Sean Woolley from Cloud Nine Spain reports that although they are an estate agent who have had predominantly British buyers over the last 20 years, this year they didn’t have their first British buyer until June 2021. They had no British buyers in July, but...
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Kempinski Hotel Bahia has announced the appointment of Axel Bethke as General Manager. Following a more than 20-year long career with brands such as Capella Hotels, Ritz Carlton and Kempinski in cities including Munich, Beijing, Amman and Chengdu, the hotelier re-joins Kempinski after his most...
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Schellhammer Business School, the first English-speaking business school in southern Spain, has announced the opening of their new campus at the 60-hectare private estate of Valle Romano Golf & Resort in Estepona. The new campus offers students 4-star quality accommodation, 3 outdoor swimming pools, a gym,...
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Our//Space arrives in Marbella, opening its doors on the Golden Mile this December to give Marbella based entrepreneurs access to an exciting new concept in coworking. Businesses can choose from private offices, permanent office spaces in a shared coworking environment, or hot desks. Designed by Emmie-nominated...
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Specsavers Opticas is part of the World’s largest privately owned optical group which has revolutionised the eyecare industry. Founded 31 years ago in the UK, it is now an International retailer with more than 1,600 stores across 10 countries and is the third largest optical group in...
Continue ReadingMany people don't know that Marbella has a film festival, as sadly it is not as well promoted, or as well supported as it should be. None the less, this doesn't take away from the line up of fantastic international films, shorts and documentaries that...
Continue ReadingAfter a month-long competition, Specsavers Opticas have announced the winners of the Spectacle Wearer of the Year Awards 2015. The first prize of 500€ and a pair of designer glasses has been awarded to Andrés Felipe Ramírez, who smoulders in his dark rectangular frames and...
Continue ReadingTo highlight and reward the millions of ordinary people in Spain who look amazing in their glasses Specsavers Opticas are running the Spectacle Wearer of the Year competition. People can enter between the 1st June and the 5th July via Facebook and online at en.specsavers.es/loveglasses...
Continue ReadingThe Costa del Sol’s pioneering centre for innovation in tourism and business Andalucia Lab has recently launched an English version of their website http://www.andalucialab.org/en/ and announced exciting plans and a packed programme of events to help small businesses in spring and summer 2015. They offer practical...
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Before and after Nordica’s styling trial
We are all looking at the Costa del Sol property market with interest and are pleased to see that there are definite signs of recovery, particularly with buyers coming from Scandinavia with money to spend. I recently spoke to the team from Nordica, a Real Estate Agency specialising in sales and rentals in the Nueva Andalucia area, with over 20 years’ experience about their experiences to see if we could learn anything about the market and the way it’s responding.
They noticed that even with the improving market there were properties in good locations, with attractive features but which were not selling, so started to look at the influence of design and property dressing and how they could increase the chance of a sale with a few simple design changes. They undertook a trial with one of these problem properties, offering the owner a free furniture package and makeover to help it sell, rather than dropping the price. This property had been on the market for one year, but following the styling, there were three buyers competing for the property and it sold in just one week at full asking price.
This compelling evidence made Nordica decide to expand their service and launch Nordica Interior Design Group and open a dedicated office in Aloha Gardens. They believe that with this service they can style properties to sell, help sellers get the price the property deserves and create a home which buyers will love to live in.