The End of the "Blind Hire"

You live in a home valued in the top 1% of the Tampa market. Your time is billed at a premium. Your standards are exacting. Yet, when it comes to hiring a contractor, a landscaper, or a private tutor, you are likely doing the same thing as everyone else: You are guessing.

You search Google. You scan a few reviews from people you don't know (and whose standards likely differ from yours). You call the first number that picks up. You make a "Blind Hire."

The Anatomy of a Failure

The internet democratized information, but it diluted trust. A 5-star review on Yelp is meaningless if the reviewer thinks "on time" means "within the hour," while you believe "on time" means "five minutes early."

We see this constantly in Tampa. A homeowner in Avila hires a highly-rated "luxury" painter. The crew shows up in unmarked vans, blares music, and leaves cigarette butts in the driveway. The paint job is adequate, but the experience is a violation of the sanctuary.

"At a certain level of wealth, access matters more than choice. You don't want 50 options; you want the one right option."

This is the "Trust Gap." As your assets grow, the risk of a bad hire grows with them. A poor roofing job on a bungalow is a nuisance; a poor roofing job on a custom Davis Islands estate is a six-figure liability involving insurance adjusters, litigation, and months of construction noise.

Enter The Guild

PROPER was built to close this gap. We are not a directory; directories are paid parking lots for logos. We are a regulatory body for the best. We have vetted hundreds of service providers in Tampa to find the single operator in each category who understands the cadence of high-net-worth service.

We look for three things that Google cannot measure:

1. Solvency

Is the company financially stable enough to warranty their work in 5 years? Many "luxury" vendors operate check-to-check. If they vanish, your warranty vanishes with them. We audit longevity and financial health.

2. Discretion

Do they understand privacy protocols? When working in homes with art collections, safes, and high-profile residents, discretion is not a bonus—it is a requirement. Our vendors understand that what they see in the home, stays in the home.

3. Craft

Is their work "museum quality"? We do not accept "good enough." We look for the finish carpenters who sand the underside of the railing. We look for the landscapers who hand-prune rather than hedge-trim.

The New Standard

When you hire through PROPER, you are not guessing. You are accessing a pre-vetted supply chain of excellence. You are hiring the same people trusted by your neighbors, verified by our audit, and held accountable by the Guild.

The era of the Blind Hire is over. Welcome to the new standard.