Personal, licensed care for luxury homes, private estates, and rental properties in Southampton — 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 Southampton, NY — including the Village, Shinnecock Hills, North Sea, Tuckahoe, Sebonac, and Meadow Lane. 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.
Southampton Village 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 Southampton 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 Southampton, we provide the hands-on management your property deserves.
Everything we do in Southampton 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 Southampton 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 Southampton estate or rental, that accountability is the difference between a property that is watched and one that is merely listed on a schedule.
Rental rules (Village and Town of Southampton). Southampton spans the incorporated Village of Southampton — which runs its own rental registry — and surrounding hamlets governed by the Town of Southampton rental permit under Town Code Chapter 270. Which applies depends on the exact address. Montauk Dunes confirms the correct requirement for your property and handles the filing as part of rental management.
Southampton runs 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 — the window when unwatched homes are most exposed to freeze damage, nor'easters, and slow leaks. Off-season home watch, winterization, and storm preparation exist for exactly that window.
Every corner is a different job. An oceanfront estate on Meadow Lane or the Gin Lane row has different exposure and standards than a village home near Main Street, a golf-corridor property at Sebonac, or a wooded home in North Sea. Managing across the Village and its hamlets means matching the plan to each property.
From the historic Village and the Meadow Lane oceanfront to Shinnecock Hills and North Sea, we manage properties across Southampton and its surrounding hamlets.
Property management in the historic Village center.
Southampton Village Property Management →Property management in the Shinnecock Hills golf corridor.
Shinnecock Hills Property Management →Property management in the wooded, waterfront North Sea hamlet.
North Sea Property Management →Property management in the Sebonac and National Golf Links area.
Sebonac 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 Southampton."
Yes. The Town of Southampton requires most rental properties to hold a valid rental permit under Town Code Chapter 270 before a home is advertised or leased, and the registration must be renewed every two years. We coordinate rental permit compliance as part of rental and vacation-rental management, so you don't have to navigate the town process alone.
the Village, Shinnecock Hills, North Sea, Tuckahoe, Sebonac, and Meadow Lane — 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 Southampton? Send us a message and we'll get back to you directly.
Typical fee structures for luxury home, estate, and rental management in Southampton — 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 Southampton 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 Southampton property — no obligation, no sales pitch.
Call 646-234-2160