Executive Residency: High-Spec Private Sanctuary

The Property & Location
An exceptional, detached new-build residence on a quiet drive in a premier Ely neighborhood. This modern home has been substantially upgraded beyond standard specs, offering high-efficiency living. It is perfectly suited for Cambridgeshire and London commuters, offering easy access to transport links and scenic walking paths.
​The Value Proposition
This unique arrangement offers the responsible professional the luxury of private access to a spacious, well-furnished executive family home for the price of a single room. The ideal candidate should find this a rare opportunity to share a tranquil living environment with an exceptional level of privacy and security. This is strictly a single lodger maximum household at all times.

​The Luxury Specification & Lifestyle

​The Bedroom: Situated for maximum privacy on the opposite wing of the second floor. Overlooking a quiet cul-de-sac, the room offers an uninterrupted view to the horizon, perfect for watching magnificent sunsets. Features plantation shutters for precise light control.

​The Conservatory: A large, light-filled space ideal for reading, reflection, or indoor exercise. Louvered shutters through the glass doors into the conservatory allow privacy to be fully adjusted as desired.

​Parking: Includes off-street private driveway parking for active vehicle use (uncovered; not for long-term storage).

​Garden: Professionally designed with artificial turf and a louvred pergola. Minimal outdoor furniture is provided for fine weather use.

​Living Room: Features comfortable leather recliner furniture and architectural track lighting.

​The Bathroom: Situated on the landing directly across from the bedroom; includes a bathtub, shower, sink, and dedicated cabinet.

​Gourmet Kitchen: Equipped with premium appliances (dishwasher, washer, dryer, oven, cooktop, microwave, toaster oven, and disposal).

​Climate & Comfort: All rooms and common areas are equipped with individual radiators for personalized temperature control.

​Privacy, Security & Oversight

​Secure Access: Home entry is biometric via assigned code (digitally logged).

​Owner-Only Spaces: Specific areas (office, shed, garage, 3 upstairs rooms) are strictly private and under camera watch monitored by the owners, Resident Steward, and/or a third-party provider to ensure the property is continually secured.

​Lodger Privacy Guarantee: For the mutual benefit of homeowner and lodger, any fixed cameras in shared living areas will never be activated during the entire lodger stay (except CCTV which covers exterior areas as well as conservatory) , ensuring strict personal privacy while security is maintained elsewhere.

​Security & CCTV: CCTV covers all exterior areas. For personal security, the lodger is granted exceptional access to the grandchildren’s dedicated room strictly to view the CCTV monitor panel, showing all exterior camera live views.

​Professional Oversight: A local neighbor with a clear line-of-sight view of the property backyard acts as our contracted Resident Steward. Notified to the home insurer, they conduct weekly walkthrough visits to monitor safety/upkeep and are available for any emergency visits.

​The Owners & Ideal Resident

We are an Aussie-American retired grandparent couple seeking a tidy female professional.

​Requirements: Strictly non-smoker and pet-free.

​Environment: A quiet living space, not a social house. Note: Our home is a TV-free environment.

​Household Fit: We seek someone who appreciates mutual respect for privacy, is comfortable with ensuring minimal routine upkeep of the lodger room, bathroom, and shared areas, over and above weekly housecleaning included, and is respectful of the needs of a grandparenting environment within the household.

​Flexible Residency Models:
​Model A (Winter Fixed-Term): Sept 1 – March 30. 7-month arrangement with minimal or no homeowner occupancy and with weekly Resident Steward walkin audits. Either Mon-Fri or full week options available as specified below.

​Model B (Long-Term Managed): Year-round agreement. No rent is charged during pre-agreed windows (coinciding with school holidays, public holidays, and term breaks), when the owners are in residence with grandchildren and the lodger is asked to vacate. Details can be discussed to ensure a mutually workable schedule.

​Storage & Access: During these rent-free windows when owners are engaged in actuve grandparentingfrom Easter theough summer, the lodger retains exclusive, uninterrupted storage of personal effects in their room.

​Owner Access: Outside of these windows concentrated from Easter through summer, owners may conduct brief visits without grandchildren, or enter for a family emergency. Advance notice is always provided.

​Pricing (All-Inclusive):
Includes Council Tax, fair-usage utilities, high-speed WiFi, and weekly housecleaning.

​Mon–Fri Base: £650 pcm.
​Full-Week "Bolt-On": +£150 pcm.

​Vetting & Compliance
We employ a Two-Layer Screening Process:
​Initial Pre-Screening: Enquiries must include a LinkedIn profile or professional bio, as well as a professional email address for verification purposes only (personal email may be used for ongoing communication). Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview and virtual or physical showing.

​Formal Vetting: Final residency is subject to professional referencing and contract execution via OpenRent.

​Insurance: Renters Insurance required (naming Homeowner as Interested Party).

​Move-in: Available Aug 30/31.