The voice of our customers

Buyer

I would like to thank homes-abroad.net for all the help and advice I received in the process of my purchase on the Costa del Sol (Spain).

Everything went smoothly and fast as I wanted.

I highly recommend other home seekers to contact homes-abroad.net when the property in Spain shall be found and negotiated!

Lars Lindvang

Lars Lindvang

Buyer

I have been dealing with Homes-abroad since last year regarding the purchase of an apartment in Barcelona.

Back in December I saw a bank repossession sign on a Tower Block regarding purchase of apartments there.

I asked Trine, my direct contact from homes-abroad.com to find out some information for me regarding this and it transpired that the Tower Block was empty and the Agent there did not know when sales would take place.

Trine kept in touch with the agent constantly, to check on the situation and kept me informed at all times.

In May, Trine informed me that the apartments were being sold at auction and she contacted the agent from the bank and they advised me to bid for 2 apartments and also suggested a realistic bid.

This I did but unfortunately whilst on vacation in California I was advised that my bids had been unsuccessful. Trine from homes-abroad.com confirmed that I was the second highest bidder on both apartments and that she would keep in touch in case anyone dropped out.

Three weeks later I was informed that a bidder had indeed dropped out and I could have my choice of which of the 2 apartments I wanted.

I then paid the deposit at the end on July and have just made the balance of payment transfer so everything has worked out OK in the end.

I feel that without homes-abroad.com taking such an interest on my behalf and always keeping me in touch with the situation I would not be getting my apartment. They also recommended an excellent law firm in Barcelona with English speaking staff who have ensured the whole purchasing process has run smoothly.

I feel that anyone wishing to purchase a property in Spain would be getting the best of service if they used homes-abroad.net to assist them.

Alan Willey

Barcelona (City)

Buyer

Buying a house is a stressful experience. Buying a house in a foreign country where you don’t speak the language and you don’t know how things work is a much more stressful experience.

That’s why we like to thank homes-abroad.com for their very efficient help and professionalism. From the first contact until we bought the house, Kristian Rasmussen from their Costa Blanca office has been amazing. He replied to our emails and messages quickly and always with the information we were looking for. When we came to see the house on a Saturday, he was available. This happened twice.

Even after buying the house, Kristian was still around to help with many things. Whatever we needed for the new house, he knew someone who could do it. He has an excellent network.

We highly recommend homes-abroad.net and especially Mr. Kristian Rasmussen

M. & R. Braham Chaouch

M. & R. Braham Chaouch

Buyer

In February 2017 at the holiday fair in Herning, Denmark we attended a lecture about buying a property in Spain – held by Christian Boesen, the owner of homes-abroad.net. It was very exciting and made us go along in the process.

We then came in dialogue with his colleague Kristian Rasmussen from their Costa Blanca South office and immediately we felt that he was one of the more serious brokers. He was quick to respond to our mails and to find a selection of homes in our target group.

We arranged an inspection trip in May 2017, where we were saw 7 lovely homes and already in early June we got the keys to our new apartment in Torrevieja. Homes-abroad.net had conveyed all the contacts to both the bank, the lawyer and the notary and everything was ready so the deal went smoothly and in a morning everything was signed.

We highly recommend Kristian Rasmussen and homes-abroad.net to others who wish to buy a property on the Costa Blanca coast.

Alicia & Peder Arndt

Torrevieja

Seller

We just want to say how pleased my wife and I are with the professional and friendly service we received from the staff at Homes-abroad.com during the sale of our holiday villa in Spain.

We had tried to sell the property for quite some time through several different estate agents, and although there had been a few viewings during that time, none had been successful. With homes-abroad.com it is totally different, they are pro-active, in as much as they ‘seek out’ potential buyers rather than wait for them to come to them, this is partly achieved by attending exhibitions, making contacts etc.

We had as many viewing in a few days as we had had in several years, and within 5 days the villa was sold, the service did not stop there, they arranged for transport for some belongings we wished to take back to the UK, arranged for a broker to visit us to arrange the conversion of euro’s to pounds sterling at the best rate, all at our request, they even found a buyer for our car - although I can’t guarantee that is part of normal service.

This is an estate agent who are prepared to ‘go the extra mile’ and we would highly recommend them, and in fact did so to people we knew in Spain who were wanting to sell.

Our only regret is that we did not know of Homes-abroad.com a few years ago

William & Christine Horner–Lancashire

Torrevieja

Buyer

We are two families who in May of this year (2017) bought a property on Costa Blanca with homes-abroad.com.

We had looked around for a while and had been in contact with several brokers and frankly it was a bit confusing. When we met with Kristian from homes-abroad.com he was well prepared and service minded. We subsequently fell fairly quickly for an apartment that we ended up buying.

As we live in Denmark it has been very good and reassuring to have homes-abroad.com to communicate with because our Spanish is not yet in place :-).

They helped us with almost everything from lawyers, craftsmen etc.

Kristian from homes-abroad.com is still our extended arm in Spain.

We can only give them the best recommendations!

Martin Mortensen & Peter Strejby

Martin Mortensen & Peter Strejby

Buyer

Our experiences with homes-abroad.net are only positive.

From the first contact, to the purchase of our house in Cumbre del Sol on Costa Blanca, we have experienced Christian Boesen and Trine Tvile from homes-abroad.com, as very service minded and professional in their approach to our wishes, needs and questions. After the purchase, we have also been able to call homes-abroad if we have had questions. Reassuring.

Trine has done a great job coordinating our inspection trip so that it took place as efficiently and smoothly as possible. Trine was always open and positive about new suggestions and suddenly mobile calls. Thank you, Trine.

Christian was very punctual, professional, but also down to earth, so our viewing trip took place in an unpretentious manner. Nice to be picked up at the hotel and driven around to the various properties. Thus, we also enjoyed ourselves during the inspection without stressing, but could concentrate and focus on the task. Lovely that during the days we had time to discuss the different properties with Christian both before, during and after the inspections. Super that Christian came with his unobtrusive opinion as a neutral actor. That helped us look at the properties in a very professional way.

It was nice (but nerve wrecking) not to be part of the price negotiations ourselves, but to leave it all to Christian. He did a great job though and we got our house at a very good price without any emotions coming into play.

Overall a good experience and we can highly recommend Christian Boesen and his company homes-abroad.net to others who seek a professional and dedicated team with an unpretentious approach to dealing with home buying in Spain. They surely are buyers broker.

Annizette & Michael Nejland

Annizette & Michael Nejland

Buyer

My wife and I have travelled to Costa Del Sol for several years to relax, enjoy the nice weather, play golf and charge up the batteries a bit.

It was the same every time, it always took a long time to find the right apartment and once we finally found one, it was always rented out when we thought impulsively now we would go again.

It was therefore natural for us to consider buying our own apartment. We traditionally started to go online and search for interesting properties. It soon became clear to us that the Spanish property market has not been united as the Danish one. The realtors down there have many of the same apartments for sale, resulting in a very aggressive sales culture. We were simply overwhelmed by mails and phone calls, which made it impossible to enjoy the process.

A good acquaintance suggested that we should use a “buyers broker” in the process, it doesn’t cost more he said. We were referred to homes-abroad.net, which we contacted immediately. This was the best thing we could have done and we should have done that from the start! From here everything became all the easier, real estate agents in Spain quickly found out we had a buyer broker and stopped contacting us directly. Instead, it was now our direct contact person Lotte Kristiansen from homes-abroad net which was in charge – a huge relief for us.

Lotte quickly and efficiently decoded our wishes and requirements and in a short period of time we had a nice selection of properties we could look at. We chose 8 apartments that we would like to look into. Everything happened completely without pressure in any way, we even managed the pace. Lotte then arranged visits with the local estate agents so that in two days in the Costa del Sol we had found our dream apartment. We then proceeded with the purchase process where Lotte and homes-abroad.net was a great help in the negotiations. The buying process in Spain is not as we know it from Denmark.

Even after the purchase, Lotte has been there for us and helped us find all insurances and other small things without having cost us a penny extra. Rarely have we experienced such a comprehensive service.

We are now the happy owners of our little holiday paradise in the Costa del Sol which the whole family can enjoy. We are looking forward to many extended weekends and vacations.

I would recommend to everyone who consider buying a property in Spain to contact homes-abroad.net. Whether it ends up with a property or not – it’s just a lot more enjoyable in this way.

The best recommendations

Lisbeth & Frank Lindhøj

Lisbeth & Frank Lindhøj

Buyer

We would very much like to thank you for all your help and assistance in helping us to buy our new home here in Campoverde (Costa Blanca). Your help was invaluable to us, not only did you help us settle in but assisted us in various other ways which we very much appreciated and we would have no hesitance in recommending Homes-Abroad to anyone thinking of buying a property in Spain.

Once again many thanks
Tony & Sue

Tony & Sue Biddle

Tony & Sue Biddle

Buyer

When we decided to move permanently to Marbella (Costa del Sol) area we contacted homes-abroad.net via their website. Very short after we was contacted by Lotte Kristiansen, who quickly figured out what we were looking for and sent us suggestions based on our criteria.

We visited many areas and quickly found out which areas suited us and Lotte rang to many of the selected homes to get the exact addresses so we could see them first on google maps, after which we sorted and visited only the few selected homes, which we were sincerely interested in.

During the final negotiation, Lotte Kristiansen from their Costa Del Sol office was very helpful and an important person to have on our side as a contact between us and the seller's broker. Homes-Abroad has also helped find a very good lawyer via their network.

We can only recommend Homes-abroad.net - They have a very good knowledge of all areas on Costa del Sol.
Marisa and Jan

Marisa & Jan

Marisa & Jan

Buyer

We were recommended to homes-abroad.net by a relative who lives in Pinar De Campoverde, Costa blanca.

We emailed them our requirements and prior to our first visit in January we had a lengthy telephone conversation confirming the weekend trip and exactly what we wanted to see.

Over three days we viewed approx 8 varying properties. Mark from the local homes-abroad office was very knowledgeable and very patient with us.
On returning home we put an offer in on the first property we viewed as this fitted our requirements exactly. Mark recommend a solicitor who handled everything brilliantly. Mark constantly kept us up to date with each stage and answered all of our queries quickly.

The whole process was completed in approx 6 weeks, it was all so easy.

Thank you Homes Abroad.

Mike & Dawn Tugwood

Mike & Dawn Tugwood

Buyer

Before we met with homes-abroad.net for the first time in Spain, we had over a longer period had communication with their local office via email and phone. Based on our comments of various sales objects homes-abroad.net had found and sent to us by email, they had already formed a good initial impression of what it was we would like.

So when they picked us up on the first day in the morning, there was already a plan for the day and they had found several interesting objects, as we should see. There were both new build and resale homes and homes under construction.

During the day we saw several homes that we really liked, but they thought that we should see some more before we decided. Through their extensive network on the Costa del sol, they found several other properties which we saw the following day.

Among these homes was one that had everything that we was looking for. After seeing home again, we agreed to put a bid to the seller, and it did not take long before we had an agreement on both the price and the date for takeover.

The positive experience did not ended here – now, we had to find a lawyer, bank, notary etc. And here we got a great support from homes-abroad. They set us in touch with all the right people, so that we could get all the formalities in place before we again had to leave Spain.

For us, the big plus points through the buying process was as follows:

1) Thoroughly preparatory work by the homes-abroad local office in Fuengirola before our arrival to Spain
2) Their patience and their ability to find more possible properties along the way.
3) We never felt any pressure not had the feeling that now we had to decide us
4) Good understanding of what it was we really was looking for
5) Their local network – also regarding lawyer, bank, insurance and so on.

We thank homes-abroad.net and their area manager Peter Kaarsberg for a great buying experience and a great after sale service incl. key collection and storage of the same.

Many greeting

Katrine & Jorgen Hejl

Katrine & Jorgen Hejl