MAKING A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE - SINCE 1982

Canary Island Association of Estate Agents

New and Re-sale Properties in Tenerife

OUTSTANDING PERSONAL SERVICE

by the owner and founder

Through my association with numerous Tenerife Estate Agency specialists and a network of estate agent contacts (established over two decades) I have access to a vast database of hundreds of apartments, villas and businesses throughout the Canary Islands.

I am closely associated with all the reputable Estate Agents, licensed Letting Agents, Company Administrators, Certified Accountants, Investment Consultants and Lawyers.

I have combined these professional associated services in a successful working relationship for over 25 years.

I cater for everyone - from the small investor, purchasing a holiday home or business, together with comprehensive services for the corporate investor, such as land and development projects that include Hotels and Golf Courses throughout the entire Canary Islands.

I offer you personal advice on choosing the best investment and then assist in obtaining the most suitable available - and always at the best possible price.

“My Personal Advice” includes how to adapt and cope with living here, adjusting to the Canarian way, the education of your children, tax avoidance, etc. and the best ways to ensure maximum profits, and income. This advice is given totally free of charge and in the strictest confidence. I will tell you the honest truth and also give you an honest opinion. If I think an investment is not right for you – for any reason, I will tell you why. Should you proceed against my advice? That’s fine. At least I will not have to hide behind palm trees when I see you in the street! I would much rather lose a client than have an unhappy client, now or at anytime in the future.

Three important things to consider in your investment

Location! Location! Location!

Three important things to consider in your estate agent

Experience! Experience! Experience!

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My Website is different from most other Tenerife Estate Agents. Why?

Because, I include all the negative information regarding estate agents, investment problems, bureaucracy, the local con-men, etc.
There is no database because of the vast numbers of properties available through my network of agents and due to the large numbers of sales.
If you were to see a property you liked, you would most likely find it already sold once you arrived.
Neither will you be told the bargain you wanted was 'mistakenly under-priced' or 'sold just yesterday'.

Tenerife is a Beautiful Island

It has the finest climate in the world. It is a paradise. It is great for kids and for family life. But, if you want to invest here, live here, you have to understand that it is not all a perfect paradise. Please consider that you may some times feel you are on in a third-world dessert island. (Yes, after 25 years some things haven't changed)

Buying a Business?

If you want to live and work here you firstly have to have the dedication to work 24/7. You cannot get drunk each night, or lie on the beach all day, and expect to earn enough to pay your rent! To see you through the first few months you also need a few thousand Euros as a safety net. You will find that you have to pay for many things that are free in the UK and “nobody told you about them.”
The paperwork is a nightmare. Accountants, Social Security, Hacienda, Town Hall, etc. You can spend days queuing with a ticket in an office to see someone who will send you elsewhere but they just closed at 1.00 pm until tomorrow and tomorrow is a fiesta.
If you tell your wife you are ‘just popping down to the bank darling’ she should understand you may be gone for all the morning and maybe until mid afternoon, because when you get there, only two out of the four windows are staffed. You will have to wait for an hour because the girl that could have manned the extra window is showing you how to take your ticket and queue.
It is much more difficult to survive in a business here than in the UK. Many people arrive here with a few thousand euros and expect to have an easy life. Many also have had to leave the UK (for various reasons). Therefore, also beware of the advice you may be offered. The problem is compounded because there are so many refugees from British justice looking to make “quick buck”. Always remember: in ‘The Land of The Blind’ the one-eyed man is king.
It is not cheap to live here – especially if you eat and drink in tourist bars and restaurants. You have to eat and drink at home to have a low cost of living. You cannot 'be a tourist' and 'run a business'. The business people take the money off the tourists - and they do not have a tourist lifestyle.

Buyers Beware!

There are many sharks waiting to take your life’s savings. You will want to meet people and become part of the ex-pat community(?). It’s a very small island. Everyone will want to meet you, know your business, and offer you a better deal.

Finally:

Do you know that anyone (from Taxidermist to Taxidriver) can open a shop and call themselves a professional estate agent – within 24 hrs? Yes it is that simple. It is also dangerous. You may feel the sales person is incompetent but you may also think you can put your trust in the “professional/experienced owner” with the expensive office? That is even more dangerous! (Some have even copied the text from my websites and published it as there own). The scandalous stories about fraud in the Spanish Estate Agency business are unfortunately true, because there are now so many incompetent Estate Agents and rogue developers trying to make as much as they can, as quickly as they can – before they have to make a hurried departure from Spain.

So:

Trust me, "I’m an Estate Agent"!

MY PROMISE

You will not be mislead.
You will not have to endure any sales pressure.
You will not be subjected to inexperienced, part time or amateur sales personnel.

NOTE: My definition of 'experienced and professional estate agency sales personnel' is as follows:

They should have lived and worked 'legally' (with full Spanish Residency) in the Estate Agency profession, here in Tenerife, on a full-time basis, for more than ten years
They should have a proven track record and be able to offer references
They should be fluent in Spanish (not effluent)
They should have a full working knowledge of Spanish Real Estate Law, Spanish Company Law and Spanish Community Law
They should be able to fulfil all the mandatory legal requirements and obligations of a REGISTERED Spanish estate agent
They should be competent in personally providing full paperwork services for the Notary’s scrutiny, such as Land Registry searches for ownership, hidden debts and embargoes, etc. and property valuations

It's Your Move...

NOW is the time to buy...............

The Canary Islands have something for every investor

Development projects, Apartments and Villas close to the sea and on the Golf Courses, holiday homes for you, your family and friends.
Retirement homes, in a mild winter climate, land for development or investment.
Choices covering Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Lanzarote and Gran Canaria.
The best possible prices and in all the best locations.
A vast selection of studio apartments, one bedroom apartments, two bedroom apartments and three bedroom apartments - including luxury penthouse apartments ranging from between one to eight bedrooms, with sea views.
Villas, chalets and houses ranging from two to eight bedrooms.
Country homes, farms, land and fincas - in prime locations.

RE-SALES • TOWNHOUSES • LA CONCEPCIÓN • BILTMORE • FEATURED PROPERTIES

Jardín de San Miguel Phase 3 "Biltmore"

UNIQUE QUALITY APARTMENT

8 BEDROOM PENTHOUSE, 6 BATHS, LARGE TERRACES, PRIVATE LIFT

This Property consists of three adjoining penthouse apartments which may be converted into one unit by the purchaser.

Constructed area is 270m2 plus 64.85m2 terraces.

It is the entire top floor of the block and totally private. The lift button to this floor could be changed to a lock and key.

Bank Valuation: €658,000

Price: €625,000

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