BARNES
Art de Vivre
Seasonal rentals became complex long before they became digital.
Availability lived in emails.
Pricing lived in spreadsheets.
Dates lived in people's heads.
Every booking relied on manual effort — not because agents lacked skill, but because systems were never built for how luxury real estate actually works.
Why this mattered
Lost time on admin instead of clients
Slower response vs pure-play platforms
Missed revenue due to friction, not demand
The problem wasn't technology adoption.
The problem was fragmentation.
The beginning of a series of innovations for the Barnes network.
Art de Vivre Platform Demo
11
Offices Onboarded
Live
Bookings
Real
Revenue
Built with internal Barnes input and feedback. Not just market trends — your needs.
Platform Capabilities
KYC (Premium Grade)
Property Manager Interface
AI Concierge
Universal Calendar
Yield Optimisation
Increased Revenue.
Better Understanding of Clients.
Art de Vivre proves something very simple —
that real estate technology only works when it respects how people actually operate.
It removes friction. That's its value.
That gives us a foundation to ask a bigger question —
Not “can AI work in real estate?”
But “where does AI genuinely help, and where should humans always remain in control?”
Real Estate & AI — What Worked in 2025
Capabilities Demo
In 2025, AI didn't replace agents. It replaced delays, missed follow-ups, and repetitive admin.
- Faster lead response times
- Better qualification before agent contact
- Reduced administrative load for offices
- Improved client follow-up consistency
- Support for multi-language, multi-time-zone operations
The important point: clients noticed better service. They didn't notice “AI.” Because the AI succeeded behind the scenes.
Industry observations across residential & luxury real estate platforms (2024–2025): Response time, follow-up consistency, and agent preparedness were the highest-impact AI-assisted gains.
What didn't work was pretending AI could replace judgment, relationships, or trust.
Thoughtful Human–AI Collaboration
Human always in control
AI supports preparation, not decision
Offices operate seamlessly from anywhere
The next phase isn't more automation. It's better collaboration — between people, data, and intelligence.
A visitor browsing at 2 a.m. gets a contextual, intelligent response — not a bouncing green button.
A calendar that keeps availability and pricing synchronized across every channel, every office, every time zone.
The ability to manage your operation from anywhere.
AI prepares. Humans decide.
This next phase is what we're exploring together — carefully, responsibly, and with offices involved from the very beginning. We're calling the intelligence layer that makes this possible Omvi.
So what does this look like when done properly — with humans still in control?
Cassandra
Head of Concierge
South Operations
24/7 Availability
12 Languages
Instant Follow-up
Voice + Text
×100
Let me introduce you to someone many of you know. Cassandra. Our head of concierge operations for the South.
How many times have we said: if only we could bottle Cassandra's essence. Her availability. Her knowledge. Her anticipation of what clients need before they ask.
For years, that was a dream.
What we're building isn't a replacement for Cassandra. It's Cassandra times one hundred.
The AI handles what AI does well — availability at 2 a.m., twelve languages, instant response, consistent follow-up.
But the judgment? The relationships? The trust? That's human. Always.
Cassandra stays in control. Always.
The AI does not decide. It prepares.
Every action routes back to a human.
This exists today.
Studio Working Demo
Voice Automation
Lead qualification
Email Sync
Outlook integration
Calendar
Synchronized
Connected flows
A lead comes in. Within seconds, an AI call qualifies them — then routes to a human. Emails scheduled through Outlook. Calendar synchronized. WhatsApp connected.
Not speculative. Available now.
Madrid
30 Day Pilot
Everything I've shown you regarding the 2026 capabilities will be piloted in Madrid over the next thirty days.
We're looking for expressions of interest from two additional offices for Q1. Just two. Not because we can't handle more — because we want to get this right.
11
Offices Onboarded
2
Q1 Expressions of Interest
The platform is onboarded across eleven offices. Bookings will flow. Revenue will follow.
If what you've seen resonates, come find James or myself after the session.
We're not here to sell you anything.
We're here to share what's working and invite those who are ready to be part of the next chapter.
BARNES is not changing who it is.
It is changing how intelligently it operates at a global scale.
BARNES
Thank you