Kelly Donovan

With its exquisite portfolio of handpicked luxury homes across prime locations in London, Stay & Escape is an host management agency with a difference. Born from the creative minds of two female friends with backgrounds in property and luxury lifestyle management, founders Kelly Donovan and Anna Lancaster Hedman set out to create a five-star luxury hotel experience yet with the comfort and intimacy of home and at an affordable price point. Opening up their black book of contacts across the luxury, leisure and entertainment worlds, Stay & Escape also offers a bespoke concierge service to create immersive, money-can’t-buy experiences, from tickets to a Wimbledon final or an invite to Elton John’s star-studded Argento Ball, to a private in-home chef, glam-squad and even seats at London Fashion Week. Spanning prime locations across central London, properties range from luxury duplex and triplex apartments in Primrose Hill and Notting Hill, the homes of a luxury shoe designer and media mogul, to an urban warehouse belonging to a BAFTA winning producer, a stylish and contemporary Marylebone apartment, right through to a six-bedroom family home complete with swimming pool, hot tub, sauna and steam room in London’s Harley Gardens, Chelsea.