Shamil Mae, Founder of Mae Cotswolds.
Shamil Mae is a UK property entrepreneur. He founded Mae Cotswolds as a private property brand focused on the careful restoration, development and long-term management of character properties in and around the Cotswolds.
His work brings together practical property experience, short-let and serviced accommodation operations, and a brand-led approach to how heritage homes are presented, lived in and looked after.
About Shamil Mae.
Shamil is a British property entrepreneur. His work covers property, accommodation, brand and day-to-day operations. Over time his focus has narrowed toward the kinds of homes he cares most about. Period stone cottages. Village homes. Traditional Cotswolds properties that need real, hands-on work to keep them in good order.
He isn't interested in chasing volume. He'd rather take on a small number of well-chosen properties and do them properly. Survey each one carefully, restore with respect for the original materials, furnish it thoughtfully and manage it for the long term. That's the foundation of Mae Cotswolds.
A large part of his week is spent on short-let and serviced accommodation. Preparing homes for guests, refining how they're presented, improving the guest experience, and building the systems that let a property run to a high standard week after week.
Why Shamil founded Mae Cotswolds.
The Cotswolds has a property character that's genuinely hard to replicate. Honey-coloured stone, exposed beams, open fireplaces, sash windows, and the small irregular details that make a period home feel like itself. A lot of the time, that character gets neglected, or stripped out for the sake of a quick refurbishment.
Shamil started Mae Cotswolds to do the opposite. The brand exists to give selected Cotswolds properties the time and craft they actually need. Keep the parts that matter. Improve the parts that have to work for modern life. Present each home in a way that feels considered, not commercial.
The approach pulls from his earlier work in property operations, short-let and serviced accommodation, and brand-side marketing. Mae Cotswolds brings those strands together under one name and one standard, with the area around Moreton-in-Marsh and the wider Cotswolds at its centre.
Shamil's role in Mae Cotswolds.
As founder, Shamil leads the overall direction of the brand and stays close to the work itself. The remit is deliberately broad, because the business is small and the standard has to carry through every decision.
- StrategySetting the long-term direction of the brand and the kinds of properties it focuses on.
- Property sourcing and restoration directionSelecting properties, shaping the restoration brief, and signing off on how each home is finished.
- Brand and marketingOverseeing how Mae Cotswolds shows up. Tone of voice, photography, storytelling and the online presence.
- Accommodation and guest experienceDefining how each property is prepared, presented and run for guests staying short-term.
- OperationsDay-to-day decisions on maintenance, standards and the systems that keep each property running well.
Other projects.
Mae Cotswolds is Shamil's focus, but his work has long sat across a wider mix of ventures. Property, accommodation, education, marketing and technology have all played a part at different points. Those projects feed back into Mae Cotswolds in practical ways, from how properties are operated to how the brand is built and the tools used behind the scenes.
Where any of those interests overlap directly with Mae Cotswolds, for example short-let and serviced accommodation, property marketing, or guest-facing technology, they show up in how the business is run. Where they don't, they sit separately and aren't part of this brand.
Founder of Mae Cotswolds
Head back to the Mae Cotswolds homepage or read more about the brand and approach.