Founded in 2019 by Isabelle Marchetti after fourteen years at Sotheby's International. Built on a simple observation: the finest properties deserve representation that matches them.
Isabelle Marchetti spent fourteen years at Sotheby's International Realty representing residences from Fifth Avenue to the Côte d'Azur. In 2019, she left to build the brokerage she believed the market was missing: not larger, but quieter. Not more properties, but the right ones.
Solène was founded on a single principle. The relationships that produce the finest transactions—on both sides—are the ones that begin with a conversation, not a listing. That is how we work today, and how we intend to work always.
Isabelle personally handles every consultation. There is no algorithmic matching, no junior agent tier, no automated newsletter. Every client relationship at Solène is one relationship. That is the entire model.
Client identities are protected without exception. Properties are represented off-market by default. Nothing about our work is published without explicit permission.
Every engagement begins with a consultation, not a pitch. If a property does not fit, we say so. If a client is not ready, we wait.
We represent fewer than forty properties at any given moment. Each is chosen deliberately. Each receives the attention that scale prevents at larger firms.
Some of our properties wait months for the correct buyer. That is not a failure. It is the entire point of the way we work.