packages.
Montauk Dunes holds a 5-star rating across 9 Google reviews. A few, in clients' own words:
"Laura and the Montauk Dunes staff is top notch and highly professional. A+++"
— Anthony Gargano
"Laura was very helpful with the whole process of buying my dream home from day 1 to closing. I highly recommend Laura to helping you finding your home."
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"Laura was awesome. Very knowledgeable in all aspects of real estate. Calls you back quickly when you have questions. She understands the client's needs and expectations. I would highly recommend her."
— Bill Sotiriou
"Amazing experience. Nothing but the best with communication and showing, and fighting to make sure we found a place — so grateful to have met Laura."
— Kalen Antoine
"Laura helped me with purchasing my first investment house. She was very knowledgeable about the area I chose…"
— Melody Catalano
"Laura was an amazing real estate agent! She was very attentive, always available to answer our questions, and went above…"
— Megan Perez
Questions about property management in Montauk? Send us a message and we'll get back to you directly.
Typical fee structures for luxury home, estate, and rental management in Montauk — and what's included.
Read the Guide →The full scope of the job, from home watch and vendors to tenants, rent, and town compliance.
Read the Guide →How absentee owners keep an Montauk house protected, compliant, and optionally earning.
Read the Guide →Every item a proper home watch visit should cover — interior, exterior, and systems.
Read the Guide →The full fall closedown sequence for East End homes — plumbing, heat, pool, and storm readiness.
Read the Guide →The questions to ask — and red flags to avoid — before handing anyone your keys.
Read the Guide →Call Montauk Dunes Real Estate for a personal conversation about your Montauk property — no obligation, no sales pitch.
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