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1-704-937-2940
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The MOAA Most Patriotic B & B
     
World Winner - #1 B & B for History!
Voted - Best B & B in the South!
Rated
FIVE STARS
on Google/Zagat
and BedandBreakfast.com
LivingSocial #1 World Sales Record Holder (X2)
Groupon #1 World Sales Record Holder

Chef Marti writes for the Charlotte Examiner
as a Food and Wine columnist.
Check out his latest recipes and articles here!

"Fun-filled, eclectic stuff all over ~ it took us days
to laugh our loving way through seeing everything.  I've never
been to a place like this, nor listened to such knowledge before
about our history and country.  US Army Officers, June, 2011

"A cute little mansion, definitely not a luxury getaway at the
Peabody, rather a wonderful place to relax.  Adorable!  Not at ALL
what we expected or envisioned - a surprise!"
Frank & Joanne, May, 2009

"I've had enough of gourmet everything and the Ritz in Paris for
$900.00 per night.  We wanted something with history to sink
our teeth into and we got it with tasty food!" James, August, 2010

"Evidently thousands of us out here love, love, LOVE this place!
If you're an angry, little person pretending to turn yourself
into a "reviewer," then stop in here and rip this place open
on the internet when you get back home.  Although
we've never met, we can tell you'll hate it - already.
But WE'LL be back for sure!
John and Gladys, December 2010

"It's a quirky, little place that is amazing and caring!
Wonderful, wonderful cooking classes with Marti."
Amy, September, 2011

 

     Household Manual, Guidelines and Standards
Marti's latest 300 page book published

Over 470 room nights, cooking classes, tours and funds
donated to charities in 2008-2012!  Global Activisim +
Organic farming = A Responsible Business

Broadcasting on 540 AM radio
Come drive by, pull up curbside & try it!

 
A NC Green listed hotel leader - National Sustainable Lodging Network

 

Training and placing staff worldwide with superior Presidential
records of service and Top Secret clearances

 

 

 

The Secrets "they" won't tell you...
 

Do the agencies you are speaking with presently run an entire mansion staff themselves - on a daily basis?

DO THEY WALK THE WALK AND TALK THE TALK?  "Well I was xxx and xxx but now we just run our office (and want to charge high fees to the rich..."  NOT A GOOD SIGN

What world certifications do they hold - awarded by the most well known organizations like The American Culinary Federation, World Association of Chefs Society, American Hotel Association and International Food Service Executives Association?  Certifications that they alone "hand out" and award don't count if they have given it to themselves...  What degrees do they hold and from which universities?  ASK THEM.

ARE THEY JUST INTERESTED IN MAKING A HUGE FEE OFF OF YOU?  "We have our own certifications that we print out and award on fancy degree paper that we buy at OfficeMax, we even emboss these and put a gold sticker on them..."  BUT ANYONE CAN DO THAT - can't they?

Do they themselves serve the rich daily and expose their agency to reviews globally?

WHERE ARE THE ZAGAT, GOOGLE, MICHELIN, TRIPADVISOR AND BEDANDBREAKFAST.COM REVIEWS ON THEIR AGENCY, THEIR OWN RESORTS AND INNS THAT THEY OWN???  "We don't allow clients or guests to review us or put comments online about our service standards, how well our agency does or how good our people turn out to be...we keep the rich completely in the dark and just send out more folks for them, and we get these huge fees..."  INTERESTING

For how many private estates have they PERSONALLY worked for with references?

OR ARE THEY A DESK JOCKEY CRANKING OUT PLACEMENTS?

Do they teach the standards of service and license graduates?

OR JUST FILL HOLES FOR HUGE FEES?  IS THIS THEIR ANSWER? "Let's face it, the rich are never happy, we just keep sending folks to them and after a year or so they fire them.  We've gotten quite used to making huge fees off of the rich and creating chaos in their families via instability...  Plus they can blame themselves since they fired the person but never us for sending someone who really wasn't right for the job or even had the real skills to make them happy!"

Will they give you the entire fee back after six months if you terminate the new hire?

ANOTHER SIGN TO LOOK FOR...  JUST START ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS or CALL OUR PLACEMENT EXPERTS TO HEAR THE RIGHT ANSWERS 704-937-2940

 

IF YOU ALWAYS TELL THE TRUTH - YOU DON'T HAVE TO TRY & REMEMBER WHAT YOU SAID!

 

While our students train daily in a live atmosphere of service, cooking, cleaning, errands, personal assistant duties, landscaping, gardening, elder and pet care, childcare, computer accounting and maintenance they also study locally at the largest private home ever built in America, The Biltmore.  We place couple teams, nannies, companions to seniors, ranch managers, private retreat managers, groundskeepers,

Training is like the TV show of Downton Abbey; perpetual.  Always keeping the knives sharp in the kitchen for a dull knife is more dangerous than anything.  Learning and studies are constant and ongoing whether learning about new in-home dry cleaning machines and how they operate or new inventions to clean silver, brass or jewelry.  The world of service is not stuck in the 1900's!  When looking for a modern day professional you will be tasked with an ever growing need of understanding computerized functions, CCTV, alarm systems and digitized stereo, in-home theater and HVAC modules.

Household Manual, Guidelines and StandardsAnd since we wrote and published the most authoritative book ever published, you are guaranteed to be receiving the finest trained, modern day professionals.  We also always meet with our families and are not insistent on only placing our own graduates.  Often times we are flown in to help a family streamline things better or just fine tune a great staff they love, but who needs a few pointers - everyone actually does not need to be fired.  And many affluent families feel that way.

Other times, we are flown in to conduct private interviews and evaluations in discretion.  Often, these interviews are conducted for two days in a hotel to avoid any candidate knowing who the family is.  Finalists can be filmed and then even meet with the owners if such is desired.  This level of our own expertise and professionalism has been found to be very helpful.

We also are being called on more often than ever before to help architects build service into new, super homes.  Much of the secrets of service are not known to new money families if you have never grown up as a servant yourself and worked all the way up to Household Manager.  Thus many multi-million dollar estates are dysfunctional in design and end up contributing to the mania of improper service.  The whole purpose of getting rich was to enjoy it and to have an excellent team of staff!  Likewise, as Doctor Steven Covey always says, "you know, no one gets up each day and says to herself, "I can't wait to go to work today and get it wrong!"  "Everyone wants to get it right and make their boss happy.  It is inherent in humans behavior."

Here is where we come in, not only do we place the right staff at the right time, but we can help a team member that the family adores to become better in areas they have never been trained in.  You wish that Maria could learn to manage and lead others?  After all, the kids and everyone loves her so much and her cheerful personality!  Well she actually can.

You say Attila came here from Belarus and became a citizen and the family thinks he is fantastico?  But he just is not the best driver when it comes to safety of the kids or security.  We can change all of that.  We would much rather help a team staff member become better and promote from within than hire all new people.  You believe in them - so why not let us fly to you and we will "grow" them!  We also deliver curriculum via the internet on SSL server classrooms.  Textbooks are shipped to all students.

If you need a new Nanny, Butler, Caretaker, Household Manager, Estate Manager, Major Domo, Housekeeper, Assistant Housekeeper, Cook, Driver, Bodyguard or Chef - please call us last after all of the others at 704-937-2940.

And remember, you'll be calling a real mansion with real students and graduates, team staff working to make guests and owners happy every day of the week.  Remember, most placement agencies are working out of basements, side offices in homes or porches and have fake, virtual addresses purchased by "office prestige address companies."  Buyer beware of high fees and revolving door placement agencies who do not care about the family.  You can even visit us and decide for yourself as to the enjoyment of the food and cleanliness - or interview new staff, here.  Presently, we are the only placement agency on earth that holds themselves to such high standards.

Happy families served by honest, hard-working team staffs since 1880!
As featured on ABC, NHK, Vitaya Europe and NBC TV
With over 1100 offices, worldwide, via the MRINetwork and The HTW Group

and $500 million USD per annum sales ~ NYSE:CDI

The most extensive, Retained Executive Search network - on earth

 

The best candidates, worldwide - no agency is able to offer OUR LEVEL of candidates...
Former White House, VP, US Secret Service, US Military, US Embassy & Camp David household staff...88% of our candidates are military retired with a security clearance, DNA-drug and fingerprinting on file with the FBI, have a lifetime retainer, medical, dental & 401k benefits...



Our Estate, Household and Resort Management (Manager) placement service is the first in history to offer a unique approach to qualifying managers.  We are the only service in the world using this proprietary system (patent pending).  Here our candidates fulfill lengthy and long-term service with families and resorts by creating genuine relationships.  Happiness and families that love to come home - abound. They know that their Manager has taken care of their home or properties with love and respect.  Their greatest desires are often fulfilled before they are even able to verbalize them.

Our Unique ProspectusA graphic of Adobe .pdf fileand Promise of ConfidentialityA graphic of Adobe .pdf file
(coming soon)

Every placement agency in the known world utilizes the same systemic approach - are you ready to experience the difference?  Have you had numerous staff over several years and they never last for five, ten or 20 years?  Are you tired of the high, "fees," and the promises that are broken from other agencies?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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